[LM_NET] GEN: Important LM_NET Posting Guidelines

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@IIS.SYR.EDU>]

Dear LM_NET Colleagues,

Here are some important points from our LM_NET Etiquette Guidelines.
PLease help us maintain LM_NET as a very effective and efficient service
by reading and following them. TIA!

   Requests for information: LM_NET has developed a policy of sending
   information privately to the requester. The requester then summarizes
   to the list. This can cut down on traffic, but it tends to reduce the
   "give and take" that some lists value. See the LM_NET TARGET/HIT--
   information for the LM_NET policy, in the "Welcome to LM_NET" message
   you received.

   Normally, please send information only to the individual person who
   requested it. If they receive a lot of replies, they will probably
   post them to the group. Please use our Target/Hit procedure to
   gather information, and share later with the group.

   Be extremely careful when replying to the sender of an LM_NET
   message. Many e-mail systems will automatically send your reply to
   the entire list of LM_NET members if you simply use a reply command.
   When an individual asks a question that you can answer, just send it
   to the individual who posted the original message to which you are
   responding. Imagine how it would feel to have a very "personal" or
   revealing message read by thousands of people!

   Think before you post. Do I really want to say this to the entire
   world (and have it posted to the LM_NET Archives as well?) Reread
   what you wrote. Did you really say what you intended to? Once a
   message is sent, it can't be retrieved. Sending to the individual
   or to the entire group is an important consideration.

Peter Milbury, LM_NET Co-Moderator   pmilbury@iis.syr.edu
School Librarian/CA TeleMentor, Chico HS, Chico, CA
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