expectations for civility, and the penalties for violations of civility
guidelines at length, I have decided to reinstate their posting privileges to
this list. Both had been banned from posting for a period that exceeds the
maximum penalty on e-democracy. There is a system of official warnings and
suspensions will ensure one of two results: 1) a moderated tone to their posts
or 2) a lengthy suspension in short order The warnings and penalties for rule
violations are described briefly below.
WARNINGS AND PENALTIES FOR RULE VIOLATIONS
1. INFORMAL WARNINGS: Most rule violations are handled with informal warnings
off-list.
2. OFFICIAL WARNINGS are used for significant civility violations and chronic
major violations of list rules. Official warnings may result in penalties and
suspensions as follows: 1st warning: probation; 2nd warning: 2-week
suspension; 3rd warning: 6-month suspension; 4th warning: 5 year suspension.
There is an appeals process, providing additional due process for subscribers.
See this link for details if you are interested
3. FALSE IDENTITIES: People who post using a false identity are subject to an
automatic 5-year suspension from the list under e-democracy rules. New
procedures should prevent such subscribers from posting.
The Rizolis will be subject to the same moderation requirements as other
posters, which are pretty minimal.
MODERATION
1. NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Everyone is moderated until their first post to prevent
spam from going to the list.
2. REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE PROFILE INFORMATION BEFORE POSTING: The first time
subscribers post, we will review that the profile is complete with full name
and city, as required by e-democracy. Nonresidents will be asked to fill out
the city with either their current hometown or something that indicates their
connection to Framingham, such as "Framingham (work) or "Former Framingham
resident" if they haven't already done so. (Sometimes it might be that the
second posting gets moderated because I forgot to change it off or am not on
the right device.)
3. YAHOO! USERS-Posters with Yahoo! addresses will remain moderated for the
time being because spammers have become adept at exploiting vulnerabilities in
yahoo accounts, hijacking accounts, and making resulting spam look like like
legitimate email. When Yahoo! gets it act together, then we will stop this
practice.
PLEASE REPORT POSTS OR OFF-LIST CONTACTS THAT YOU FEEL ARE IN VIOLATION OF
CIVILITY GUIDELINES DIRECTLY TO ME, NOT THE WHOLE LIST.
Thanks.
Linda Dunbrack-Forum Manager