CAFA

CAFA Email List Guideline

(Adopted on December 1, 1999 and last modified on June 12, 2006)
The CAFA mailing list is hosted on statgen.ncsu.edu using MajorDomo. It is maintained by Zhao-Bang Zeng (zeng@statgen.ncsu.edu) and managed by MajorDomo (MajorDomo@statgen.ncsu.edu).

1. Purposes:
The CAFA email list was established by the CAFA executive team for the purpose of exchanging information of CAFA activities and other community-oriented information that concern the majority of the list subscribers. We encourage members to use the CAFA web page (http://www.cafanc.org/) and bulletin boards for information. CAFA email list will continue to be used as a supplement to the CAFA web page.

2. Subscription/un-subscription:
Subscription to the list is open to public. New CAFA members will be added to the list automatically.

There are two methods to subscribe or unsubscribe the list. The first method is to use the CAFA's website and follow instructions provided at: http://www.cafanc.org/list

The second method is to send an email to MajorDomo@statgen.ncsu.edu with the following text in the body of the message:

subscribe CAFA [replace_with_your_email address]

or
unsubscribe CAFA [replace_with_your_email adress]

For example, to subscribe JohnDoe@yahoo.com, you should send an email to MajorDomo@statgen.ncsu.edu with the following text in the body of the message:

subscribe CAFA JohnDoe@yahoo.com

3. Posting Messages:
Although all subscribers can send messages through the list, in order to reduce the traffic of the list, only the following categories of messages are allowed to be posted directly to the list:
  • CAFA information and activity announcement
  • Community-oriented information
  • CAFA committee sponsored seminars
  • Discussions initiated by CAFA Board or the Executive Committee
  • Messages forwarded by the list manager
The following categories of messages are helpful to the community and therefore permitted:

  • Personal messages for seeking help or sharing information
  • Educational or informational seminars
The following categories of messages are strictly prohibited:
  • Political messages/debates, personal attacks, and other inappropriate messages
  • Advertisements or messages serving commercial interests of business operators
List subscribers should refrain from sending messages to the entire list on matters that are not of general interest of the community. List subscribers are encouraged to send messages that are of potential interests to the community to the list manager (cafa-owner@statgen.ncsu.edu) for being considered of forwarding.

4. Violation:
The list manager will send a private warning message to senders of messages that are considered to be inappropriate for the list. Repeated violations of this guideline may result in public warning and subsequent removal of privilege for posting messages to the list.

5. Complaints:
Complaints about inappropriate usage of the list should be sent to the list manager. The CAFA Board of Directors reserves the right to have the final explanation of the mailing list guideline, should any dispute occur.

CAFA Board of Directors

If you have questions regarding the message posting and subscription/unsubscription, please contact Zhaobang Zeng (zeng@statgen.ncsu.edu) or CAFA List Manager (listmanager@cafanc.org).

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