lists - rules
Philip.Ayres@ said:
website at...
www.ifis.org.uk/resources/ifispedia/guideline_to_the_lists.shtml
... but yeah, it may be time I repeated them here for all our benefit...
IFIS has 3 mailing lists available:
* announce is for the broadcasting of important information amongst
IFIS members. Meetings, new books just released, new series about
to appear on our TVs, etc. This might (perhaps) later be moderated
so that only comittee members can post directly. All other posts
will be sent to a comittee member to check first.
* chat is for members to generally chat about anything sci-fi
related. Anything at all. Burning the books, how crap last night's
episode of "Voyager" was, who would win if the death star met the
borg, anything. This list is not moderated. Anyone can post to it.
* writing is for the exchange of creative writing. In other words,
somewhere where IFIS folks can post F&SF writings of their own,
and have them "gently critiqued" by the other readers.
To mail one of the lists, you mail listname@, where
listname is one of chat, announce, or writing
Anyone can join the mailing lists providing they:
* Are a member of IFIS (this requirement seems reasonably optional
at the moment, actually)
* Want to talk about Sci-Fi/Fantasy/other IFIS stuff, or listen to
other people talking.
* Have an e-mail account
Guidelines
Ages ago I wrote some approximate guidelines for the 2 main lists,
and nobody's objected to them, so I'll quote them here:
For the moment I suggest (but won't rigidly enforce) the
following guidelines:
announce "Video evening tomorrow"
announce "Christmas dinner arrangements"
announce "sci-fi convention next weekend in birmingham"
announce "AGM next week in ALT3"
announce "that sci-fi shop in egham is having a book sale!"
announce "New series of blakes 7 starts december 12th" if you're
just telling us?
etc.
chat "New series of blakes 7 starts december 12th" if you're
intending to chat about it too.
chat "that sci-fi shop in egham is actually quite expensive"
chat "where's our bloody library"
chat "grumble moan insult jenny whine whinge"
chat "gripe mutter insult jacqui whilst we're at it, criticise
nag"
chat "Why have I got too much email"
chat "how should we REALLY split the list"
chat "what should we do about all these damned ex-students"
chat "what should we do about all these damned students"
chat "borg v death-star, value of pi near black holes, etc etc
etc"
chat "isn't terry's / douglass' / whoever's new book really
cool?"
ifis-chat should probably be the kind of stuff we TALK about down at
the pub. ifis-announce should probably be the kind of stuff we grab
everyone's attention for and SHOUT about down at the pub, and/or put
up posters for, give out leaflets, etc.
Finally, some important bits of "nettiquette":
* Do NOT quote the whole of a 5-page email to just add 2 or 3 lines
of reply. Trim where appropriate... On the other hand, DO leave
enough context that people know what you're answering. An email
suddenly saying "yes" in amongst 20 different conversations does
NOT make any sense.
* Chain letters, virus warnings (esp fake ones) and non-sci-fi
related humour do NOT belong here. Try to stay on topic.
* Try to keep flame-wars off the list. If you're getting angry at
someone, please take it to private email so the rest of us don't
have to put up with it.
These are just my guidelines. As you can see, I'm not even certain
about all of them myself. Better suggestions are welcome - rant and
rave about this on CHAT please, not ANNOUNCE.
Joining / Leaving the lists
If you wish to join or leave any of the lists, simply fill in the
form on the web-pages at:
www.ifis.org.uk/resources/ifispedia/guideline_to_the_lists.shtml
... or send an email to nick@, or lists@
Nick Waterman. Senior Systems Administrator, Sony Interactive Services
mailto:nick-sig@ http://www.nilex.co.uk/~nick/
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Nick - send the rules round again - I could do with a laugh (you know the line
in question) and emphasise the usage ?
We've never really had any rules. The GUIDELINES are available on thein question) and emphasise the usage ?
website at...
www.ifis.org.uk/resources/ifispedia/guideline_to_the_lists.shtml
... but yeah, it may be time I repeated them here for all our benefit...
IFIS has 3 mailing lists available:
* announce is for the broadcasting of important information amongst
IFIS members. Meetings, new books just released, new series about
to appear on our TVs, etc. This might (perhaps) later be moderated
so that only comittee members can post directly. All other posts
will be sent to a comittee member to check first.
* chat is for members to generally chat about anything sci-fi
related. Anything at all. Burning the books, how crap last night's
episode of "Voyager" was, who would win if the death star met the
borg, anything. This list is not moderated. Anyone can post to it.
* writing is for the exchange of creative writing. In other words,
somewhere where IFIS folks can post F&SF writings of their own,
and have them "gently critiqued" by the other readers.
To mail one of the lists, you mail listname@, where
listname is one of chat, announce, or writing
Anyone can join the mailing lists providing they:
* Are a member of IFIS (this requirement seems reasonably optional
at the moment, actually)
* Want to talk about Sci-Fi/Fantasy/other IFIS stuff, or listen to
other people talking.
* Have an e-mail account
Guidelines
Ages ago I wrote some approximate guidelines for the 2 main lists,
and nobody's objected to them, so I'll quote them here:
For the moment I suggest (but won't rigidly enforce) the
following guidelines:
announce "Video evening tomorrow"
announce "Christmas dinner arrangements"
announce "sci-fi convention next weekend in birmingham"
announce "AGM next week in ALT3"
announce "that sci-fi shop in egham is having a book sale!"
announce "New series of blakes 7 starts december 12th" if you're
just telling us?
etc.
chat "New series of blakes 7 starts december 12th" if you're
intending to chat about it too.
chat "that sci-fi shop in egham is actually quite expensive"
chat "where's our bloody library"
chat "grumble moan insult jenny whine whinge"
chat "gripe mutter insult jacqui whilst we're at it, criticise
nag"
chat "Why have I got too much email"
chat "how should we REALLY split the list"
chat "what should we do about all these damned ex-students"
chat "what should we do about all these damned students"
chat "borg v death-star, value of pi near black holes, etc etc
etc"
chat "isn't terry's / douglass' / whoever's new book really
cool?"
ifis-chat should probably be the kind of stuff we TALK about down at
the pub. ifis-announce should probably be the kind of stuff we grab
everyone's attention for and SHOUT about down at the pub, and/or put
up posters for, give out leaflets, etc.
Finally, some important bits of "nettiquette":
* Do NOT quote the whole of a 5-page email to just add 2 or 3 lines
of reply. Trim where appropriate... On the other hand, DO leave
enough context that people know what you're answering. An email
suddenly saying "yes" in amongst 20 different conversations does
NOT make any sense.
* Chain letters, virus warnings (esp fake ones) and non-sci-fi
related humour do NOT belong here. Try to stay on topic.
* Try to keep flame-wars off the list. If you're getting angry at
someone, please take it to private email so the rest of us don't
have to put up with it.
These are just my guidelines. As you can see, I'm not even certain
about all of them myself. Better suggestions are welcome - rant and
rave about this on CHAT please, not ANNOUNCE.
Joining / Leaving the lists
If you wish to join or leave any of the lists, simply fill in the
form on the web-pages at:
www.ifis.org.uk/resources/ifispedia/guideline_to_the_lists.shtml
... or send an email to nick@, or lists@
Nick Waterman. Senior Systems Administrator, Sony Interactive Services
mailto:nick-sig@ http://www.nilex.co.uk/~nick/
AX25:G7RZQ@#32.GBR.EU #include <stddisclaimer> Team *AMIGA*!
Friends may come and go, but enemies tend to accumulate.