Welcome to the Ohio Parks and
Recreation Association newest membership service - The OPRA E-Connection -
Ohio's park and recreation listserve where you can electronically exchange
information, share challenges and success stories with more than 900 of OPRA's
members who have access to email.
This tool will save you hours of
research, connect you with others within the state and provide you with
education and the latest developments in the industry. Please take time to
review the information below explaining how OPRA's E-Connection will function,
communications appropriate for the listserve, some general rules for listserve
etiquette and how to remove your name if you do not wish to participate in
this valuable offering.
This is a Members Only listserve.
If OPRA doesn't have your email address on file, you cannot access the
list.
We hope you'll enjoy the opportunity to talk with your peers
throughout the state via this electronic media. If you miss an exchange,
don't worry, we're archiving your communications for future reference.
Look for our website update to be unveiled before 2003!
The official
email address of the listserve is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Use this address to post new messages or reply to messages from others on the
list. When replying to a message, please use the 'reply' function in
your email program - this will put an RE: in front of the existing subject
line and will help keep related messages organized. It's pretty
simple! Just use the address above to post messages as you would with
any other e-mail you create/receive. Here are a couple of suggestions
about interacting with the list:
1. Please make subject
lines as descriptive as possible
2. Don't copy the entire
thread in replies, if not necessary for clarity
3. Please don’t
attach files to your postings. If you would like to make a file
available to others on the list, please offer to send it directly to
interested parties via personal email instead.
Remember, once you send
a message it will be available for all of OPRA's members to read! Please
be sure you want everything in your message to be available to everyone else
on the list before clicking on 'Send'. Obviously, inappropriate content
such as profanities, personal attacks, job postings, sales pitches, etc. will
not be permitted on the listserve. The listserve is meant to be a
professional, open forum between all members. OPRA reserves the right to
remove any user that posts inappropriate content. In short, use common
sense in your communications just as you would if talking to a group of people
in person.
Please have computer virus protection software installed, active
and properly updated on your computer before posting or replying to
messages. Passing a virus along to everyone else on the listserve
doesn't make a good impression. By being prudent and scanning all
incoming/outgoing messages, we can greatly reduce the transmission of viruses
and the associated problems they cause.
We truly feel this will be an extremely valuable tool for all our
members. For this reason, all members with an e-mail address on file at
OPRA are automatically subscribed to the listserve. However, if for some
reason you would like to be removed from the listserve, send a message to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line.
Be sure you send the message from the e-mail account that is subscribed to the
listserv.
That's about it! If you have any questions or
suggestions about the listserve, please send a message to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] We will reply as quickly as possible.
We look forward to seeing the listserve grow in popularity and become
an important tool for all our members. Happy posting!
Michelle
Park, CPRP
Ohio Parks and Recreation Association, Executive
Director
1069A West Main Street, Westerville, OH 43081
Phone:
614-895-2222 Fax: 614-895-3050 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website:
www.opraonline.org Toll free: 1-800-238-1108
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