Real Estate Forum Listserv Etiquette & Rules
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The “Real Estate Forum” listserv is intended to serve as means to communicate off-market listings, pocket listings, events, important news and items of interest in regards to the real estate market. It is also used from time to time as a means to gather our membership’s opinions in regards to real estate activities. Once an active member, each user can send messages to all the other members of the list by emailing investors@listbox.com.
Introduction
Thank you for being part of our Listserv community. To ensure the best possible experience for all Listserv members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation. We will periodically send this document out to the section lists and new users as a friendly reminder for experienced users and to assist newer users with proper listserv operations. The guidelines will also be posted on the Real Estate Online website under resources; this will also contain a web form to sign up for the listserv.
This list serve is not moderated and comments made have no review before being sent to subscribers or other users. Subscribers are expected to exercise both common sense and courtesy in the messages they transmit via the listserv program.
By using the Real Estate Forum listserv, you agree that you have read and will follow the guidelines set for these peer discussion groups. You also agree to reserve list discussions for topics best suited to the medium, i.e. real estate related. This is a great way to solicit the advice of your peers, benefit from their experience, participate in an ongoing conversation, and to help promote better interaction with others in the real estate community.
Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. If you have questions, contact Abraham Ziegler, list manager via email at ajz@re-online.net or 858-736-9538. In order to preserve a climate that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, the list owner reserves the right to suspend or terminate membership on lists for members who violate these terms. If you do not accept these guidelines, please unsubscribe from the list by following the directions at the bottom of the listserv message.
Listserv Etiquette
Professional, respectful language in listserv posts is expected from all members.
The listserv must be used for business purposes only, no personal use.
Include a signature tag on all messages. Include your name, affiliation, location, e-mail address, and or best way to contact you for more info. Do not include drawings, pictures, maps, hyperlinks, graphics, etc. in the identifier lines since these materials may not be compatible on all systems.
Inquiries about specific products or brands should be directed to individual companies.
Inquiries about specific research articles, abstracts or poster presentations should be directed to individual authors.
Do not post messages that encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either directly or indirectly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another’s business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade.
State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.
Remember that when you hit the reply button that you will be automatically responding only to the original sender. Only send a message to the entire list when it contains information that benefits everyone. When doing so include only the relevant portions of the original message in your reply. Delete any header information, and put your response before the original posting.
When replying to messages, do not reply to the entire list if a reply is directed at a single individual. Replying to the individual will be more appropriate. Replies of a personal nature should not be sent to the group.
Do not send administrative messages, such as “remove me from the list”, through the listserv. To unsubscribe from the list, follow the directions at the bottom of the listserv email message or contact the administrator directly.
Warn other list subscribers of lengthy messages either in the subject line or at the beginning of the message body with a line that says “Long Message.”
When using an Auto Reply message for times you are out of the office, please be sure to “Create a Rule” (this is easily done with Microsoft Outlook’s Out of Office Assistant) that would prohibit sending the message to the list.
The Rules
As with any community, there are rules governing behavior on e-mail discussion lists. Although the list owner does not require an individual to submit an item to be posted for review before posting nor do administrators undertake editorial control of postings, we may monitor the listserv. In the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to the administrator’s attention, in its sole discretion, the administrator may take any and all appropriate action. Violation of a rule may result in the following actions depending on the severity of the offense: 1st violation – written warning; 2nd violation – loss of listserv privileges for 6 months, must request reinstatement. 3rd violation, banned from list. No exceptions.
- Do not post any messages that challenge or attack another individual(s), research, or publication(s). This can include but is not limited to, the making of derogatory comments, bullying, ridicule, excessive sarcasm and innuendos. Let others have their say, just as you have yours. The discussions on the lists are meant to stimulate conversation and promote a better marketplace, not to create contention or competition
- All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials or language are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything in a listserv message that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you
- Use caution when discussing items. Information posted on the lists is available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.
- Do not misrepresent yourself, or in any other way conceal your identity, or post anonymous messages on the listserv.
- Do not alter the content or source of a message that has originated from another person’s computer with the intent to deceive.
- Do not post commercial messages to listserv, these messages may include but not limited to; I can help you, my service is better, or get a free when you buy my product, etc. Contact people directly with products and service information if you believe it would help them.
- Please note carefully all items listed in the disclaimer and legal rules below, particularly regarding the copyright ownership of information posted to the list.
- When asking a question(s), after all the replies have been gathered, you may post a summary to the list.
- This listserv is not intended to be used as a discussion board.
- Remember that other e-mail list participants have the right to reproduce postings to this listserv and may forward to other individuals to review, by sending to the list you grant others non-exclusive use of said content.
- Avoid posting messages concerning other individuals, publications, products, or services.
- Do not distribute any SPAM, solicitations for services, jokes, political content, chain letters, petitions for signatures or letters relating to pyramid schemes, photos of your grandchildren, missing persons or once-in-a-lifetime deals. We are not interested.
- Send your message only to the most appropriate list(s). Do not spam several lists with the same message.
- Do not use the listserv to invite the entire list to join your social networks (Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin, etc). You may invite individuals you have had personal contact with to join your network but may not invite the entire list.
Disclaimer and Legal Rules
By subscribing to the Real Estate Forum electronic listserv emailing list, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use in their entirety. The list owner reserves the right to change these terms at any time and from time to time with or without notice. Your use and continued use of the listserv after a change constitutes agreement to the revised terms. The list owner reserves the right to temporarily or permanently discontinue the list with or without notice.
The list owner, in its sole discretion, may terminate your subscription and remove and discard any content posted by you, for any reason, including, without limitation, if the list owner believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Terms of Use. Any termination of your subscription under any provision of the Terms of Use may be effected without prior notice.
This list is provided as a service for the benefit of others and to create a better marketplace to interact with others one may not normally be in contact with. The list owner accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. The list owner disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by the list owner or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall the list owner be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.
Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner(s). By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants the list owner and users of this list the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.
Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.
By using the listserv, subscribers agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the list owner, its committees and sections, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and agents from and against all losses, claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs arising from any claims arising out of or resulting from any breach of these guidelines by the user or any omission or act taken by the user.
The list owner may or may not actively monitor the site for inappropriate postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to the list owner attention, the list owner reserves the right to take all appropriate action in response. The list owner reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.
Thank you and enjoy the real estate community interaction!!
The most recent copy of the rules can be found here:
Last updated: Sept/15