CMRL: Moderation & Posting Guidelines

[Andres Arroyo <aa17@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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August 22, 2007

As a service to Child Maltreatment Research List 
(CMRL) members, the Data Archive posts this 
message periodically to remind subscribers of 
list moderation guidelines and how to get help with subscription problems.

If you need help or have questions about your 
CMRL list subscription, please e-mail the Archive 
at NDACAN@cornell.edu. (Messages sent to 
lyris@cornell.edu go to the list processing software, not to a person).

A common subscriber question is "How do I change my address on the CMRL list?"
Answer: You unsubscribe your old address and then subscribe your new address.
The Web form for subscribing/unsubscribing to this list is here:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/List_Serves/CMRL_Subscribe_Unsubscribe.html

Overview
The goal of the CMRL is to encourage scholarly 
discussion among researchers in the field of 
child abuse and neglect. Appropriate topics for 
discussion include all areas of child abuse and 
neglect research (e.g., epidemiology, etiology, 
prevention, consequences, intervention, and 
treatment) and the full range of relevant 
research issues (e.g., measurement, 
instrumentation, statistical analysis, ethics). 
The list is not open to discussions of 
program-related or clinical issues except as they 
relate to evaluation research.

Moderation and Posting Guidelines

   [Reprinted from the official online version at 
the Archive Web Site at this location:
   http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/List_Serves/CMRL_Guidelines.html]

The CMRL is a moderated e-mail list. When a 
member sends an e-mail to 
Child-Maltreatment-Research-L@cornell.edu for 
distribution to members, an Archive staff 
moderator reviews it and has the option to accept or discard it.

In general the following types of messages are discarded:
1) commands intended for the list processing 
software (lyris@cornell.edu) rather than the list
2) messages concerning subscriptions to the list
3) messages that are intended for an individual 
subscriber and are not of interest, or do not pertain to, the whole list
4) messages that are not related to child maltreatment research
5) overly general requests for information and assistance
6) inflammatory or unprofessional messages
7) requests for contacts from people seeking a 
job; however, the list does accept employment postings
8) automatic replies
9) messages with attachments

Posting Policy
Only CMRL subscribers may post to the CMRL. The 
list software attempts to match the address in 
the "From" field of a message against the 
register of subscribed addresses. The list 
software rejects messages from non-subscribed 
addresses. This filter protects list members from 
spam. CMRL subscribers can subscribe under as 
many of their e-mail addresses as desired if they 
want to post from different accounts. Of course, 
subscribing under multiple e-mail addresses means 
that you receive CMRL postings at each of those addresses.

Subject Line
As a courtesy to other subscribers, always fill 
in the Subject line when you post a message to the CMRL.

Attachments Policy
Subscribers should not use attachments in their 
messages. Attachments present a virus risk to 
other list members, can be extremely inconvenient 
for members with slower Internet connections, and 
burden list processing server resources. In the 
majority of cases, messages with attachments will 
be discarded by the CMRL Moderator. Users wishing 
to share non-text content (e.g. PDF files) should 
provide a link or offer files to individuals on 
request independent of the list.

Default Reply Setting
This list is set up so that replies are sent to 
the entire list, not the author of the original 
message. Therefore, if you click "Reply" to a 
message from the list, your message will be 
submitted to the CMRL Moderator for posting. It 
will not go to the author of the original posting.

Auto-Reply Policy
If a list member configures their e-mail program 
to send an automatic reply about being away from 
the office, that message goes to authors of CMRL 
postings. In addition, that auto-reply goes to 
the Archive staff list moderator for every 
instance a post gets distributed to the list 
membership. With respect to mailing lists, e-mail 
accounts configured for auto-reply become a 
source of network spam and risk automatic 
deletion based on software settings beyond the 
control of Archive staff. If you activate 
auto-reply in your e-mail client, please 
unsubscribe from the list while you are away and re-subscribe when you return.

Past CMRL Postings
All past postings to the CMRL list are available 
for browsing. This index contains posts to the 
CMRL since 1996 and is intended to serve as a 
resource for individuals looking for information 
about child maltreatment research. It is 
important to point out, however, that this index 
is open to all users of the Web, not just to 
subscribers of the CMRL. NDACAN reminds CMRL 
users that their posts to the list are not 
private and may circulate beyond the community of CMRL subscribers.

Support
If you have trouble with your 
Child-Maltreatment-Research-L subscription please 
write to NDACAN@cornell.edu for assistance. In 
addition, Cornell University publishes a guide 
called Using E-lists at Cornell which contains 
general information about e-lists as well as 
instructions for advanced subscription settings.

Online location of "Using E-lists at Cornell":
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/elist/lyris/user-index.html


Sincerely,
   Andrés Arroyo
   Administrative Assistant
   National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
   Cornell University, Beebe Hall - FLDC
   College of Human Ecology
   Ithaca NY 14853

   Phone: 607-255-7799
   Fax: 607-255-8562
   Web site: www.ndacan.cornell.edu







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