SEELANGS Administrivia - List Guideline Reminder

[Alex Rudd]

Dear SEELANGers,

A number of posts to the list over the last days and weeks have
prompted me once again to post and remind you all that there are
guidelines to be observed when utilizing the SEELANGS list, all of
which were made known to you when you joined the list (or at some time
thereafter).  The List Guidelines are found in the Welcome message
sent to new subscribers.   Here's an excerpt of the Welcome message
that focuses on the two issues of immediate concern to me:

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***** QUOTING TEXT FROM ORIGINAL MESSAGES *****

Because all posts to SEELANGS are archived, and because disk
space is a finite resource, list members are asked to pay
close attention when they reply to messages on the list and
quote text.  Including portions of original messages is fine,
as long as it’s done to provide context for the reader and
is done selectively.  However, quoting entire original
messages within the body of replies, when the original messages
are more than just a few lines, is prohibited.  Not only
does it fill up our disk space with extraneous text, but
those list members receiving SEELANGS in DIGEST format are
forced to read through the same messages three and four
times.

<SNIP>

***** ADVERTISING ON SEELANGS *****

Since only subscribers have the ability to post to SEELANGS,
no outside entity will post advertisements directly to the
list.  From time to time the list owner receives requests
from vendors of Slavic-related merchandise to distribute
information about that merchandise to the list membership.
If the list owner determines that the information may be of
interest, he may forward it to the list if the vendor complies
with the following conditions:

The advertisement will:

 o briefly identify the company
 o briefly describe the product(s)
 o NOT contain any price information or dollar amounts
 o request that any interested parties contact the vendor directly for
further information
 o contain vendor contact information
 o NOT be more than 60 lines of text

List members who wish to advertise businesses or products
in which they have a financial interest are discouraged from
doing so on SEELANGS if the businesses or products have
nothing to do with Slavic languages or literature.  If they
do have something to do with Slavic languages or literature,
list members are asked to comply with the above guideline.

NOTE:  The above guideline regarding advertising on SEELANGS
does not apply to seminar and conference announcements.
Such announcements may contain dollar amounts and, due to the
occasional inclusion of forms, may exceed 60 lines of text.  If
posting an announcement or including a form, please be sure to
insert your own “Reply-To:” tag in your out-going mail header or
write the list owners for assistance if you do not know how that
is accomplished.

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The rationale for the former guideline ought to be pretty clear.
Excessive quoting of prior messages in a reply to the list is
unnecessary, results in the archival of great amounts of duplicate
texts, and wastes resources.  As to the latter guideline, the SEELANGS
list is hosted (at no cost to you) on a server owned and operated by a
public, taxpayer-funded university.  As the university's acceptable
use policy points out, the reason it provides computer resources at
all is "to promote its teaching, research and service missions."  The
guideline is there in furtherance of that acceptable use policy, and
also because no one wants to see the list overrun by advertising.  If
you post an announcement of a new publication or resource, please
remember to omit any price information and to include an e-mail
address or web link that people can use to get further information if
they wish.

Should you desire a copy of the current version of the SEELANGS
Welcome message, please send the command:

GET SEELANGS WELCOME

in the body of e-mail to:  LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Thanks for your attention and future cooperation.

- Alex, list owner of SEELANGS
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Alex Rudd
List owner e-mail: seelangs-request at listserv.ua.edu
Personal e-mail: Alex.Rudd at gmail.com
http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
Any opinion expressed above is not necessarily shared by my employers.

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