[ddj] Please Read: New Mailing List Moderator - Introduction & List Rules

Wed Apr 2 10:02:49 UTC 2014

Hello everyone,

I'd like to introduce myself as the new moderator of the Data Driven
Journalism Mailing List. My name is Maya Livio, and I'm an Editor and
Community Manager at DataDrivenJournalism.net and the European Journalism
Centre (EJC).

Some of you have recently joined our mailing list, and some have been
members for quite some time, and we are grateful for all of your
participation. I would like to formally welcome you, and to address a few
general housekeeping issues.

First, I would like to make explicit that this is YOUR mailing list. Our
aim is to foster a community of data journalism professionals, and to
provide a platform for relevant information and the exchange of ideas and
advice. We hope that you will continue to use this opportunity to share
your knowledge and to help others.

Additionally, as some of you may have noticed, we have had some
difficulties keeping spam and irrelevant content off of this list, and I
would like to inform you that I will be making a greater effort to moderate
such content from this point forward.

In light of that, and in an effort to improve and revitalize this
community, I would like to set forth a few basic ground rules for the
mailing list, below:

   1. All messages are to be sent in English only, for the benefit of our
   highly international membership. If you have content in another language
   that you feel is important to share, we ask that you please translate it to
   English.
   2. Keep messages short whenever possible, and avoid large attachments.
   3. Forbidden content includes: Spam, chain letters, 'flaming', and
   classified ad posts (looking for rentals, personal ads, selling goods,
   etc.).
   4. Job postings are permitted, so long as they are relevant and do not
   explicitly state to be kept off of mailing lists.
   5. Some content of a promotional nature is permitted if it relates to
   tools or events which are highly relevant to this community. If you feel
   such promotion to be appropriate, please avoid sending full press releases
   or using 'sales' language. Make sure to highlight why our members may find
   the content useful.
   6. If replying to a message of a more personal nature, please respond
   off-list. Only include the list if you feel that this information could
   benefit others.
   7. Use common sense always.

Failure to comply with these rules will generally result in a written
warning first, followed by suspension from the list if the issue is
repeated. We reserve the right to evaluate the course of action on a
case-by-case basis.

Thanks again for taking part in our list, and please do not hesitate to
contact me should you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions for
improvement!

Best regards,

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Maya Livio | Editor | European Journalism Centre
Oranjeplein 106, 6224 KV, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Tel. : +31.433.254.030 | Fax : +32.240.042.20
Email : livio at ejc.net

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