Happy New Year!


I know many of you are still enjoying your holiday break, but I thought
the start of a new year might be a good time to remind ourselves of the
purpose of the NIFL lists and to post the Netiquette rules. For your
future reference, both are found on the NIFL Web site at 

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/list_guidelines.html
<http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/list_guidelines.html> 

 

 


National Institute for Literacy Discussion List Guidelines


The purpose of the National Institute for Literacy's Discussion Lists is
to bring together literacy stakeholders - researchers, policymakers,
administrators, practitioners, and students - to discuss critical issues
in the latest research, promising policies and practices as well as to
share resources and experience. The discussion lists provide a forum to
ask questions of subject experts and keep up-to-date on literacy. The
National Institute for Literacy partners with literacy organizations
that provide specialized and knowledgeable staff to facilitate and
moderate the discussion lists. Under a policy governing these lists, the
list moderator will follow a review process before messages are
distributed to list subscribers. Each list has a specific purpose
established around subject matter, content and professional development
topics.

Discussion list participants are encouraged to focus their contributions
to the list on the specific subject areas and goals posted on each of
the lists' archive pages. Comments, suggestions, references, and ideas
posted to the discussion lists should serve as resources for enhancing
the field's capacity and knowledge base

List subscribers are expected to follow the Netiquette rules
<http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/list_guidelines.html#netiquette#n
etiquette>  posted below. Subscribers should include their name, email
address and program or affiliation at the end of each message.

The Institute encourages open discourse and an exchange of information,
ideas, and practices among all list subscribers. Differences in
perspectives and ideas are strongly encouraged, especially when
conducted in the spirit of inquiry, curiosity, and mutual respect. 

* Anti-lobbying laws prohibit the use of appropriated funds for
lobbying. The National Institute for Literacy's discussion lists are
maintained with appropriated funds; therefore, lobbying messages, i.e.,
those that are intended to influence or cause others to influence a
member of Congress to favor or oppose legislation or an appropriation by
Congress, will not be posted to the discussions lists nor will messages
that contain direct links to other websites or web pages whose purpose
is to influence or cause others to influence a member of Congress to
favor or oppose legislation or an appropriation be posted.

All messages posted to the list are archived. When sending posts to the
lists, subscribers agree to have messages archived on the Institute's
web pages. This means that not only are all messages stored and
searchable in the Discussion List archives, but they are also available
for search on the World Wide Web.

The Institute funds the discussion lists through LINCS, using funds
appropriated to the National Institute for Literacy by U.S. Congress.
Messages posted to the discussion lists and the archives do not
represent the views or opinions of the National Institute for Literacy,
the discussion list moderator or the sponsor organization. In addition,
the National Institute for Literacy does not endorse or promote
resources or products discussed or mentioned in postings to the lists.
The Institute's lists cannot be used as a promotion tool for commercial
products or resources. It is permissible for a list subscriber to post a
message that refers to a resource or product only in the context of a
discussion that relates to the topics of the list, and only if the list
subscriber does not stand to gain financially from the posting of the
message. However, any message that mentions or discusses a resource or
product and whose primary purpose is to generate financial benefit for
the subscriber posting the message is not permitted and will not be
posted to a list. Discussion list moderators and Institute staff will
make decisions about the appropriateness of a post.

Questions about the National Institute for Literacy's Discussion Lists
and the policies governing those lists may be directed to the LINCS
Director, Jo Maralit, email: mmaralit at nifl.gov or to Tanya Shuy, email:
tshuy at nifl.gov 

Review Process 

Moderators will review messages sent to the list and either approve or
disapprove for posting per the guidelines. The moderator will not edit
e-mail messages. Once a message is approved, it will be posted to the
list. If the message is not approved, it is sent back to the sender with
a brief explanation. Moderators will provide an explanation to the
posters of excluded or rejected messages.

Please note that moderators will review messages posted to the lists on
business days and will post approved messages during working hours. 

 


Netiquette


The Institute has found that learning is promoted by dialogue in a
spirit of inquiry, curiosity, and mutual respect. Please conduct your
discussions in that spirit on the lists.

The following is a list of some of the more common rules associated with
netiquette:

*	You may wish to introduce yourself to other list members when
posting to the list for the first time. 
*	The header information is not displayed on all mail systems;
therefore, including your name, contact information, and program or
affiliation will better allow others to respond to your message. 
*	Be concise. Messages more than two screens in length are
difficult for some participants to read. Shorter, to the point messages
move the discussion along at a lively pace. 
*	Before you send a reply, consider whether it should go to
everyone on the list or just to the person posting the message. If you
think your reply will be of general interest, then send it to the list;
if not, be careful to reply only to the message originator. When
replying to an individual, make sure that person's email address is the
only one appearing in the "To" box." 
*	When you are replying to a posted message, it helps readers if
you quote the part of the message (usually not the whole message) that
you are replying to. All list readers will then respond to your message
in the proper context. If the message thread gets too long, remove the
older postings at the beginning of the thread. 
*	If you are responding to a posting but want to change the topic
of a discussion thread, remember to change the subject line in the email
to give members information about the new direction in the conversation.

*	Email messages typed in all capitals are considered shouting and
in discussion forums are considered rude, so please be considerate and
for emphasis use *emphasis* or _emphasis_ instead of all capitals. 
*	Comments made in jest on a mailing list may not always appear
that way to other readers. Sarcasm rarely works on the internet and is
often misunderstood. Please be careful using humor on the lists. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/list_guidelines.html

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

 

Join us for the 17th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy!
"Literacy Grows Families and Communities"
March 30, 31, & April 1, 2008-Louisville, KY
Register online at www.famlit.org/conference

 

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