Statement of Purpose
This email list is a discussion forum for topics specific to West Fairlee. It is not an 'official' list set up by the town government. It is open to anyone who wants to participate. Residents are encouraged to subscribe and post; non-residents may subscribe, but are asked not to post.
Posting Guidelines
Summary – Keep it Local, Keep it Civil, Limit Commercial Postings to Once a Month.
No anonymous posts – If your first and last name are not obvious from your email address, please sign your post.
Please include a relevant "Subject" line in your email.
The intent is to keep the discussion on and about West Fairlee. The issue doesn't need to be unique to West Fairlee, but it must be specific to West Fairlee. 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:
- Discussion of legislation in Concord/Montpelier or Washington is ok if it addresses a West Fairlee issue.
- Discussion of national or state issues in the context of a warned town meeting resolution is ok.
- Announcements for meetings, rallies or demonstrations in West Fairlee, or for car pools leaving from West Fairlee are ok.
- Forwarding content of emails or web sites that are not related to West Fairlee is absolutely not ok.
- Forwarding of copyrighted content is (obviously) not ok.
General Rules
This discussion list operates on the assumption that list postings will be civil and respectful to other list members. No abusive or threatening postings will be allowed. Anyone engaging in what the administration of Vital Communities considers to be abusive language or threats directed towards another list member may have posting privileges revoked.
Because this list is set up for the convenience of the community, occasional announcements from businesses in town are ok (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 frequent repetitive business promotion. Posting commercial announcements more often than monthly may annoy your neighbors and bring a warning from the list administrator.
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. the web page on which the article appears. (This may also be appropriate for lengthy blog-like posts that appear elsewhere – just summarize your point and link to the source.) 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.
Please note that it is the intent of this discussion list to center on issues and events directly affecting this particular town. It is not a venue for general announcements about Upper Valley events from those not connected with the town. Occasional posts from contiguous towns are ok, but, in general, if you have an event or item of interest that might be relevant to multiple towns then please post it on one of the 3 Upper Valley lists: For wider distribution, use one of these Upper Valley-wide lists: *events-uv@lists.vitalcommunities.org is for posts about any Upper Valley event, one-time or recurring, free or for a cost *goods-uv@lists.vitalcommunities.org for Upper Valley GOODS OR THINGS for sale, wanted, or free *servicesplus-uv@lists.vitalcommunities.org for Upper Valley SERVICES for sale, wanted, or free, plus any items that don’t fit under EVENTS or GOODS Subscribers who regularly post to multiple lists will be warned and eventually suspended.
The administration of Vital Communities reserves the right to warn, suspend, or permanently exclude any list subscriber for any abuse or infringement of these list rules and guidelines. To contact Vital Communities with comments or to bring specific issues to their attention, write to discussionlists@vitalcommunities.org .
List Administration
- Anyone can SUBSCRIBE to this group by sending a blank message to west_fairlee-subscribe@lists.vitalcommunities.org
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