CanberraBirds list rules - routine reminder

[COG Lists Manager <>]

Greetings. Our list now has some 215 members and generally continues to
function well, thanks to all subscribers including especially those who
make regular contributions. 

 From time to time I send to the list a reminder about the list rules. We
keep these to a minimum, but they remain important if we are to all
benefit from and enjoy the list. Here are the list rules.

Messages sent to the CanberraBirds email list SHOULD NOT

* be of a purely commercial nature

* contain offensive or inappropriate language

* contain personal attacks - discuss the message, not the messenger

* stray too far from our main topics: the wild birds of the Canberra/ACT region, their habitats & conservation

* messages, including attachments, should be under 100 kb in size.

At a recent meeting, COG's Committee of Management discussed the
CanberraBirds list. The Committee confirmed the appropriateness of these
rules, and also asks subscribers to bear in mind the following:

* Please make sure that the subject line is relevant to your message. So, if you are replying to a message, continuing the same thread, then hit 'reply all' , delete the address of the person who sent the previous message, and retain the previous subject line. If you are initiating a discussion or want to post information on another topic, however, please create a new message with an appropriate subject line.

* Please delete unnecessary earlier text when replying to a message. Apparently some subscribers, perhaps those with slow dial-up connections, find some difficulty with messages containing a number of posts on a given thread. Of course, sometimes it is helpful to retain the full thread but on other occasions earlier messages are not necessary.

If you have any comments on this or other matter pertaining to how
the list is run, pls respond to me directly
 rather than to the whole list.

Good birding!
David McDonald
COG's email lists manager