Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Email Lists. Moderators?

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

We don't have a moderator who checks every message, just somebody in charge
of the list who sets up the protocols and reminds us of them.

Rob 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Villines [mailto:sharon [at] sharonvillines.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:52 AM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: [C-L]_ Email Lists. Moderators?



On Nov 14, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Rebecca Reid wrote:

> Rob mentions a list moderator--we also have a community listsserve but 
> have not had a moderator.  I am curious 1. whether other communities 
> have moderators, and 2. how it works at Sharingwood.

We do not have  moderators except that Yahoo calls list managers moderators.

I am the pointperson for email lists. I set up lists for people who don't
know how to do it --we have a lot of small lists for teams. I change
settings, help people having problems, and add and delete people from the
internal list when they leave or arrive. Let people know when Yahoo is
having problems or changing things. Like when they stripped all our
attachments. Panic day.

I don't approve or disapprove messages except new members on the open list.
We have both an open list and an internal list. I sometimes remind people,
particularly new people, of the policy to post jokes and discussions of car
tires to the open list, not the internal list.  
On the open list, the settings are to  moderate new members. That keeps
spammers off.

Our policy is that the internal list is for "business" and personal/ private
communications. Monthly announcements of coffee orders are limited to
members so they go to the internal list. The departure time for the Sea
Shanty sings the first Tuesday of the month goes to the internal list. All
team communications and minutes go to the internal list. Currently there is
a conversation about getting satellite TV and what that means to people.

The history of the two lists is long but one is open to anyone who wants to
"know more about cohousing" and for general chat. The internal list is
residents only. All residents are encouraged to join, members or not,
because we send security and other alerts to that list
-- keypad not working, elevator not working, painters here at 7:00, etc.

Our policy is that everyone is responsible for knowing any information
posted to the internal list. Some do not read that list but have a spouse
who does and communicates as much as they want/need to know. At least that
is the theory. And I for one hold them to it. Ignorance is no excuse!

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org



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