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University Policy Statement for Electronic Transmission of Messages
Developed
by the Task Force on Electronic Communications, December 2000
GUIDING PRINCIPLE:
The University is committed
to the use of broad-based electronic communication to improve the
efficiency of information exchange and to reduce environmental (paper)
waste in communication activities.
DEFINITION CRITERIA:
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Broad-based electronic communications include postings to voluntary and
involuntary lists.
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Postings to voluntary lists fall within a broadly defined set of criteria
and will be directed to all University personnel choosing to subscribe
to such lists.
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Postings to involuntary lists must fall within the following narrowly
defined set of criteria:
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messages concerning emergency, health and safety;
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messages pertaining to matters of university-wide policy; and,
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messages of a timely nature
having direct impact on large numbers of one or all of the following
groups: University faculty, staff and students.
PROCEDURES FOR
TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES:
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Messages submitted for
transmission to an involuntary list will be reviewed for adherence to the
criteria listed above.
The review will be conducted by a group of
list moderators. To be
accepted for posting, messages should adhere to the
General Formatting Guidelines .
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Messages not accepted for
posting to the involuntary list may be posted to a voluntary list.
Note: To obtain a list of all discussion lists defined on UConnVM,
send the LISTS command to
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU.
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