Thanks Mel- this is a good start and we need to build on this for our own purposes. Some companies and other discussion lists have their own additional ground rules which may be helpful to look at. Regards Natalie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:09 AM Subject: [obsnw] Re: Need for code of conduct for email communication
Hi Natalie, I guess you mean posting to the google group needs a code of conduct. Here is the official conduct guidleline by Google Groups, which one is obliged to adhere to, or they have the right to just close the group down, which does happen by the way. 6. Appropriate Conduct You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct and communications while using the Service and for any consequences thereof. You agree to use the Service only to send and receive messages and material that are legal, proper and related to the particular Group. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Service, you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; post any inappropriate, defamatory, infringing, obscene, or unlawful Content; post any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of any party (the "Rights"), unless you are the owner of the Rights or have the permission of the owner to Post such Content; post messages that promote pyramid schemes, chain letters or disruptive commercial messages or advertisements, or anything else prohibited by the Group owner. download any file Posted by another user of a Group that you know, or reasonably should know, that cannot be legally distributed in such manner; impersonate another person or entity, or falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is Posted; restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Service; use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Service; interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service; use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Service or collect information about users for any unauthorized purpose; submit Content that falsely expresses or implies that such Content is sponsored or endorsed by Google; create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses; promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities or promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual; or transmit any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses, or any items of a destructive nature Melanie On Dec 2, 9:36 am, "Natalie Leon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear members > The need for a code of conduct in our communication has previously been > raised and minuted in a OBSNW meeting held at Touch of Madness . Judging > from the complaints and accusations around the police conduct issue and > several other issues, I think we should get the communication groundrules > spelt out sooner rather than later. > > I therefore volunteer to develop a draft for discussion - say by Feb next > year as I will be away for a while. > > If anyone has a a copy of such groundrules that they may be using at their > office or other discussion lists, plse forward this to me, so I don't have > to reinvent the wheel. > > Regards > Natalie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
