http://www.TeaneckShuls.org/files/TSPolicy.htm
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TeaneckShuls
Posting Policy
Our primary goal as moderators is to run
TeaneckShuls fairly and efficiently and ensure that it continues to be a
useful and beneficial tool for our community.
Detailed below are the most relevant rules that we ask our members to
follow. These rules do not – and
cannot – address every circumstance, and we are often required to make
judgment calls, both in the application of the rules and when new situations
arise. Therefore, we must
reserve the right to use our discretion when deciding which posts are
appropriate and acceptable. In
order to ensure the smooth and proper functioning of the list, we reserve
the right to reject, delete or edit any message at any time.
Yahoo recently revised their platform
so that we are unable to send you a rejection notice and explanation (as we
used to) if your post fails one of our rules – it will simply be deleted.
If you are certain that your post has not come through within
48 hours, before contacting us please review the rules below to see if your
post may have been rejected. We
are all volunteers with our own busy work and home schedules, and we ask
that you keep that in mind.
1.
Brevity:
Be brief.
2.
Signature:
Sign your
full name to every post.
3.
Subject Line:
Use a brief subject line that summarizes the content of your post.
Readers should be able to decide whether your email is relevant to
them based on the subject line alone.
4.
No All-Caps:
Do not use ALL-CAPS in the subject line or body of your email.
5.
Age Minimum:
Children under 13 may not post, even if using an adult's email account.
6.
Maximum Number of Posts: You may not
post more than 2 emails in any consecutive 7-day period.
7.
Repeat Posts: You may not
repeat the same (or substantially similar) post until
one month has passed, with the
following exceptions:
a.
Community-wide or local shul and yeshiva events can be reposted after 2
weeks.
b.
Shul
bulletins can be sent weekly.
8.
Feedback Requests:
You may request relevant first-hand feedback on our members’ experiences
with businesses, professionals, etc., but you may
not request negative feedback
(e.g., “Seeking feedback, whether good
or bad…” is not
allowed).
9.
Price:
If you are selling something, you must include a price (“best offer” is not
allowed unless you state a specific price and include “or best offer below
that amount”). If you are giving
the item away, please state that explicitly.
10.
Views, News & Politics: We do not
allow posts containing opinions, news, political issues, petitions or
surveys. We make occasional
exceptions for issues affecting Israel or our community generally.
11.
Geographic Scope for Community
Events: Posts
regarding community events outside Teaneck will only be allowed if they are
likely to get significant attendance from the Teaneck area. We occasionally
allow such postings for Manhattan, Riverdale, Passaic, Monsey and Bergen
County.
12.
Home Sales: You may advertise sales of homes (including open houses) in
Teaneck, Bergenfield or New Milford only, subject to Rule #
7.
These can be posted by the broker
or owner, but not both.
If the seller is represented by a broker, then only the agent is
allowed to post the property.
13.
Real Estate Brokers: Real
estate brokers may post a consolidated listing of properties no more than
once per week. Any properties
included in these listings cannot also be posted individually (under Rule #
12).
14.
Vacation Rentals:
Short-term vacation rentals posted by the owner (e.g., for Jerusalem
and other frequented locations), may be allowed on occasion at the
moderators' discretion. The
price must be included in your post.
15.
Business Ads: Ads for
businesses (including camps and playgroups) are
not allowed unless you are a
tzedakah sponsor as explained at
http://teaneckshuls.org/sponsorships/guidelines.htm or if they fit into one of the following exceptions:
a.
Teenagers
offering snow shoveling or sukkah-building services (or similar services),
or seeking summer & vacation employment
b.
Housekeepers, babysitters (and babysitter to share) and home health aides
seeking employment in Bergen County
c.
Garage sales
d.
Shul boutiques
e.
Change of
address or notice of an opening of a new business in town.
This applies to bricks & mortar stores (i.e., actual storefront)
only; home businesses not allowed.
f.
Posts
seeking full-time employment if posted by the person looking for the
employment
g.
Posts by
businesses for job openings are allowed, but you should limit your
description of the business so it doesn’t also act as an ad for the
business.
h.
Recruiters
may post job openings, but not more often than once a week (so all positions
must be consolidated into that one email), and the email must clearly
indicate that they are a recruiter.
Please avoid
using an automatic email signature/footer that mentions your business or
website.
16.
Tickets to Events:
a.
You may not sell tickets as part of a business.
You may, however, offer for sale small quantities of privately-held
tickets. Repeat posts for the
same tickets are subject to Rule #
7,
and if you want to sell tickets for a different event, you must wait at
least two weeks from the last time you posted a ticket sale.
b.
Your email
must clearly state the asking price
and the face value (including any Ticketmaster-type fees you
incurred). Asking price may not
exceed face value plus those fees.
17.
Bus, Train & Airline Tickets;
Parking Passes; Rewards Points:
None of the following may be offered for sale or trade, even below face
value: (i) bus/train/airline tickets, (ii) parking passes, and (iii)
frequent flyer and rewards points.
18.
Software:
Selling or borrowing of software (whether new or used) is not allowed.
19.
Harvesting Email Addresses: Harvesting of
member email addresses is forbidden for any purpose.
Violation of this rule may lead to forfeit of the offender’s
membership.
Thanks.
Bryan Alter bryan@teaneckshuls.org
Kevie Feit kevie@teaneckshuls.org
Ruthie Levi ruthie@teaneckshuls.org
All moderators:
moderators@teaneckshuls.org
Memberships and technical issues:
Debby Teicher debby@teaneckshuls.org
teaneckshuls.org webmaster:
Chaim Shulman chaim@teaneckshuls.org
See more information at http://www.teaneckshuls.org
Last edited October 27, 2013.