We hope these ground rules will help our community avoid
some of the potential problems
of this environment.
Your opinions are welcome! You can email any comments directly to Tammy.
1. Mail to the group should be of broad interest to the group as a whole, that is, those caring for premature and ex-preemie babies, and other interested people. Messages dealing with preemie related experiences, feelings and issues, family health issues and updates on babies and siblings are welcomed by the group.
2. Please don't send attachments with your mail to Preemie-L, and don't cc Preemie-L mail to other listserves or to a large number of other addresses as this will cause messages to bounce. This is due to the software used to manage the listserve.
3. No flaming - any messages which are critical of another Preemie-L listmember should be sent directly to that person or to the listowner.
4. Controversial discussions relating to prematurity are welcome as long as there is no flaming. When ethical issues arise, the Guidelines for Ethics Debate on Preemie-L are helpful.
5. Postings that could be construed as defamatory, libellous or offensive to individuals, organisations or institutions are not to be posted to Preemie-L - we could be sued for this!
6. It may sometimes be necessary to check that stories are genuine. If you are unwilling to provide information for this purpose, should it be requested, please do not subscribe to the list. This ground rule has become necessary to protect the list from hoaxes.
7. All postings to Preemie-L are copyright to the author of that posting and permission of the author must be obtained before republishing.
Please respect the legal protocols of copyright - that means not quoting more than 10% of any article. Providing a link to material published on the
internet, such as online news articles, is fine.
Please don't offer to photocopy and distribute journal articles to other listmembers as this is a breach of copyright - remember our archives are public and we could be sued.
8. Mail which has been sent to you privately should never be forwarded to the list. If you are concerned about mail received privately from another Preemie-L subscriber, please contact the listowner.
9. The writings and opinions posted to the Preemie-L mailing list are strictly the opinions of the writer, and do not contain any endorsements, or guarantees of any kind. Further, these opinions and writings are in no way meant to be considered as medical advice, nor are they meant to replace any medical advice. Always discuss concerns and questions with your physician.
10. Preemie-L membership constitutes an undertaking to abide by the list ground rules, and to be considerate of other members when posting mail to the list. Members who are unwilling to abide by the ground rules will be unsubscribed.