Thanks Bill. These Rules and Guidelines look very reasonable and I'm sure that they will help improve the quality of discussion on TIPS. I ceratinly appreciate all of the hard work that you've done on this.
-Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Southerly <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:06 am Subject: [tips] NEW TIPS Rules and Guidelines To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > For several reasons, both behavior on TIPS and developments off- > list, I have been working with our campus attorney to revise the > TIPS guidelines. The result of these interactions is a > revised set of rules and guidelines for behavior on TIPS. > These guidelines are effective immediately and can be found > below or attached as a word file for those who wish to print > them. Many of these guidelines are routine and are used by most > internet discussion groups. The guidelines are meant to > encourage an online environment where everyone can discuss > various issues without fear of personal attacks. Please > read these carefully and if you have questions, send me a note > at: [email protected]. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > This represents a revision of the original TIPS guidelines and > expectations. By its nature, this document is dynamic and will > be subject to change, however, my goal is to keep these > guidelines brief and simple and not create an overwhelming set > of expectations. Hopefully, these guidelines will assist us in > our efforts to self-regulate our behavior on TIPS. Please feel > free to suggest additions and changes, however, please remember > the goal stated above - to keep the expectations simple and brief. > > 1. TIPS (Teaching In the Psychological Sciences) is a private > listserv dedicated to the discussion of issues relative to the > teaching of psychology. > > 2. TIPS is provided by Frostburg State University (FSU) and is > managed by Bill Southerly (list manager), PhD, a professor in > the Department of Psychology. > > 3. All decisions regarding the operation of TIPS are at the > discretion of the list manager in consultation with key > officials at FSU (e.g., provost, director of computer services, > and/or university attorney). > > 4. Being a discussion list, disagreements will occur. > However, this does not mean that you can attack the sender of a > message. You can attack someones ideas without attacking > the individual who expresses the ideas. This is a > professional list, so act appropriately. > > 5. You may never rely on your messages being confidential or > private, even if addressed to only one person. Remember that > TIPS messages and, indeed, all internet messages are > "forwardable." Never send anything via internet that you > wouldn't share in public. > > 6. TIPS can be an active list, therefore, please refrain from > consistently posting trivial comments. Remember that you > are asking another professional to make a gift of his or her > time and knowledge by reading and possibly responding to your posts. > > 7. USE THE SUBJECT LINE TO DESCRIBE THE CONTENT OF YOUR MESSAGE. > If you change the direction of a discussion, please change the > subject line to allow people to more easily make decisions on > whether to read a post. > > 8. SIGN ALL MESSAGES. Your name and email address should be > included in this signature. This will allow people to easily > contact you with private mail if they wish. > > 9. When responding to a previous post, PLEASE TRY TO CUT OUT ANY > SECTIONS OF A PREVIOUS POST THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO YOUR > RESPONSE. If this is not practical, then you may want to > consider placing your response before the previous response so > people won't have to move through several screens of material to > get to your response. > > 10. SEND NOTES INTENDED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND > NOT TO THE LIST. For example, when someone offers a handout you > should respond to that person, not to the list. Remember that > every note that is intended for one person that is sent to the > list, generates junk mail for everyone else. If you > make a mistake and send a note to the list that should have been > sent to an individual no need to send another note to apologize. > > 11. When a discussion you are following goes astray, TRY TO > BRING THE DISCUSSION BACK INTO FOCUS JUST LIKE YOU MIGHT DO WITH > A CLASSROOM DISCUSSION. Don't lose sight of the fact that you, > the TIPS subscriber, help determine what is discussed! > > 12. EXPLORE MAILING PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW YOU TO FILTER AND SORT > MESSAGES BY TOPIC, SENDER, ETC. These programs are often free > and give you much more control over the problem of information > overflow that many of us face. > > 13. RESIST THE URGE TO READ EVERY MESSAGE SENT TO TIPS! It's OK > to delete unread messages. > > 14. Be patient and understanding of your colleagues in > cyberspace. BE A "TEACHER" TO YOUR COLLEAGUES!! > > 15. All participants are expected to follow the guidelines > contained within this document. Use of TIPS is also > subject to the policies of FSU related to computer usage, which > can be found on the universitys website > (http://www.frostburg.edu). Violations of either these > guidelines or FSU policies may lead to immediate action > including but not limited to suspension or expulsion from > TIPS. Anyone who is removed from TIPS may not resubscribe > or attempt to resubscribe to TIPS. Any attempt to > resubscribe either under ones own name or an alias is a > violation of University policy and may result in the permanent > expulsion of an individual from usage of TIPS. Frostburg > State University also reserves the right in its sole discretion > to discontinue the TIPS listserv. > > 16. As a subscriber to TIPS you agree to accept and follow all > of the guidelines contained within this document. > > > > Bill Southerly, PhD > Department of Psychology > Frostburg State University > Frostburg, MD 21532 > 301-687-4778 > [email protected] > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=660or > send a blank email to > leave-660-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=663 or send a blank email to leave-663-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
