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An e-mail discussion forum has been set up at Yahoo. To subscribe simply send a blank e-mail to coaac-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Remember to keep the body blank, that includes no signatures. The COAAC email list website is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coaac/, you can also subscribe there.
For anyone having trouble subscribing, please email listserve@accessibilitynews.ca
The following are guidelines and common online courtesies that should be observed when communicating on the COAAC listserv. Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourselves with these guidelines.
Listservs are groups of people who send and receive messages through a single email address. Enter your listserv email address into your personal address book. When you send an email to this address it will be forwarded to everyone on the listserv. It is crucial to remember that even though you may be responding to a particular comment that one person says to the listserv, the message is actually sent as a separate email to every person on the list.
The COAAC listserv is a benefit of membership. Only COAAC members may participate on the COAAC listserv.
Vendors and/or companies are not permitted to use the listserv to send information promoting their products and services. This address should not be distributed to any companies for their use. Please provide your name and other relevant information and not just nicknames when writing or responding to emails. This makes it easier to know who said what.
Be courteous when replying to listserv messages. Do not challenge or attack other participants. If you wish to respond to something and you have to think twice about whether it might offend or embarrass someone, send it "offline" to only the intended recipient's email address.
Send responses such as "thanks for the information" or "I agree" or personal comments to the appropriate individual's email, NOT THE ENTIRE LIST. This can be achieved by using the forwarding option and typing in or cutting and pasting in the email address of the individual to whom you want to respond.
It is courteous to advise fellow listserv participants of lengthy messages at the beginning of your message, either in the subject line or in the beginning of the message body (e.g., "Long Message").
Do not post commercial messages ("spamming") on the COAAC listserv. This is the surest way to lose listserv participants.
Please use discretion when using the COAAC listserv. If you wouldn't want your message read to the public, don't send it on the listserv since messages may be forwarded to non-intended third parties.
Please send a new message if you are introducing a new topic or train of thought. It is easier to track information this way, rather than having to sift through several messages. Also, when responding to a message, remove all of the text and just keep the relevant parts to which you are replying to.
Don't use the listserv to forward Internet jokes and humor. This listserv should be reserved for the AAC networking needs of members.
Disclaimers:
COAAC reserves the right to suspend or terminate membership for members who violate these rules, and the association further reserves the right to discontinue the listserv if too many members complain about its usefulness.
Remember that your comments could make you subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.
Defamatory, profane, offensive, or illegal content and messages (including disclosures) are strictly prohibited.
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