 Event Announcements |
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 | Make it very clear that you are posting an event.
A moderator has to review your announcement and unless it is clear at it
is an event it is subject to being rejected. |
| Include phone number or contact email
address so subscribers can contact you with any questions about you
event |
| Consider posting directions to the event (by
public transport/by road) |
| No more than one posting per week for each event.
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| If available, add handicap access information. |
| Note childcare if available |
| Note if translation into other languages is
available at the event. |
| Events outside the Greater Boston Area will
only be included if there is local organizing to get people to events.
This should include local organizing meetings, contacts, ride sharing
information and subsidies. |
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Action Alerts |
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| Limit alerts to items of relevance to act-ma
subscribers (topic concerns the area, targets are MA officials,
politicians, etc.) |
| Keep the length to less than four screens of
information |
| Do not forward e-mail petitions to the list |
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Resources |
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| Announcements about local alternative media that
implement an open access policy. |
| Identify useful area resources: e.g. office furniture
for non-profits, new area website |
| Do not post commercial messages: e.g. "widgets,
barely used, for sale, going cheap" |
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Job Announcement/Volunteers |
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| Post only for positions with organizations;
individuals seeking help should not send e-mails |
| Identify deadlines and contact information clearly |
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Note |
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| We encourage multi-lingual postings; however the
subject lines must be in English |
| If you forward a message to the list, you assume
responsibility for the posting |
| Moderators may change the subject line to clarify
e-mail contents |
| Do not include attachments |
| If possible, send your message as plain text (do not
use HTML or RTF). Attachments get stripped off the archived
version, so people go to the website will not see them. |
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