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Below you will find the new SFI-L FAQ. This FAQ supersedes any other
rules that are in force. With the sending of this FAQ, we are starting
over. Any moderator action has been put aside, and any moderations in
affect are removed. This list was created to allow civil discussion, and
to ask questions relating to STARFLEET. Please, let's remember that on
the other end of the E-mail is a real person, and keep it civil.
As to discussions on this list, it is to be used for discussions of
STARFLEET policy, as well as a conduit to allow you, the members, to
ask questions of the administration, as well as offer constructive
criticism of policies. It may also be used for announcements of
Regional or Chapter events.
The below FAQ was created to help to cement policies that we,
the list moderators, have set in place. If you have any concerns
about the FAQ, please contact us privately at listmods@sfi.org
Rules that must be followed will be indicated so by the use of words
such as "must" or the phase "has to" whereas "may" or "should"
indicate suggestions.
Thank you, and be excellent to each other.
SFI-L: The Official Mailing List of STARFLEET, TISTFA, Inc.
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Frequently Asked Questions 1.21 20090107 WH
The SFI-L mailing list is an official mailing list that allows members
of STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. (known
in this document as STARFLEET) to more easily exchange ideas and
information about issues and policies affecting STARFLEET and it's
members. As an official discussion list, the membership of this list
expects a higher level of communication from and to the leadership of
the organization. SFI-L operates under the authority of STARFLEET and
of the list owner(s) and moderator(s). SFI-L is owned and operated by
the Chief of Communications, STARFLEET and administered by the
list moderators.
The current SFI-L ListFAQ is available on the following website:
http://lists.sfi.org/listinfo.cgi/sfi-l-sfi.org
A) Membership and Subscription Information
B) Contact Information
C) Archive and FAQ
D) Purpose
E) How to Post
F) To Post or Not to Post
G) Replies, Follow-ups, quoting
H) When Things go Wrong
I) What Not To Do
J) Moderation and Suspension from list
K) What Did We Miss?
L) Credits
M) Who may join
A) Membership and Subscription Information
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To be eligible for membership on this list you must be a current member
of STARFLEET. When a subscription request comes in, a Moderator must
verify your membership status in STARFLEET, as recorded in the STARFLEET
Database. Please sign up using the E-mail address, first and last name
that you have in the STARFLEET Database or a moderator will need to
verify your information. We will compare the E-mail address you supply
to the address listed in the STARFLEET Database. Once confirmed, your
subscription request will be completed.
You can subscribe to the SFI-L by visiting the following website:
http://lists.sfi.org/listinfo.cgi/sfi-l-sfi.org
From this page, you will be able to subscribe, un-subscribe, set
digest, have your password mailed to you, and other things.
If you have any problems, please E-mail the list moderators at
listmods@sfi.org, and they can help you.
B) Contact Information
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The SFI-L list owner is Michael Dugas
The current SFI-L Moderators are Liz Woolf, Gregg Kleiner, and Chris Tolbert.
Your first contact for most issues or questions regarding the list
should be the List Moderators Should you require
further assistance or have a concern about how the list is being run,
please contact the Senior List Moderator (currently that is
the Chief of Communications - comms@sfi.org).
C) Archives and FAQ
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Digests of the SFI-L E-mail list are available on the server at
http://lists.sfi.org/private.cgi/sfi-l-sfi.org/. These archives are
maintained on a space-available basis, and are not guaranteed to be
available. In order to access the archives you must be a member of the
SFI-L list.
D) Purpose
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The SFI-L mailing list is an official mailing list that allows members
of STARFLEET to easily exchange ideas and information as well as
discuss policy of STARFLEET. This list is NOT a roleplaying or persona list.
This list is owned and operated by the Chief of Communications,
STARFLEET and administered by the list moderators.
Announcements of upcoming chapter and Regional events are welcome, as
well as discussions about policy and membership issues. Topics not
allowed are dealing with religion, sex, real world controversies and other
topics as determined by the list moderators.
The authority of the list owner as well as the list moderators, is
controlled by the rules in this FAQ, but is not limited to only the
rules in this FAQ. You are asked to abide by the rules set forth in this
FAQ as well as requests made by the Moderators on the list itself.
The right to free speech guaranteed within the United States by the
first amendment to the Constitution of the United States applies to the
United States Government limiting your right of expression. It does not
apply to private individuals or organizations and does not apply to sfi-l.
Your continued privilege of posting to this list is dependent upon your
appropriate use of it.
E) How to Post
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To post a message to SFI-L, send an E-mail to
sfi-l@lists.sfi.org
Your entire header (including, for example, To, CC, Subject) must not be
longer than 1024 characters to conform to limitations in the mailing
list software in use.
Your subject line should be brief, but descriptive. A subject line of
"question" isn't informative, but a subject line of "where can I find
the rules about Corry Ops" would be better.
In order for the list to know who they are talking to, all messages must
be signed with, at minimum, an identifying name and E-mail address. Keep
your signature line to 5 or 6 lines, maximum. This is for the benefit of
members that are on digest mode, and to help minimize the size of digests.
Check the recipients of your replies. If you plan on sending a private
reply check that the correct E-mail address is in your TO: field.
Rich text and HTML formatted messages are discouraged. These types of
messages may not be formatted correctly and can contain a virus. Please
only send messages to this list in plain text.
Attachments are prohibited on this list. The list software has been set
to reject messages over a certain size to stop attachments from getting
through. If you have something that you wish to make available to the
members of the list, please post that it is available and that you will
send it upon request or that it is available for download from a website.
This is a closed list. When you post, make sure that you post from the
E-mail address that is subscribed. E-mail from any non-subscribed
E-mail address will be rejected.
You are required to act in a professional manner on this list. While
dissent is encouraged, you should make every effort to express this in a
polite manner. Stating that "if that person were to state that the sky
is blue, I would go to the window to make sure, because I don't trust
him to tell the truth" would be inappropriate, as that would be a
personal attack. However, if that was worded such as "I always seek to
verify information that I have been given before accepting it' would be
better.
F) To post or Not to post
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Before you send a message remember that you are about to send your
thoughts to a list subscribed by many people. If you're mad when you write
your post, hold onto it for a few hours, and re-read it. You may decide
to revise before sending or not send at all.
See the section on "What not to do" before posting to make sure that
you are not violating a list rule before posting.
G) Replies, follow ups, and quoting
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When replying to a message ask yourself the following question: Does
the list need to see my reply, or should it only go to the person that
sent the original message? If this is the case, make sure to change the
To field to that of the sender.
When sending a reply remember that the list has already seen the
message that your replying to. You don't need the entire message in your
reply. Simply remove any part of the message that you are replying to,
and add your comments.
H) When things go wrong
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If you believe that there is something wrong with the list, please
contact the list moderators, don't test it for yourself. This also
applies to testing your filters. Please leave the operation and
testing of the list to the moderators.
If there's nothing wrong with the list but you have a complaint about
something that was posted, please contact the moderators. Most of our
activity is done in private. Since we moderate in private, please
contact us privately as your issue may have already been dealt with. It
is also possible that we haven't received a complaint yet and you may
be alerting us to a potential problem.
If you're going to be away from your E-mail for a period of time or your
E-mail account is going to be unreachable for a period of time, please
either consider unsubscribing or set your subscription setting to digest
mode. A full or unreachable E-mail box will generate a bounce notice to
the mail software and a large number of bounces can cause you to be
unsubscribed from this list. Also, please do not have auto-responders set
up on the E-mail address subscribed to this list.
I) What not to do
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No profanity will be allowed on the list. If you unsure whether a word
is considered profane, do not use it. If you test this rule by
intentionally (in the opinion of any moderator) using a word just to
see if it will result in moderation, you will be moderated.
As in generally accepted in netiquette circles, the following is a list
of things that are prohibited on this list:
*No flames or trolling will be allowed on this list. Flaming is defined
as the act of posting messages that are purposely hostile and
derogative. Trolling is a the act of making a post in order to provoke
an angry response or to start trouble without adding anything worthwhile
to the conversation.
*No forwarding of private mail. Messages sent to you privately are not
to be shared with the list without the permission of the author. The
same applies to messages from a limited access mailing list, unless the
message is clearly marked "Cross Post as Necessary". Always seek
permission first and if in doubt, please contact a moderator first.
*No forwarding of messages to the list from non-subscribers or
subscribers on moderation. If someone asks you to forward their thoughts
to the list, please have them contact a list moderator. If we think it's
appropriate, we will forward it to the list for them.
*No posting of copyrighted material without permission. If the material
is something that is of interest, feel free to post a link to the material.
*No excessive quoting. Do not include the entire original message at the
beginning or end of your message ether. Simply remove any part of the
original that you are not commenting on. Be thoughtful of those set to
digest mode.
*No unmarked spoilers. While this type of posting is not appropriate for
this list, if you must send a spoiler, make sure to leave at least 20
blank lines and mark your subject as a spoiler.
*No chain letters. Any message that asks to you send this to all your
friends is a chain letter.
*No virus warnings. If you believe that you have a warning that just
has to be sent to this list, please contact a list moderator about it.
We will review it and if it is real and we determine that it should
be sent, we will post it.
*No test messages. This includes messages to simply test your filters.
*No commercial non-STARFLEET related advertising or commercial sales
pitches. This does not include the STARFLEET Quartermaster or chapters
trying to raise money for a their charity, a Regional Summit, IC or other strictly
STARFLEET related event.
*No "Me Too" posts.
*No personal paging without permission of the list moderators.
*Limit signature blocks to six lines, including all information,
decorations, quotations and blank lines.
*Don't post replies to the list when you really only meant to send to
one person. Check your to fields prior to sending your message.
*No attachments. No stylized text, no HTML messages.
J) Moderation and Suspensions from this list
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If you are warned by a moderator not to do something, please respect
that. Failure to follow directions from the moderator can and will,
result in punishment. While the STARFLEET Membership Handbook guarantees
the Right to voice your opinion at any level of STARFLEET, this is not
an absolute right to participate in this forum. You have the right
to contact the leadership of the organization at any time. This list
is not your only method. Repeated failure to abide by the rules can
and usually will result in moderation or suspension from the list.
Typically, the first violation will result in a warning. Continued
violation will result in a one week moderation. If, after that
moderation is served, continued violation will result in a longer
moderation, as determined appropriate by the moderators. Continued
violations will result in the moderators contacting the list owner to
determine if a suspension from the list is warranted or a complete
banning from the list. While we will strive to follow the progression of
punishments, we reserve the right to jump to a later one, based on the
facts surrounding the punishment.
While you are moderated, your posts will be rejected by the list
moderators. You will still receive posts from the list, but you will not
be allowed to respond to the list. If you are suspended from the list
your subscription will be removed and you will be only be able to
re-subscribe at the end of a period of time to be determined by
the moderators.
Warnings will be sent, generally in private, to individuals that have
violated the list rules. This warning is to remind the member about the
rule that he has violated. However, this warning is just that, a
warning. While you may be subjected to greater scrutiny for a period of
time, there is no punishment associated with it. We may also send a
blanket warning to the list.
Any decision of the Moderators may be appealed. Your first line of
appeal is to the senior moderator. If you feel that the senior moderator
has not addressed the situation sufficiently, you are able to appeal to
the full moderator board, or directly to the list owner. If you feel
that you need to appeal higher, then you are directed to contact the
Executive Committee of STARFLEET.
At times, the moderators will call for a closure of a thread that has
lost it's use (the thread has become a personal attack, is of topic, or
other reason, as determined by the list moderators). We will post this
closure to the list, generally with the following subject line:
MODERATOR WARNING: CLOSED THREAD (was: old topic). While we realize that
not everyone checks their E-mail constantly, we do expect that our
closure to be respected. The members of the list will be given a 4 hour
grace period if a normal delivery subscriber and 12 hours if you are on
digest mode. You will also be given one post on a closed topic (and
receive a private warning) before receiving a moderation or suspension.
You, the list members, are expected to follow the rules and make sure
that no threads have been closed prior to posting.
K) What did we miss?
This document is, by no means, a complete list of all possible
situations that this list may encounter. The list moderators reserve
the right to make decisions on issues that are not specifically
addressed in order to allow us to maintain this list. If you have
specific concerns about something not addressed in this FAQ, please
contact the list moderators at listmods@sfi.org.
L) Credits
This FAQ is maintained by the SFI-L moderators. This FAQ was pulled
from several sources, including but not limited to the Netiquette
guides available from several E-mail lists, as well as from the
Unofficial Fleet-L FAQ.
M) Who may join
The only requirements to subscribe to this list are that you:
1) Are an active STARFLEET Member in good standing.
2) Have an e-mail address listed in the STARFLEET Online Member Database.
3) The e-mail you are using to subscribe must match that e-mail address.
If your membership should ever expire, your address will automatically be
unsubscribed from this list. This is not intended to be a hostile action
but merely a housekeeping measure to ensure that only active STARFLEET
members are on the list. If your membership expires and you then renew,
you should be able to immediately (even with a pending renewal) be able
to re-subscribe.
To see the collection of prior postings to the list,
visit the Sfi-l
Archives.
(The current archive is only available to the list
members.)
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