Ballot to resolve listserve issues (11-22-05)
Respectfully submitted: Patti Twigg, Listserves Committee Chair and Moderator
Background: As our listserves
have grown, the need for regulations or guidelines has become apparent. I have
identified three general categories that are in need of written guidelines in
order to clearly define the rules under which we wish to operate and make the
functioning of our listserves more useful and
efficient. In this document, I am presenting to you possible options only for
the regulation of the two main listserves, MCCPTA_Bulletin and MCCPTA_Delegates.
Any changes will become effective Dec. 1, 2005. I have tried to incorporate all
suggestions and ideas received. Some were already included in current
guidelines and so may not apply here but will be used to help clarify the
existing documentation. Additions to this list from the floor are welcome, and
will be added tonight. Please be sure to note any additions we make from the
floor tonight before you vote.
I. Below please find different categories of
people who might be interested in subscribing to our listserves.
There has been much discussion over the past year about limiting membership,
and the decision was made to leave that choice to the Delegates. Please
indicate which categories of individuals you think should have access to our
MCCPTA listserves by placing an X next to it/them.
MCCPTA
Bulletin: When thinking about who may be on this list, consider that draft
resolutions are sent out via this list.
____
Anyone
____
Reporters
____
Elected Officials
____
People who are members of PTA (National, State, or Local)
____
People who are on Executive Board of their local PTA (usually officers,
committee chairs)
____
People who can vote at Delegates Assemblies (local PTA presidents, MCCPTA
Delegates, members of
the MCCPTA Exec Board)
____
Other please specify
_____________________________________
____
Other please specify
_____________________________________
MCCPTA Delegates:
____
Anyone
____
Reporters
____
Elected Officials
_____
People who are members of PTA (National, State, Local)
_____
People who are on Executive Board of their local PTA (usually officers,
committee chairs)
_____
People who can vote at Delegates Assemblies (local PTA presidents, MCCPTA
Delegates,
members of
the MCCPTA Exec Board)
_____
Other please specify
_____________________________________
____ Other
please specify _____________________________________
II.
Below please find possible levels of moderation for the list MCCPTA Delegates.
(MCCPTA_Bulletin does not need guidelines, since it
is moderator post only):
_____
No moderation at all, except for list membership maintenance.
_____
Moderation in the form of periodic reminders to the entire list of a netettiquette nature, i.e., reminding the
list
members to trim posts, etc.
_____
Moderation in the form of private offlist emails to
remind people who have violated an established
guideline
for the various lists.
_____
Moderation in the form of enforcing guidelines using pre-defined consequences.
_____
Other please specify
_____________________________________________
_____
Other please specify
_____________________________________________
_____ Combination of ones above please specify ____________________________
III. Below please find
possible regulations/guidelines for posting on MCCPTA_Delegates
(again, not needed for moderator only post listserve MCCPTA_Bulletin):
1.
_____ Nothing should ever be posted to both Bulletin
and Delegates, as promised in the subscription
information,
with the exception of a small number of administrative messages.
2.
_____ Forwarding messages from one list to another
should be strongly discouraged, or possibly prohibited.
3.
_____ Newspaper articles and links should be bundled and sent out once per day
only. This will require a
central
collection point, details can be worked out if this is something the Delegates
desire.
Please
vote for either number 4 or number 5, but not both. You may also vote for neither.
4.
_____ Guidelines should be enforced with consequences after a predetermined
number of reminders from
moderator.
If you selected enforcement with consequences, then please vote for
which type of consequence(s) you prefer (select as many as you desire):
_____ moderation of posts
sent by offending party (meaning their posts would go through a moderator
for approval or rejection, no editing would be done).
_____ requesting an offending party rewrite their
post to be less incendiary before allowing it to go
out to the entire list.
_____ removal of offending
party from list.
5.
_____ Guidelines should be enforced by use of reminders only.
Please
vote for either number 6 or number 7, but not both. You may also vote for neither.
6.
_____ Limit replies to a given topic to one per person.
7.
_____ Limit replies to a certain specified number greater than one (please
specify number your prefer).
8.
_____ Limit postings to express local school opinions, rather than individuals
opinions.
Please
vote for either number 9 or number 10, but not both. You may also vote for
neither.
9.
_____ Replies may not mention a specific person, but rather must only address
the issues being replied to.
10.
_____ Replies may only mention name of person as a point of reference, i.e.,
In response to what Jane Doe
said,
11.
_____ Personal attacks are prohibited.
12.
_____ Other please specify
______________________________________________
13.
_____ Other please specify
______________________________________________
14.
_____ Other please specify
______________________________________________