GEN: Unlurking Day Comment and Reminder

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

Dear LM_NET Colleagues,

   I would like to comment that it appears Unlurking Day was a success!
What a treat it was to catch a glimpse of some of the people who have been
sharing our electronic community with us! Thank you all for breaking out
and joining into the conversation. Let's do it again on September 16th!!!

   BTW-- One thing that happened was that we loosened up on our
LM_NETiquette a bit, all in good fun. So, I would like to offer a gentle
reminder to please remember to use identification (a signature file) when
posting to the group.

   LM_NET has a policy of required identification within all messages
posted to LM_NET. Please start the habit of including identification in
all messages posted to LM_NET. You should be sure to include your:

1. Name   2. Occupation/Job Title/Worksite   3. e-mail address
  Example:
    Jo Booksworth, Librarian
    Best Elementary, Bestville, CA
    JBOOKSWORTH@BEST.K12.CA.US

  Reasons (in addition to common courtesy):

  When we started this policy the number of unsigned messages had been
growing, and many appeared to be unrelated to the purposes of LM_NET.

  The address at the top of the header doesn't identify if the person is
supposed to be on LM_NET (i.e., school librarian or related type). If a
person does not belong on LM_NET, (e.g., spammer) and posts inappropriate
questions, it gives us a way to know if we should filter them out.

  Also, due to characteristics of their e-mail software, many people don't
see the person's return address in their e-mail header, so they must
unnecessarily reply to the entire group.

  With 11,000+ members, and 70+ messages a day being posted, we don't want
to have many inappropriate messages posted, especially from those who are
not in our intended audience.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

Peter Milbury, Co-owner of LM_NET         pmilbury@ericir.syr.edu
Now With 11,000+ Members       See: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
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      See also: Peter Milbury's School Librarian Web Pages
       http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury/lib.html
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