Membership
Information
Peace Psychology Listserv
Guidelines
Rule 1: Do not use this
discussion list for illegal purposes, including but not
limited to defamation, violation of intellectual property
laws, or violation of criminal laws.
Rule 2: Do not intentionally
interfere with or disrupt other list participants, network
services, or network equipment. This includes distribution
of unsolicited advertisements, chain letters, and
intentional propagation of computer viruses.
Rule 3: "Spamming"
is a network term invented to describe the act of
cross-posting the same message to as many newsgroups and/or
mailing lists as possible, whether or not the message is
germane to the stated topic of the newsgroups or mailing
lists that are being targeted. Spamming by list members is
unacceptable. Perhaps the best policy an individual
subscriber can adopt toward spammers is simply to ignore
them and allow list owners and moderators to take care of
the problem.
Rule 4: Do not use the list
for commercial purposes. "Commercial" as used for
purposes of evaluating posted messages means communications
whose primary purpose is to advance the business or
financial interests of any person or entity, or otherwise to
promote a financial transaction for the benefit of the
author directly or indirectly. Examples of prohibited
communications include advertisements for products or direct
solicitations of list members to purchase products or
services. Examples of messages that may be of benefit to
list members include job listings or position openings, the
discussion of professionally-related products or services
where the list member posting the information is not in the
business of selling the products or services, and
announcements that provide useful professional information
to list members but may also have some incidental commercial
benefit to the sender (e.g., announcements of conferences or
workshops or an author who is a list member merely advising
the List of publication of a professional book typically
would not be "commercial" for purposes of this
restriction).
Rule 5: Intentional insults
and personal criticism directed at an individual (often
referred to as "flaming") will not be tolerated.
Rebuttals to another person's opinions or beliefs should
always be made in a rational, logical and mature manner,
whether they are made publicly or privately. What is a flame
can range from the obvious (ranting and raving, abusive
comments, etc.) to the not-so-obvious (e.g., comments about
how many "newbies" seem to be on the list these
days). Subscribers should refrain from abusive or derogatory
language.
Rule 6: Because the Internet
is international, it is important for list members to
recognize and accept cultural and linguistic differences.
Not all list members may understand and use English well.
For example, the use of slang and idioms may be
misunderstood.
Rule 7: All messages must
have a subject line that is descriptive of the content.
Please maintain the same subject line used by the original
poster in your replies unless the reply is intended to
significantly change the direction of a discussion.
Rule 8: All messages should
be signed with your name and email address in order to allow
fellow list members to contact you privately.
Rule 9: If you wish to reply
to a message that has been posted to the list, please be
aware of where your reply is going before sending it. You
may check this by looking at the address in the TO: line of
your reply. The default "reply to" option for
messages is to go back to the list itself. If you wish to
make a personal or private reply to a message, be sure it is
his or her address in the TO: line before sending it. Avoid
sending a personal reply to the entire list!
Rule 10: List members should
avoid sending attachments with a message. Because of the
variability in email program capabilities, many subscribers
are unable to access an attachment and feel left out.
Whenever possible, include the content within a message.
Rule 11: List members should
just include relevant quotes and avoid including the entire
content previous messages when responding to a message.
According to Nathalie F. P. Gilfoyle, General Counsel,
American Psychological Association, "Copyright -- Not
infrequently a list member wants to tell others about an
article or news item related to the issues discussed on the
List. It may surprise you to learn that sending the entire
article to the list, without the permission of the author or
publisher, makes you guilty of copyright violation. It's
okay to provide a brief quote from the copyrighted material
or to provide a link to the story if it is published
electronically but refrain from posting the whole item to
the List. "
Rule 12: Anti-Trust Concerns.
According to Nathalie F. P. Gilfoyle, General Counsel,
American Psychological Association, "The antitrust laws
are broad and complex but on a very basic level they operate
to prohibit and even in some cases criminalize certain
anticompetitive agreements between competitors. A
professional association like APA is almost by definition a
group of competitors that has come together to pursue common
interests. Where those common interests involve agreements
on such terms of competition as rates charged, salaries
paid, standards applicable to members of the profession, and
other issues of the marketplace, the antitrust laws apply.
Listservs provide a written record of statements that can
create an antitrust risk even when there is no
anti-competitive intent. Thus for the protection of everyone
discussions about rates charged in a given area, efforts to
exert collective pressure on payors, terms of contracts with
insurance companies, internship salaries, etc, all are
prohibited. "
Rule 13: Rule related to tax
exemption: According to Nathalie F. P. Gilfoyle, General
Counsel, American Psychological Association, "While
using the list to endorse political candidates in a federal,
state, or local election or for commercial purposes likely
won't expose a member to personal legal risk, it can
jeopardize APA's tax exempt status under section 501 (c) 3
of the Internal Revenue Code. To keep this advantageous tax
status, APA cannot ever be involved in electioneering or
endorse a candidate for federal, state, or local political
office. APA must assure that its activities are focused on
the scientific, educative, and charitable purposes for which
it gained tax exempt status. "
Rule 14: Any solicitation for
participants in a research study must include all
information related to Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Status, IRB contact information, and relevant information
related to informed consent.
Violation of these
guidelines will result in removal from the Society's
listservs. Depending on the seriousness of the violation, a
warning may or may not be given prior to removal.
