Planet-Vegan mailing list - Please read!

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Okay... listen-up groovy people.

 

It seems that the number of members of this list doubled in a very short amount

of time, and it also seems that we are experiencing some growing pains as a

result. But do not fret! I have been on many large mailing lists and the small

problems we're having here are not unique.

 

No matter how much I want the list to be perfect and no matter how many times I

post the guidelines there is still going to be the odd off-topic post, offensive

remark, and irrelevant chit chat. Here are my recommendations: 1) hit delete. 2)

trust that I will take care of it should it appear to be getting out of hand. 3)

email me OFF-LIST if you would like to express a concern or complaint and I will

deal with the other person OFF-LIST. Complaints about certain posts are best

kept off-list because what happens is we end up starting long off-topic threads

and giving undeserved attention to posts that could have just been ignored.

Flames, harrassment and otherwise offensive posts will be dealt with

accordingly... by me... off-list.. trust me. For example, the offensive post

about fat women was dealt with... by me... off-list, immediately. But now we

have an entire thread going on about weight issues. It's not like I don't agree

that it was wrong and inappropriate, but no matter how much I sympathise, this

is not a list about weight issues and I don't want to alienate those who joined

the list to discuss animal rights and veganism.

 

For another example, in the case of the mail about Jello Biafra and the Green

Party, it doesn't do anyone any good to send a mail to the whole group blasting

about it's inappropriateness. Ideally we could all try to keep the list as

positive as possible. If you found it off-topic, why not turn it around and

_make_ it on topic? Why not bring up the Green Party _as it relates_ to animal

rights and veganism? One time someone sent a spam/chainmail about hunger and I

replied by sending back information to the list about hunger in the third world

_as it relates_ to veganism. Otherwise just hit delete. No problem!

 

Bottom line is, we have about 70 different personalities here and - everybody

can't be happy about everything all the time. BUT if we all cooperate and do our

best to follow the guidelines we will have an interesting, useful, inspiring,

kick-ass mailing list.

 

OKAY?!

 

 

So please, before I lose any more valued members... here are the guidelines once

again:

 

---> Please try to stay on topic. The list is for sharing thoughts, ideas,

questions, recipes, news, events etc. relating to animal rights and veganism.

Veganism can be a broad topic and it sometimes seems that it relates to

everything, however I'd like to keep it as close as possible to the " big three "

vegan topics - ethics, health, and environment.

 

---> We share this list with approximately 65-70 other rs who are here

to talk about animal rights and veganism. Take a moment to think about your

post. Is it something list members would be interested in, or would it be best

to send your post privately? Comments like " cool " , or " thank you " , or " that

sucks " are better off sent to the person intended to read them. It would be nice

to keep the list as streamlined as possible.

 

---> When replying to a post, please, please trim your emails. Re-send a few

summarizing lines of the original message so the reader will know immediately

what you are talking about. Do not re-send the entire original message,

especially if it is long, as it might be unwanted by the receiver and an

unnecessary burden for many servers. This means delete everything you are not

responding to, including especially all that extra stuff that Onelist includes

at the bottom.

 

---> Make subject lines descriptive. People should get an idea of your message

from glancing at the subject line. " Hi " is not as good as, " Consumer Reports

Finds 71% of Store-Bought Chicken Contains Harmful Bacteria " , for example.

 

---> As a courtesy please do not send: chain letters, virus warnings, hoaxes,

urban legends, attachments, flames or harassment, off-topic advertising messages

etc.

 

 

Now, let's get back to what we're all here for - animal liberation now! Thank

you!

 

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