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Webster University Campus E-mail List Policy Revision: August 23, 2007 The Webster University Web & E-Services Advisory Council has created the following policy to facilitate an understanding of the proper venue for faculty and staff postings to campus-wide e-mail lists. The objective of this policy is to provide a forum for online dialogue and expression that protects free speech, as well as a practical means of disseminating announcements that are necessary for the operational effectiveness of the University. The following policy is inherently dynamic and will be periodically reviewed and modified to meet the evolving needs of the Webster University community. Two primary e-mail lists are available for St. Louis area faculty and staff at Webster University: a campus announcement list, and a discussion list. Campus Announcement List The Campus Announcement list (stl-announcements@lists.webster.edu) is reserved for the dissemination of University-related announcements. Faculty and staff in the St. Louis area are automatically added to this list upon their hire and are not able to opt out of this list. Only Webster University administration, faculty, and staff may post messages to this list. Students may post upon permission of the list owner. The list is moderated by Academic Affairs to ensure postings are consistent with the guidelines stated here. While every effort will be made to post messages in a timely fashion, members should allow a minimum of 24 hours for a message to be published during the work week and potentially longer over the weekend and on holidays. Please plan accordingly when you are posting event notifications. The following topics are appropriate items to be posted to the Campus Announcement list:
Campus Discussion List The Campus Discussion list (stl-discussion@lists.webster.edu) is a forum for discussion of topics that interest members of the University community. Faculty and staff in the St. Louis area may join or opt out of this list by following instructions in the footer of each message. Only Webster University administration, faculty, and staff may post messages to this list. Students may post upon permission of the list owner. Although the Campus Discussion list is not moderated, these items are inappropriate for the Discussion list:
Exceptions and Policy Violations Members of the Campus Announcements list may petition the Web Advisory Council to be removed from the list. Webster University retirees may remain subscribed to the lists with the permission of the Vice President under whom they served. Individuals who violate the rules for acceptable use of the Campus Discussion list will be given one warning; future violations may result in the suspension of posting privileges to the list. The list owner will consult with the appropriate administrative, faculty, and staff members before taking any of the following actions: withholding a posting from both lists based on content, addressing complaints from members of the list about another's posting(s), warning a member about inappropriate use of the list, or banning a member from the list. A list member who violates this policy may have his or her posting privledges temporarily suspended while the list owner makes the necessary consultations specified above. Links FAQ and Rules of Etiquette for E-mail Lists The Webster University Web Advisory Council |
Drafted by Mike Hulsizer, Pete McEwen, and Will Godfrey, December 2002 |