IMPORTANT: Provide your real name when you sign up for the listserv. If you sign up with only your email address and your identity cannot be validated, your account will be deleted.

The Winmore Community Association Board of Directors moderates a Gaggle Mail listserv that allows residents to post and share with one another. You may join or unsubscribe at any time by accessing your Gaggle Mail account or by going to the listserv website here.

Listserv Guidelines

Email listservs are intended to be a convenient and efficient way for members to communicate about neighborhood concerns. When a message or reply is sent to the list, the server immediately distributes it to all subscribers. This is a highly interactive form of communication, but also one that requires responsibility and etiquette.

The following guidelines are intended to make our use of the listserv as valuable and productive as possible, for all subscribers.

Etiquette

1. Identify yourself. When you sign up for the listserv, provide your real name. When you send emails to the listserv, ensure that your email includes either a display name or signature that indicates your full name. Among other things, this gives your neighbors the opportunity to consult directly with you on questions or issues that may have come up in discussion.
2. Provide a useful subject line. Posting a subject line that reflects your message's contents affords your neighbors the ability to prioritize their reading. This is a significant consideration particularly when the list of subscribers is large and there is a high volume of transmissions. If the subject evolves from the original email, please start a new email thread with a new subject line.
3. Be germane. Messages posted to the listserv must relate to the issues and business of the community. Tailor your message to the issue being addressed, since that will tend to produce the most focused and valuable responses from your fellow residents. If another person posts a comment or question that is off the subject, do NOT reply to the list and keep the off-subject conversation going publicly.
4. Be polite. We are all volunteers, and humans. Don't post something to a listserv that you wouldn't say to a friend. Do not forward a personal email to the listserv without the express permission of the original email's author.
5. Be brief. Please keep your messages as short and to the point as is consistent with conveying the substance of your thoughts.
6. Be helpful. Ask useful questions. Offer answers. Share your knowledge.
7. Know your audience. It is important to recognize that your audience may have varying degrees of knowledge and experience.
8. Be careful with "reply all". If you are replying with a message that just says “thanks for the information,” a request to receive a copy of what someone has offered to share, or simply to agree with someone (such as “me, too”), think about whether you need to reply to the entire group. Instead, send your response directly to the email address of the person who posted the message. When at all possible, be sure to avoid replies that include prior correspondence, since this tends to slow down the discussion process. Do not post an entire email only to add a short response.
9. Remember that all listserv exchanges are visible to members of the Winmore Community Association.

The Rules

By using the Winmore Community Association listserv, you agree to follow the rules below:

1. No Spam. Users shall not upload, send or post unsolicited or unauthorized junk mail, “spam,” advertising, promotions, chain letters, or any other form of solicitation.
2. Unlawful Use. Users shall not upload, transmit or post any material, or engage in any other use of the Services, that violates any law, rule or regulation, infringes any other person's rights, including, without limitation, any intellectual property or privacy rights, or otherwise could impose civil or criminal liability. We reserve the right to notify any governmental entity, law enforcement authority, or any other party that we deem appropriate in our sole discretion, of any such activity. Uploading, posting or transmitting any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, publicity or proprietary right of any person or entity will be grounds for immediate termination of the Services or other corrective action.
3. Defamatory or Abusive Material. Users shall not send or post defamatory, obscene, profane, vulgar, threatening, offensive, abusive, inaccurate or illegal material. Users shall not “stalk” or harass another.
4. Destructive Acts. Users shall not distribute viruses, trojan horses, time bombs, cancelbots, worms, or other programming routines or engage in other destructive activities that are designed to damage, interfere with, or intercept data or the operation of computers, networks or other equipment or systems. Users shall not access, or attempt to access, another person's or entity's accounts, web sites, networks, servers, equipment or systems without proper authorization to do so, or attempt to disrupt or interfere with the Services in any manner.
5. Use and Data Storage. We may establish and change from time to time general practices and limits on the use of the Services, bandwidth and disk usage, vendor, and levels of activity. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to give you notice of these practices and limits. Violation of these practices and limits will be considered a violation of these Rules.
6. Other Activities. Users shall not engage in any other activity that we determine in our sole discretion may be harmful to other Users or the Services.

Failure to adhere to these rules by a member may result in removal from the listserv.