[Rockhounds] [ADMIN] Rockhounds Website Pee Ess

[Julie Siebel]

Excuse the grammar in that post; we housesat for someone last night with 5
big dogs to go along with our 2 big dogs and I didn't get much sleep. Just
now getting coffee and re-read that and went "Yikes!"

J.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Siebel" <julie at pandemoniumgraphics.com>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors"
<rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] [ADMIN] About the rockhounds website.


>I can put clarifications of stuff on the website. The actual "rules" will
>to be *very* brief compared to wht they are now, so yeah, they'll probably
>fit fine in an email. I'm not sure how much control we have over the
>contents of the confirmation email (I'm assuming at least SOME, haven't
>looked yet(.
>
> I've never actually joined a list where the rules were in the
> confirmation; I've hit them where they were sent in the "Welcome" email,
> though.
>
> Our ad policy is pretty basic:
>
> Include [AD] in the header. No more one ad per month. No "extra mentions"
> of your business and sales in regular list emails. You must contribute as
> a regular list member in order to post ads. You may include a link to your
> site, as a sig line, though it must include your name as well.
>
> Pretty simple, really.
>
> There are always exceptions but for ads, they're pretty few and far
> between. As a matter of fact, I can only think of one: If someone asks, on
> list, where to find a very specific item, e.g. the "OreRockOn DVD" or
> "Heulandite from the Rat's Nest Mine", Tim or John C. can answer ;). I'd
> expect a lot of that sort of stuff to actually be handled off list,
> though, perhaps with simply an email TO the list that says "I will contact
> you offlist."
>
> (Note: Currently the rules said something to the affect of 2 per month,
> but that we prefer one per month, or something like that. For four years,
> though, everyone's pretty much stuck to once per month, so I'm making that
> a hard, fast, rule, unless I hear a really brilliant argument against
> that. ;)
>
> Julie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "DonH" <donhalterman at q.com>
> To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors"
> <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] [ADMIN] About the rockhounds website.
>
>
>>
>> This sounds great.  Another minor suggestion: since this is a
>> "double-confirmed opt-in" subscription, as we say in the anti-spam world,
>> the confirmation message could also include a copy of the rules in the
>> way it is sent now once the subscription is complete.  The message could
>> say "confirmation of the subscription implies that you have read and
>> agree to abide by all the rules and policies of the list as written
>> below."  Other lists do that, so it wouldn't be unique.
>>
>> Also, a clarification, with examples, of the ad policy.
>>
>> Best,
>> Don
>>
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