THE AAC MAILING LIST
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The AAC mailing list is a great way to stay informed about our events and communicate with fellow members. Add your email address to the mailing list at Yahoo Groups for the latest announcements:
To learn more about the mailing list (or if the above link is not functioning properly), please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anglo-austrian
Some things we would like to point out to you:
- You do not have to have a YAHOO member ID to join our group, nor are you obliged to have a YAHOO e-mail adress!
- A great option on the mailing list is the digest feature. The digest feature will automatically pack all of the email messages sent to the mailing list in one day together, and then send the user a single daily email. This prevents the user from receiving too many messages while on vacation. To learn more about it, just click on "Edit My Membership" when visiting the AAS Students Club mailing list link above.
- In order to prevent spam, new subscribers to the mailing list have to await approval before posting.
To unsubscribe from the mailing list, send an empty e-mail from the account to which you receive the mailing list e-mails, to this address: anglo-austrian-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
AAC Mailing List Policy
The AAC mailing list is designed to faciliate communication between participants of the AAC on AAC and related matters. To keep postings focused on AAC related matters and to reduce spam, junk mail, and off-topic postings, here is a quick guide to what is considered appropriate and what is considered inappropriate for this mailing list.
Appropriate
- Notice of Stammtisch and other AAC Events
- Notice of concerts, parties and other social events potentially of interest to other AAC participants
Inappropriate
- Surveys and questionnaires for native speakers
- Chain letters or chain mail
For those of you that have forgotten what a chain letter or chain mail is, here is the definition (from www.dictionary.com):
chain letter: n. A letter sent to a number of people asking each recipient to send copies with the same request to a specified number of others. The circulation of a chain letter increases in geometrical progression as long as the instructions are followed by all recipients.
The recently posted chain mail about the two people who went missing, perhaps on their way to Bolivia, was in fact inappropriate for the AAS mailing list. This does not mean that the mail was unimportant. It simply means that it's not what the AAS mailing list is for. Important and serious topics, like missing people, murder, people going to jail, kidnappings and similar are really more appropriate for some other medium, like the newspaper or TV for example. The AAS mailing list is not meant for very important topics.
In fact, if you find yourself typing a message that's very serious to the AAS mailing list (perhaps you're feeling angry or especially nervous), then think again, because it's probably not appropriate. The one exeption is of course if an AAC Participant is in big trouble. For example, if former vice-president (Dr. Dipl.-Ing.) Bob was involved in a serious crime, like murder, and then went to jail, then this would be appropriate news for the AAC mailing list. The appropriate action would then be for everyone on the mailing list to coordinate their efforts and raise money such that a good lawyer could be hired in order to ensure a fair trial and to get Bob out of jail.
If you're not sure if the topic is appropriate, just think of the original AAC vision: to bridge the cultural gap between two or more cultures, with a focus on the English and Austrian cultures. Generally, social events like the Stammtisch fit into this category. Other examples include parties, social gatherings, concerts, organized trips, or going to the movies.
(Thanks to Keith Andrews for his contribution(s) to the AAC mailing list policy). |
