Mailing list Charter

CHARTER FOR SOCIALIST PARTY MAILING LISTS
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The Socialist Party of Great Britain operates two public mailing
lists:

* spintcom — discussion of internal Party affairs and organisation

* spopen — general discussion of matters of interest to Party members

Both mailing lists can be read by members of the public. The Party's
Internet Department is responsible for managing and moderating the
mailing lists.

RULES FOR SPINTCOM AND SPOPEN

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* Only current members of the Socialist Party of Great Britain may
post messages to spintcom. Only current members of the SPGB or of
another Companion Party of the World Socialist Movement may post
messages to spopen.

* All posts must be on topic.

* No personal attacks. Neither post nor respond to incendiary
material.

Moderators will remove any posts in violation of the above rules.
Posters who repeatedly violate the rules may have their posts screened
by the moderators. In extreme cases moderators may suspend posting
privileges. In the event of a dispute regarding the application of
the rules, the aggrieved party shall have right of appeal first to the
moderators, then to the Internet Department, then to the Executive
Committee.

GUIDELINES

In addition, please at least consider the following posting
guidelines. Guidelines are not rules, they are not enforced, and
ignoring a guideline is acceptable community behaviour. However, we
feel they make the forum more useful for the majority.

* Specify an appropriate and meaningful subject line for your message
so that readers can decide at a glance whether the message will
interest them. Avoid generic subjects such as "Announcement" or
"For your information". When replying, make certain the subject
line of your message is still relevant to the reply. If it isn't,
change it.

* Please don't top-post (that is, replying at the top and leaving the
quoted text at the bottom). It breaks continuity and everyone has
to guess what points you're referring to exactly.

* When replying, quote only the relevant portion of the original
message. For example, it is particularly undesirable to have a
three-line response followed by 800 lines of quoted text.