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On 6 Aug 99 at 17:50, Mary Yost wrote: > About our "kurfluffel": I would like to "de-lurk" long enough to throw out > yet two more perspectives from two different sources. > SNIP The following Netiquette Guidelines you posted make a lot of sense to me......... thanks Mary.... here is a small challenge.... Janet, my cybersis... Can you take time out from the dishes and edit this to suit PIEnet?? thanks...murray > General guidelines for posting to VOCALIST / Netiquette July 28th, > 1999 > ======================================================= > > The mailing list address is: [log in to unmask] > > There are over 800 subscribers receiving VOCALIST and VOCALIST-DIGEST > daily. More than 1000 messages are read daily using the VOCALIST's message > archive interface. Consider that a large audience will see your posts. > That may include your present or your next boss. Take care in what you > write and remember that your words may be stored for a very long time in a > place to which many people have access. > > * Read both mailing list and WWW archives for couple of days to get > an understanding of the culture and the atmosphere of the list. > If you want to ask a question, please check the archives to see > the question has not recently been covered. > > VOCALIST WWW Database and Search Engine can be found at: > > http://search.vocalist.org/ > > VOCALIST Digest Archives can be found at: > > http://www.vocalist.org/archives/ > > * Messages to VOCALIST should be brief and to the point. Please > do not wander off-topic - change the subject heading instead. > > * Subject lines should follow the conventions of the group (see below). > Always change the subject header whenever the topic of the thread has > changed. This is to help readers choose only the messages they are > interested in. In other words, keep the subject header as informative > as possible. > > * Commercial advertising, chain letters or virus alerts are strictly > forbidden in VOCALIST. Forgeries, spoofing or spamming are not > approved behavior. > > * When replying to a message, consider the following: > > * Personal replies should ALWAYS be sent to the originator > of the message using *private* e-mail. VOCALIST uses > a set reply-to: header pointing to the list address and > you may accidentaly send a personal response to a great > many people. > > * Do not quote entire postings! It's a good idea to summarize > the original at the top of the message, or include just enough > text of the original to give a context. > > * If you should find yourself in A DISAGREEMENT with one person, > make your responses to each other via private email. If you are > debating a point on which the group might have some interest, you > may summarize for them later. > > * Finally: Treat other people with RESPECT. Don't start arguing > or flaming someone publicly. You will just make a fool out of yourself. > Do not send mail or post messages solely to point out other people's > errors in spelling or the way they think about things. > > * If you are caught in an argument or a 'hot topic', keep the discussion > focused on issues rather than the personalities involved. > > Subject labels: > ================ > > * Please note, that these labels are optional and the classification > is not strict. If you come up with a good label, please drop a note > to the list owner. > > CLASS: for classical singing issues > POP: for popular singing issues > ROCK: for rock music singing issues > JAZZ: for jazz singing issues > VOICE: for voice study issues > TECH: for technical issues > MED: for medical issues > ANN: for event announcements > REP: for repertoire issues > MISC: for miscellaneous stuff > ADMIN: for administrative postings > > Suitable topics of discussion: > ============================== > > * VOCALIST was started to get together singers all over the world > and offer a forum of discussion on teaching and studying singing. > Solo singing in different styles as well as ensemble singing are > covered here. > > * We don't want to restrict the topics to any particular style, > musical period or skill level - everyone is welcome to contribute. > > * We have frequently talked about singing repertoire, technique and > interpretation. Your questions are welcome - there are dozens of > professionals, semi-professionals and active singers on the list > who may help you. > > * Other topics might include: Auditioning technique and actual > audition announcements; working with a director or a coach; > working with accompanists; concert reviews and ads; jokes; > voice and food/drinking; shaping up one's voice etc... > > VOCALIST Netiquette will be posted to the subscribers every week > ************************************************************** [log in to unmask]