Statement of Purpose

This email list is a discussion forum for topics specific to Thetford, VT. It is not an 'official' list set up by the town government. It is open to anyone who wants to participate.

Posting Guidelines

The intent is to keep the discussion on and about Thetford. The issue doesn't need to be unique to Thetford, but it must be specific to Thetford. Subscribers to the list are assumed to be in agreement about that simple constraint.

If in doubt about whether a topic is appropriate for our list, consider this: If there are other online forums, such as email lists, news groups or blogs that address your issue, please take your discussion to one of them.
Some examples:

General Rules

No abusive or threatening postings will be allowed. This discussion list operates on the assumption that list postings will be civil and respectful to other list members. Anyone engaging in what the administration of ValleyNet considers to be abusive language or threats directed towards another list member will be warned the first time, and will have posting privileges revoked after that. If the first incident is serious enough, the list member will have their posting privileges revoked immediately.

Because this list is set up for the convenience of the community, occasional announcements from businesses in town will be tolerated (for example, a new business in town, information about a business service offered in conjunction with a public event taking place in town, or a one-time listing about babysitting). In no case should any business (small or large) use the discussion list for ongoing business promotion, and doing so will result in a warning and the possibility of having posting privileges revoked.

Please note that it is the intent of this discussion list to center on issues and events directly affecting this particular town. While anyone is welcome to subscribe to and read these discussions, we ask that only residents, representatives of town government, and representatives of organizations and businesses located in town post to this list. It is not a venue for general announcements about Upper Valley events from those not connected with the town.

In order to keep this discussion list useful and dynamic, there should be no verbatim forwarding of content that has already appeared elsewhere. If an article has appeared on the web that would be appropriate to reference in the context of a discussion on this list, please just include the address for the web page on which the article appears; if material posted elsewhere does not have an immediate relevance to this discussion list, please refrain from posting it on this discussion list.

It is inappropriate to post the content of any private correspondence to or from a list member without the express permission of all correspondents involved.

The administration of ValleyNet, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to warn, suspend, or permanently exclude any list subscriber for any abuse or infringement of these list rules and guidelines, depending upon the severity of the infraction.

To contact ValleyNet with comments or to bring specific issues to their attention, write to valleynet.administration@valley.net.