1.5e Complaints against Listings:
if you consider a listing is inappropriate for whatever reason, please adopt the following
procedure:
Report the fact that you feel the posting is inappropriate and why to
Alan Otton for
evaluation. DO NOT air complaints directly to the list. These are to kept
private.
The JLA will either:
a)
Inform you that he has looked at the article concerned and in his opinion, it is
OK for it to remain an active topic.
b)
Decide that there is cause enough to cancel the topic thread and will notify
this to the whole list with his reasons for so doing.
Important Notes to the above:
1 -
In this, the JLAs decision is binding.
2 -
If a member is not happy with the JLA's decision, he may appeal directly to the
owner of the List Chris White, who's decision is FINAL.
3 -
Emails concerning complaints are NOT to be posted and must be sent directly to
the JLA.
4 -
Postings must not contain anything untoward and must also not go against the
customs and practice of the UGLE and GLs in amity with it. This means practice
out of the Lodge those things you are taught in it. Of course, Light-hearted
banter and the odd joke such as one would encounter at a festive board is OK but
at all times, Please Be Nice To Each Other!
5 - Just because a topic is declared fit for the list by a
JLA, that is not irreversible if the topic deteriorates below expected
standards.
6 -
Emails to the JLAs must not be posted direct to the List.
7 - Don't be surprised if, in the case of a serious breach
of the rules, your account is immediately set to 'nomail' or at worst, deleted
from the list altogether.
1.6 Receiving Topics
You can decide which topics you want to receive and which you prefer not to have
sent to you.
1.7 Are there other freemasonry related newsgroups?
Yes....If you are reading this, you have access to the www and can use search engines
such as Google to find Masonic
sites and lists. Frequently you will find references to these in members
postings to the List, and you can always ask for information, the brothers are
always most helpful on all matters of enquiries.
1.8 Who reads the UKMason-List
A reasonable guess is that three quarters of the list are members of the Home
Grand Lodges, i.e. about 750. Of those remaining it has been estimated that
somewhere between a third and a half are UK citizens living abroad, or overseas
members of one of the Home Grand Lodges
1.9 Can we reprint UKMason-list articles in our lodge newsletter?
Whether or not you can reprint articles you see on the Internet without asking
permission is a matter of current debate in many newsgroups. On the UKMason-list
mailing list, however, it is generally agreed that anything we write is fair
game for publication in a non-profit making lodge newsletter, unless explicitly
stated otherwise in the posting.
If you do reprint an article, or part of an article, please give credit to its
author, and to the UKMason-list. Not doing so is plagiarism.
Also, as a courtesy to the author, you really should send him e-mail to let him
know that his article will be appearing in your publication.
If you are publishing something other than a non-profit bulletin, then you
should work out some arrangement with the author.
If you are writing an article for the UKMason-list and do NOT want it to be used
freely in Lodge newsletters, then you must state this explicitly in your
posting. (Otherwise, it will be ASSUMED that it is reprintable.)
You could have a disclaimer like this: For electronic distribution through the
UKMason-list ONLY. Reprinting PROHIBITED without express permission of the
author.
1.10 Reposting private e-mail (please don't do it)
Private email is just that-PRIVATE. When someone is writing to you alone, their
comments are private between you and them. You should NEVER, EVER repost their
private email in a public forum without their permission.
Doing so is like secretly tape-recording a telephone conversation, and then
walking up to the podium in a crowded convention hall and replaying their
conversation over the loudspeakers for all to hear. People have different
tones when talking/e-mailing to one person than they do when addressing 200
people, and rightly so Please respect this
1.11 Who are the list administrators?
The following people can intercede on your behalf to help you
solve problems with your UKMason-list subscription (or they will find a man who
can!)
W. Bro Chris White cwhite@radarhouse.net - the Senior List Administrator,
who is charged with the well-being of the listserv and computers. If you have a
technical problem, he's your man.
W. Bro Ted Sanderson sanderc3@sky.com , and
W.Bro Alan Otton alanotton@tiscali.co.uk
- the Junior list Administrators will
be keeping the list under control. Beware their wrath... Do read the FAQ & do
use the most appropriate TOPIC: (for the Subject of your posting )
As a courtesy to these guys, please do everything you can on your own to solve
your problem before asking them to help. (Start by reading the UKMason-list
FAQ!) However, there are times when the only solution is to ask them to help,
such as when you need to CHANGE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS :
Send a private posting to Alan Otton and in the body of the message, state your
old address, followed by your new address and full name, stating when you wish
it to be changed. Please be timely in this matter!
