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Welcome to the Northwest Independent Editors Guild e-mail discussion list! When members post messages to the list, you will receive them the following day in a digest--a single e-mail containing all the messages posted on the previous day. (If you’d rather receive each message as soon as it’s posted, email info@edsguild.org and we’ll change your preference to the Individual Email option.) IMPORTANT: To reply to a post, start a new message and send it to edsguild@yahoogroups.com. Yahoo!Groups, which we use for our listserv, no longer supports sending replies using the Reply button on your email program. When replying to a message, please include only the relevant parts that you copy and paste from the original message so that posts are kept to a manageable length. Then replace the subject line ("Re: Digest Number 215") with a more descriptive header (Re: Amy's Web site") or with the subject line used in the original post so members can quickly see what your message is about. Do not send administrative questions to the list. If you need to change your address, have forgotten the password for the Members Only part of the Web site, or if you are having difficulties with the technical aspects of the list, send these questions to info@edsguild.org. Encouraged Subjects: You can use the list to ask for advice and information; to announce editing/writing–related events; to share exciting professional news; to debate a style issue; and so on. If your post is not related to editing/writing (i.e., off topic), add “OT:” in the subject line (e.g., “OT: apartment to sublet”). Jobs are typically posted on the Job Board of our Web site, but occasionally a post pops up on the list. Our Steering Committee also uses the list to send important messages to all members, such as changes in the Web site password, notices of upcoming meetings, or new benefits of membership. If you post a question to the list, consider providing a “compile” (a single message) collecting the responses you receive, for other members’ benefit. Reasonable debates are welcome, but if any member requests that a controversial or lengthy discussion be taken off the list, please respect that request. Discouraged Subjects: Do not send spam (junk e-mail), such as chain letters, petitions, or ads for services or products unrelated to editing/writing--including for classes and events not specifically related to editing/writing. If someone posts a comment or question that is off topic (OT), do not reply to the list and keep the OT-subject discussion going publicly. Reply privately, if at all. Do not engage in any discussion of setting rates. It can be seen as price fixing, which is currently illegal in online forums such as our discussion list. The HTML Writers Guild offers an excellent explanation of these legal reasons on its site: http://www.hwg.org/resources/faqs/priceFAQ.html (see especially #6 for specific examples of acceptable and unacceptable topics). To share rate tips, offer a link to a guide on setting your rates. If you’re puzzling over rates, see the many links to relevant articles on the Resources page of the Guild’s Web site (www.edsguild.org). You may also contact specific editors in our directory who do the sort of work you’re speculating about, or talk to individual editors at our meetings. It’s fine for individuals to e-mail privately about rates. Don’t forward a post from another member or list without express permission from the author (i.e., “forwards OK”). Don’t send copyrighted material to the list; instead, describe the material and provide a link to it. Have general questions about listserv etiquette? Check out Chapter Six of Netiquette by Virginia Shea: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/TOC0963702513.html. Questions about the Guild's listserv? E-mail info@edsguild.org. These guidelines were inspired by the list guidelines of
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