DoraKennedyFrenchImmersion

School
ListservPostingReminders
1.

Adheretothesamestandardsofbehavioronlinethatyoufollowinreallife.Behonest,
respectful,andpolite.

2.

Ifyouwouldn'tsayittosomeone'sface,don'tsayitonline.

3.

Ifyoudisagreewithsomeone,criticizetheidea,nottheperson.Onegoodwaytodo
thisisbyaskingquestionsorbyusing"I"messages.Insteadofwriting,"You'renuts!"
youcouldwrite,"Canyouclarifywhatyoumeantby?"or"Idisagreewiththatidea..."

4.

Avoidoffensivelanguageandpersonalattacks.Ifyourealizeyouarepartofaflame
war(morethantwoorthreeangrypostingsbackandforthbetweentwopeople),go
offlinetofinishitoff.Don'tmonopolizethelistservwithyourdisagreement.

5.

Beconsciousofyourchoiceoflanguagesometimeswordsthatmightnotsound
hurtfulwhensaidinperson(whentoneofvoiceandgesturecanhelpcommunication)
mightfeeloffensivetosomeonewhentheyarewritten.Sarcasmandsardonichumor
donottranslatewellintowriting.

6.

Avoidgeneralizationsaboutentiregroupsofpeople,includingracial,ethnic,religious,
gender,sexualpreferenceorotherstereotypes.Forexample,lumping"allteachersor
theadministration"(or"allparents")togetherisunfairandinaccurate.

7.

Ifyourmessageisdirectedataspecificperson(andwouldnotbeofinterestto
everyone),replytothatindividualratherthantheentirelistserv.Thisparticularly
appliesifyouhaveaprivateorsensitivecommenttomake.Donotpostpersonal
emailsonapubliclistwithoutfirstobtainingtheauthor'spermission.
a.

8.

Rememberothersrighttoprivacy.Refrainfromnamingnames,especiallythose
ofstudentsotherthanyourown,whenraisingissuesthatmaybesensitiveor
controversial.

Knowwhatyou'retalkingaboutandmakesense.Proofreadyourmessagebeforeyou
postit.Donotpostrumorsorinformationthatyouhavenotpersonallyverified,
particularlyiftheymightbedamagingtosomeone.

9.

Beforgivingofotherpeople'smistakes.Assumepeoplemeanwell,andthatany
omissionsoroffensivecommentswereinadvertent.Ifyoureallyfeeltheneedto
correctthem,dosorespectfullyand,ifit'spersonal,inprivate.

10.

Respectotherpeople'stimeandbandwidth.Keepyourpostingsshort.Ifyouwouldlike
tosharealongerarticle,posttheURLforit.

11.

Whenreplyingtoapreviousposter,deleteanyirrelevanttextandcopyonlythe
relevantpartofherorhismessageintoyourposting,nottheentirediscussion.

12.

SometopicsmaybeofinterestonlytoasmallsubgroupoftheDoraKennedy
community.Sometimesthesemightbebettertopostonthespecificclasslistserv
ratherthanthewholeschool.

13.

Toassistreadersinfindingmessagesthatarerelevanttotheirinterests,indicatea
specificsubjectinthesubjectline.E.g.,S.T.E.M.eventnextSaturday"ismorehelpful
than"ComingEvents."

14.

Beespeciallycarefulthatyoursubjectlineisappropriatetoyourmessage.Don'tjust
push"reply"withoutalsoconsideringwhetheryouneedtochangethesubjectlinefor
clarityandaccuracy.

15.

Itisnotappropriateonthelisttonameateacherorstaffpersonwithwhomyouare
havingissues.YouMAYtalkingeneraltermsaboutclasswork,expectations,etc.Butif
youhaveissueswithaparticularteacher,pleasedealwiththatteacherdirectly.

16.

Thislistisnotaclassifiedadlist,pleasedonotuseitassuch.Rememberthatthere
arehundredsofusersonthislistandeachonehasatleastoneitemthewouldliketo
advertiseforsale.

17.

Informationonthislistshouldnotbecopied,forwardedorcrosspostedtootherlists
withouttheexpresspermissionoftheoriginalposter.

18.

Weallhaveaninterestinsomekindofpoliticalviewpointand/orpartyand/or
candidate.Pleasesharethemwithyourfriendsandfamily,butpleasekeepthemoff
thelist.Rememberwehaveover600membersonthislistandthatcanleadto
thousandsofdifferentpointsofview.