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TeaneckShuls E-mail Policy
Reminder
Goal Appropriate Emails Repeat Posts Business Ads Tickets to Events Geographic Scope Specify Price No Group Thank Yous No Views or News Political Endorsements No All-Caps Subject Lines Be Brief Sign Full Name Not everything is "kosher" Age Restrictions TeaneckShulsAnnouncements General Info Moderators
The primary goal of the list is to be an effective tool in the building and maintenance of our community. Although the following rules are far from perfect, and we don't claim perfection in administering the list, the rules below are our best-intentioned attempt to keep the list running smoothly and to keep as many people involved with the list as possible. There are judgment calls involved and we do our best. We are, of course, open to suggestions and comments. Remember that we're volunteers.
1) Appropriate Emails -
The following are examples of emails that would ALWAYS BE APPROPRIATE: (i)
community events; (ii) shul events of interest; (iii) shiva notices; (iv)
community blood drives; etc.
The following are examples of emails that would GENERALLY BE APPROPRIATE: (i)
houses for sale in the Teaneck area; (ii) garage sales; (iii) lost and found;
(iv) information about softball leagues; (v) parlor meeting at your house; (vi)
housekeeper requests; (vii) carpool requests; (viii) requests for community
action on behalf of Israel; (ix) short targeted letter-writing campaigns for
Israel; etc.
The following are examples of emails that would NEVER BE APPROPRIATE: (i) jokes;
(ii) auctions; (iii) offensive or disparaging emails; (iv) Lashon Hara; and (v)
anything illegal.
If you are inquiring about a store, service,
professional, etc., please ask only for first-hand experience (not what they may
have heard from others) and ask only if relevant and necessary (you should
consult a rav with any issues in order to avoid lashon hara).
We may reject posts that we believe are irrelevant to the vast majority of
Teaneck members. We reserve the right to reject any message at any time.
2) Repeat Posts -
Please do not repeat posts, except as follows: (i) you can repeat a post after a
month; (ii) open houses can be posted every 2 weeks as stated below; (iii) community-wide or
local shul and yeshiva events can be posted once every 2 weeks; (iv) shul
bulletins can be sent weekly; and (v) business solicitations should only be sent
during the "business week" once every 6 months (with certain exceptions as set
forth below). Posts on different topics can be sent without a waiting period, but
as we are trying very hard to control message volume on this list, we ask your help in
combining requests into 1 post and/or limiting your overall posts.
3) Business Ads on TeaneckShuls -
We generally discourage business solicitations on teaneckshuls, and instead have
the Goods & Services listing for that purpose. (See form at
http://www.teaneckshuls.org/gs )
However, we have a "business week", which is a one week period about every 6 months (tentatively last week of April and October), where business ads and home business ads would be permitted with the following caveats: (i) you can post your own business if you live in the Teaneck area, or your business is located in the Teaneck area (as well as certain tourist-related posts from Israel, at the moderators' discretion); (ii) you cannot post a business for a friend (unless they are a member of your household and they also meet the Teaneck area rule); (iii) the business ad must be 50 words or less (link to your website for more info) and should clearly indicate "business week" and the type of business in the subject line; and (iv) you can only post the ad once during the "business week" (no more than twice in total if you have multiple separate businesses).
Business ads would include, e.g., ads for professionals, ads for stores, ads for businesses conducted from a home office, tutoring, bar mitzvah lessons, music lessons, dance lessons, sales of snoods, children's clothing, flowers, etc.
Business ads can be sent directly to
teaneckshuls@yahoogroups.com
We have done away with the separate "informal home business week."
Informal home business should be posted during the regular business week.
We continue to allow posts of change of address of a business or notice of an
opening of a new business in town at any time (not only during "business
week"), assuming they are for a brick & mortar office or store (not a home business).
General posts that would be permitted outside business week. General posts that would be permitted at any time (w/ repeats not more than once a month) would include items that are not a business or home business, houses for sale by owner or broker (brokers are a special case b/c otherwise email lists could have a significant adverse impact on their business), school registrations, playgroups, postings looking for full-time employment, postings looking to place or find a housekeeper, ads for camps or backyard camps, ads for summer jobs, ads for dance & art & swimming lessons for summer camp, ads to shovel snow, ads to baby-sit, notice of sukkah in restaurant, etc.
Time-sensitive business posts outside business week. We do, at our discretion, allow posts in-between business weeks if there is a unique time-sensitive urgency (for example, art classes being given before the next business week, a specific sale by an informal home business, etc.) However, such posts cannot be sent more than once every few months.
Sponsor of the Week - See http://www.teaneckshuls.org/sponsorships/sponsorofweek.htm or speak to tsbryan@gmail.com about this program.
Real Estate. Houses for sale by owner or broker are permitted even outside "business week" (for the reason given above). Ads for houses or apartments for sale or for rent must be in Teaneck, Bergenfield or New Milford. There are a few exceptions, such as short-term vacation rentals posted by owner (e.g. for Jerusalem and other frequented locations - at moderators' discretion), student apartments to share at local areas with a lot of Teaneck students (basic idea is we allow posts that affect a significant number of our Teaneck members who are not moving out). Real estate ads by individuals may not be posted more than once a month (once every 2 weeks for open houses). Real estate ads by brokers must be consolidated and posted not more than once a week by the real estate brokerage house (or an agent acting on their behalf) that would list all new listings, all revised listings, and all open houses for that Sunday. Any real estate posting must indicate either (i) for sale by owner, or (ii) for sale by broker (including the name of the brokerage house). Please specify the price.
Jobs. Postings looking for full-time employment, or offering jobs should be posted no more than once a month. Postings looking for part-time jobs must meet one of the exceptions above or be posted during business week. Headhunters must prominently indicate they are headhunters in the post, and must limit posts to no more than once a week for jobs not posted before, and no more than once a month for jobs posted before.
If you are in doubt, ask one of the moderators.
4) Tickets to Events - Postings of tickets to events for sale are subject to the rules above about repeat posts (i.e., not more than once a month). In addition, you cannot post tickets for sale more frequently than once every two weeks even if they are for different events and even if you are not a ticket broker. All postings for tickets sales must clearly state the face value, as well as the asking price - which may not be more than face value plus ticketmaster charges (if any). Any statement to the effect of "or best offer" can only mean "best offer below face value". Scalping of tickets on the list is not permitted.
5) Geographic Scope for Events - Please only post events that are likely to get a significant number of Teaneck members. We will generally allow such postings for Manhattan, Riverdale, Passaic, Monsey and Bergen County. As stated above, we may reject posts that we believe are irrelevant to the vast majority of Teaneck members.
6) Specify Price - When selling
items (including houses), you must specify a price. You may add - "or best offer below that
price," but it must have the maximum price. TeaneckShuls is not intended
to replace eBay.
7) Reply to Sender; No Group Thank Yous - Please do not reply to entire list unless it's something extremely important that you
would have posted independently. Please do not thank whole group, just senders.
Otherwise we'll double the email load.
8) No Views or News -
Views, opinions and news items should not be posted on the teaneckshuls. We do allow short targeted letter-writing campaigns
for Israel (to keep short please use hyperlinks). On occasion we also
allow FYI news items (hyperlinks only) that are of particular relevance to the
Teaneck Jewish community.
9) Political Endorsements - We currently do not allow specific endorsements of political candidates on teaneckshuls
(except as a sponsor-of-the-week ad). Reminders to vote, notices of
events, notice of a new web site, or similar announcements can generally be
posted on teaneckshuls.
10) No All-Caps - Please do not send messages or type subject lines in ALL-CAPS.
11) Subject Lines - Use descriptive subject lines (especially try to use
the words “seeking” or “offering” where applicable). If you reply to a digest, adjust the subject
line.
12) Try to be Brief - That's how
people like their emails.
13) Sign Full Name - Please sign your full name in all emails, unless
your is obvious from your email address or unless you have a specific security
concern. If you forget to sign your name, we may reject the message or we
may sign your email for you if we know your name (so if you have a reason you
don't want the email signed please let the moderators know in advance).
14) Not everything posted is "kosher" - TeaneckShuls is a community-wide diverse list, and people should not automatically assume that all posts are kosher or are endorsed by the local synagogues. At the same time, we do ask that you be conscious of the various sensitivities of all our members. Also, remember that some of the members are teenagers.
15) Age Restrictions - Because of various federal laws, children under the age of 13 may not post on TeaneckShuls (even if using an adult's email address).
16) Dupe TeaneckShulsAnnouncements list - Teaneck community announcements and shiva info should be posted to teaneckshulsAnnouncements@yahoogroups.com IN ADDITION TO being posted to this list. We will attempt to forward important community announcements that were not copied to teaneckshulsAnnouncements. If you read the teaneckshuls emails there should be no reason to join teaneckshulsAnnouncements (although if you post community announcements you may want to consider joining on a web-only basis). See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TeaneckShulsAnnouncements for more information.
17) General Information About the List
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Purpose -
TeaneckShuls@YahooGroups.com is intended for announcements of interest to
shul-goers in the Teaneck/Bergenfield vicinity. (Created Sep 8, 2000.)
To subscribe go to
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Reply only to sender.
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See
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http://www.teaneckshuls.org/files/TeaneckLinks.htm
For selected teaneckshuls posts see
http://www.teaneckshuls.org/SelectedPosts
See more information at
http://www.teaneckshuls.org
Thanks
Moderators moderators@teaneckshuls.org -
Bryan Alter
bryan@teaneckshuls.org
Kevie Feit kevie@teaneckshuls.org
Aaron Kornbluth aaron@teaneckshuls.org
Ruthie Levi ruthie@teaneckshuls.org
Nathan J. Lindenbaum
nathan@teaneckshuls.org
Chaim Shulman chaim@teaneckshuls.org
Moderator for new memberships and technical issues - Debby Teicher debby@teaneckshuls.org
(Last edited Oct. 21, 2007.)