5. Posting and Getting Responses: Guideline of Day

[Guest guest]

(A portion of the guidelines to the WTO groups are sent out each day because

alltogether they can be rather overwhelming. They are sent to all lists in

approximate order of what is important and are not making any comment on any

particular message on any one of the WTO groups. Please note our guidelines

have developed over the years by the group as a whole to meet situations that

come up again and again. Before you post, you must agree to try to read and

try to meet them. If you have any questions, comments, or feelings you wish

to voice about the guidelines, please write to at bear454us@...

or RandiBPD@.... Thank you!)

Once you have joined a list, send your messages to NAMEOFGROUPYahoogroups

EG

WelcomeToOz

WTOatwork

WTOchat

WTOChristian

WTODivorcing

WTOGLBT

WTOmenonly

WTOnon-only

WTOparenting

WTOStaying

WTOsibling

ModOasis

To reach any list owner, write to WelcomeToOz-owner

DO NOT SEND YOUR PUBLIC MESSAGES TO THAT ADDRESS.

DO NOT SEND COMMANDS TO EITHER OF THESE ADRESSES.

If you want to change anything about your subscription, please go to

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nameoflist (eg

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Welcometooz

" Egroups.com " as a domain will also work, but Yahoo groups merged with

egroups and the domain changed.

Getting the most responses: Please be very specific with subject lines. If

you want to talk about treatment for BPD, the subject line QUESTION ABOUT

DEPAKOTE will elicit more of the responses you are looking for than,

MEDICATION or worse yet, RE: DIGEST NO. 123. If a thread has changed, please

rename it to reflect the content. If the subject is about something off

topic, please write OFF TOPIC.

About posting: This is a wonderful group. But some people are, how shall we

say, technically challenged and do not understand how to use their mail

programs. The 20% who don't make things challenging for the rest of us.

Please, if you do not understand how to use your mail program, do not attach

pages of long former posts for 700 people to reread. In one thread, this

pages-long post can get reprinted 10 times. Imagine yourself standing up in

front of 700 people and doing that. OK. Now call SOMEONE who knows whatever

mail program you have and ask them how to keep only the essential paragraph

what you are replying to.

By the same token, many emails refer to things said when they DON'T include a

snippet and people are completely lost. Usually it goes something like this:

" Yes, I agree, , but what about using PUVAS in that situation. " What

situation? If you want feedback, include something so we can refer back to

what the original post was about. This also requires knowledge of your mail

program; knowledge that will benefit you in ALL that you do.

Please do not press reply and create the subject line " Re: [WelcomeToOz]

Digest Number 1780 " . Please actually think about what you're writing and

write a subject like a headline, question, or comment. Or at least " About

XYZ. " This helps people wade through several hundred messages.

Finally, we're not all English majors and some use English as a second

language. But the easier your post is to read, the more people will read it

and respond. If English is your second language, say so and we will cut you

some slack. Also, if you are in a country besides the US and asking about

legal matters, please say so.

Randi Kreger

List owner, Welcome To Oz Lists

Coauthor, Stop Walking on Eggshells

Love and Loathing, Hope for Parents

www.BPDCentral.com

Randi Kreger

List owner, Welcome To Oz Lists

Coauthor, Stop Walking on Eggshells

Love and Loathing, Hope for Parents

www.BPDCentral.com