Policies on Subjects Posted and Subject Lines

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Hi y'all,

 

This is an IMPORTANT post .. recommend you read it from top to bottom .. and

even keep it in your files.

 

Some folks might be unhappy about the posts made on the YL groupie who

condemned a List member and then prayed for her. It is their right to be

unhappy but it is not their right to attempt to dictate policy or

direction to other members of the Group. Such behavior is rude behavior.

List policy is determined by the Group Owner/List Mama (same person) .. not

by individual members.

 

The List Mama determines what is acceptable or not acceptable for posting to

this News Group. When she thinks a subject has gone on too long and should

be put to bed .. she will put a stop to it.

 

Obviously, it is the right of any Group member to decide for themselves what

they like or dislike .. but they can not dictate what is or is not allowed,

nor should they attempt to do so in a post to the group .. in most cases

such posts will not be allowed in any case .. Moderators will not approve

them.

 

It is not possible to satisfy 1,590 people .. or even 159 people .. so the

policies of the Group are designed to satisfy the average person .. not to

ensure that a disgruntled person does not get their knickers in a knot.

There will always be folks who object to this or that post .. and if all of

these objections are voiced there would be total chaos on the group.

 

The Oils & Herbs group has been successful and has grown to become the

largest Group on Aromatherapy because it is a friendly Group and it puts

out lots of good information.

 

The purpose of the Group is explained at

http://health./?yguid=313912892 .. it

states ..in part .. " Welcome, I created this list so that we can chat about

oils, herbs, etc ... Topics include but are not limited to: aromatherapy

essential oils, massage, herbs and herbalism, natural living, organic food

gardening, environmental issues, etc. Note the words .. " not limited to. "

 

When discussing Aromatherapy and Essential Oils .. we discuss the Safe and

Proper use of Essential Oils. Discussions concerning Young Living are

relevant to the safe and proper use of essential oils and from time to time

posts will be made to show folks how silly that entire MLM is .. its all a

part of trying to ensure group members are educated and warned about YL's

totally unprofessional behavior and teachings which are not considered to be

safe and proper use.

 

The Oils & Herbs Group owes nothing to anyone so demands should not be made

... folks ask questions and other folks generally provide answers .. but

there is no obligation on any one's part to provide answers .. and there is

no obligation to discuss only topics that one or more members might like or

dislike. When folks are getting a free education .. they have no right to

complain if the curriculum is not to their liking. If they want answers

they ask questions .. but their desire for answers will not take precedence

over other subjects other members might want to discuss. If they want only

information on EO and AT then they should pay to take one of the AT

Correspondence Courses .. like Martin's.

 

From time to time the List Mama will post a Poll to get opinions from the

members .. all members can vote in that poll .. that is about as Democratic

as its gonna get.

 

Otherwise, if someone is not happy with the conduct of the Group or the

posts made to the List .. they have three choices:

 

1. Suck it up and drive on .. take the chaff with the wheat because they

will not be allowed to dictate policy that affects other Group members.

 

2. If they are not willing to accept the fact that .. if one wants to see a

Rainbow .. they gotta stand a little Rain .. they can write to the List Mama

off line and voice their dissatisfaction. The List Mama then will decide

if their complaint has merit .. but in most cases it will not have merit

because when things get out of hand she will have already gotten involved ..

on line to the Group. This Group has been around for a long time and the

List Owner has a good feel for what should and should not be allowed .. and

it will be a rare occasion when she allows a complaint from a single member

to dictate what will affect the other 1,590 members.

 

3. Delete (without reading) those posts that might get their knickers in a

knot. Below it is explained how easy that is going to be from now on.

 

4. If they are still not happy they can leave the list. That choice

would be their loss .. not a loss to the Group because the Group will

continue to drive on.

 

Because of the large amount of effort required to run this News Group,

Moderators appointed by the List Owner assist in enforcing policies made by

the List Owner.

 

I am one of those Moderators and just today I received permission from the

List Mama to post the following, which reminds folks of some old policies.

For many years we used a coding system for identifying the subject matter

in the Subject Line of " certain " posts made to the Group .. as of right not

... that system is back in effect for those subjects listed below.

 

Folks posting are expected to precede Subject Lines with the following codes

... when they are applicable. If they forget to use them the Moderators

will correct the post .. if they catch it.

 

OT: Topics/information that will be of interest to some .. but are not

related to AT or EO or any of the below.

Ad: The code that must precede the subject when ads are posted .. on

Thursdays.

YL: Discussions on Young Living or Gary Young. Though they are almost

always related to AT & EO .. we will still identify them with this code.

NAHA: Self explanatory. Not likely to be used often because this horse

was pretty much put out to pasture long ago.

Humor: Humorous articles and jokes not related to AT or EO.

Health: Interesting health articles not directly related to AT or EO.

 

This coding system gives folks who might not be interested in Humor or YL

... a chance to zap the post .. don't read it .. and it also preempts any

reason to protest the post.

 

For posts that are related to the general purpose of the Group .. like AT or

EO or massage, herbs and herbalism, natural living, organic food gardening,

environmental issues, etc., as most posts will be .. no code will precede

the Subject .. and there is a lot of leave way here .. nobody will be

running around cracking a whip to enforce this policy .. but logical people

will understand the need for this policy and the List Mama wants people to

use these codes .. folks who continuously violate this policy will be

reminded (in a nice way) to pay more attention to what they are doing. ;-)

 

The first reason this system is good is explained above .. so folks can

delete those posts they might not be interested in.

 

The second reason is because many folks like to keep files of posts that are

humorous or discuss health issues .. or that are related to YL or their

activities. This allows them to easily identify such posts.

 

Now I am going to change horses .. so please change your mental gears

because the below should not be confused with the above. ;-) What is

laid out below will not be enforced .. but it is strongly suggested.

 

Subject Lines: Businesses and government agencies and other organizations

that maintain a filing system always begin the subject line of a

communication with words that allow that communication to be filed properly

and later retrieved .. those who don't do this are not taken seriously

because they are route step amateurs.

 

There is an archive for this Group that can be searched by all members ..

but its next to impossible to find something when the main subject is not

clear .. trying to find information when a post begins with. " I Have A

Question " .. or " Question on Absorption " .. " Can We Use EO Around Birds? " or

other vague descriptions of the intent of the post .. is as difficult as is

finding an honest politician. " I Have " and " Question " and " Can We " , unto

themselves .. are NOT Subjects .. so they should NOT be the lead in to a

Subject Line.

 

If the post is asking about Rosemary .. or Absorption .. or Birds .. or

whatever .. the post should have a subject line like: Rosemary - Can It

Help To Restore Hair . .or .. Absorption of EO .. or .. EO and Birds .. or

... Birds and EO, etc..

This properly identifies the main subject and allows folks to later retrieve

it from their files or the List Archive.

 

Please remember this and do it .. it is important to all of us. If you

have tried to search the Group Archive you will know how important it is.

 

That's it y'all .. nothing demanding about the Policies and suggestions

contained in this post .. they are easy to follow and following

them will help us all to keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com

 

PS: There is one time that use of all CAPS is acceptable .. that is to

EMPHASIZE a point or an important word. An entire posting using all caps

is .. in the world of I-Net communications .. considered to be SHOUTING!!

;-)