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General guidelines for posting to VOCALIST / Netiquette July 28th, 1999 =======================================================
The mailing list address is: vocalist
There are over 600 subscribers receiving VOCALIST and VOCALIST-DIGEST daily. More than 1000 messages are read daily using the VOCALIST's message archive interface. Consider that a large audience will see your posts. That may include your present or your next boss. Take care in what you write and remember that your words may be stored for a very long time in a place to which many people have access.
* Read both mailing list and WWW archives for couple of days to get an understanding of the culture and the atmosphere of the list. If you want to ask a question, please check the archives to see the question has not recently been covered.
VOCALIST WWW Archives can be found at:
http://www.vocalist.org/
* Messages to VOCALIST should be brief and to the point. Please do not wander off-topic - change the subject heading instead.
* Subject lines should follow the conventions of the group (see below). Always change the subject header whenever the topic of the thread has changed. This is to help readers choose only the messages they are interested in. In other words, keep the subject header as informative as possible.
* Commercial advertising, chain letters or virus alerts are strictly forbidden in VOCALIST. Forgeries, spoofing or spamming are not approved behavior.
* When replying to a message, consider the following:
* Personal replies should ALWAYS be sent to the originator of the message using *private* e-mail. VOCALIST uses a set reply-to: header pointing to the list address and you may accidentaly send a personal response to a great many people.
* Do not quote entire postings! It's a good idea to summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just enough text of the original to give a context.
* If you should find yourself in A DISAGREEMENT with one person, make your responses to each other via private email. If you are debating a point on which the group might have some interest, you may summarize for them later.
* Finally: Treat other people with RESPECT. Don't start arguing or flaming someone publicly. You will just make a fool out of yourself. Do not send mail or post messages solely to point out other people's errors in spelling or the way they think about things.
* If you are caught in an argument or a 'hot topic', keep the discussion focused on issues rather than the personalities involved.
Subject labels: ================
* Please note, that these labels are optional and the classification is not strict. If you come up with a good label, please drop a note to the list owner.
CLASS: for classical singing issues POP: for popular singing issues ROCK: for rock music singing issues JAZZ: for jazz singing issues VOICE: for voice study issues TECH: for technical issues MED: for medical issues ANN: for event announcements REP: for repertoire issues MISC: for miscellaneous stuff ADMIN: for administrative postings
Suitable topics of discussion: ==============================
* VOCALIST was started to get together singers all over the world and offer a forum of discussion on teaching and studying singing. Solo singing in different styles as well as ensemble singing are covered here.
* We don't want to restrict the topics to any particular style, musical period or skill level - everyone is welcome to contribute.
* We have frequently talked about singing repertoire, technique and interpretation. Your questions are welcome - there are dozens of professionals, semi-professionals and active singers on the list who may help you.
* Other topics might include: Auditioning technique and actual audition announcements; working with a director or a coach; working with accompanists; concert reviews and ads; jokes; voice and food/drinking; shaping up one's voice etc...
VOCALIST Netiquette will be posted to the subscribers every week.
With regards, Marko Hotti Oulu University Faculty of Medicine Oulu Polytechnic Department of Social and Health Studies Oulu - FINLAND
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