[Bcma-l] Annual Reminder re BCMA-L Listserv Basic Policies & Posting Practices

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

Currently BCMA-L (bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca) is available FREE to any and 
all interested parties. To maintain its effectiveness, we ask 
subscribers to please keep in mind the following:

BCMA-L LISTSERV BASIC POLICIES & POSTING PRACTICES

THE DO’S:
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PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT: Subscribers are encouraged to utilize BCMA-L to 
increase the promotion of education, training and professional 
development opportunities within their related communities. It is also a 
fast and productive tool to seek advice and assistance, or to exchange 
expertise and resource information.

EMAIL/CONTACT INFORMATION: Please include your email/contact information 
in messages to allow for direct replies from responding members, if 
desired, otherwise responses will only be posted back to BCMA-L. If the 
original submitter’s contact info is not included, they may receive a 
notice from the moderator to please re-submit their message with the 
additional information.

REVISING THE SUBJECT LINE FOR RESPONSES: Some topics or “searches” 
result in several responses posted back to BCMA-L and your Inbox with 
the same Subject line and it may appear you are receiving the same 
posted message over and over again — which you are not. As an example, a 
message posted with the Subject line: “Looking for a Conservator” could 
be responded to with a revised Subject line of: “Suggestions for a 
Conservator” and posted back to BCMA-L for subscribers to view.

THE DON’TS:
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NO ATTACHMENTS: To protect subscribers from potential viruses, 
submissions containing attachments (eg. Word/PDF documents and/or 
imbedded images) will not be approved for posting. Submitters will 
receive a “Rejected” notice from the moderator with a request to 
re-submit with the text from the attachment either typed or 
copied-and-pasted (preferably in plain text format) into the main body 
of the original message. An alternative option to consider is including 
a weblink (or email contact) in your message to provide subscribers 
access to additional information, forms, etc.

NO COMMERCIAL VENTURES: No advertising, product or services solicitation 
please; other promotional venues, i.e. Museums Roundup, annual 
Conference Trade Show, Regional Workshops, forthcoming Learning Resource 
Database, etc. are available for this purpose. The submitter will 
receive a notice from the moderator re Commercial Venture status.

NO RESUMES: Resumes are not posted on BCMA-L. Subscribers should respond 
directly to the original job posting contributor. Respondents submitting 
resumes will receive a notice from the moderator to please re-direct 
their message to the posting institution.

BCMA-L’s Role
Please remember BCMA-L’s role (and the moderator’s) is solely to serve 
as a clearinghouse for submissions of relevance and interest to the 
provincial cultural heritage community. This includes related 
information received by BCMA and forwarded to listserv subscribers. 
 >From time to time, this may include conferences, workshops, 
post-secondary courses, etc., however forwarding this information to 
BCMA-L does NOT constitute an endorsement by BCMA and is provided only 
for the information of subscribers. Suggestions from subscribers to 
improve how/what information is received via the listserv are always 
welcome! Please email suggestions and requests to members@museumsassn.bc.ca

Thank you!

-- 
Shelley Gauthier
Member Services Coordinator
BC Museums Association
#204 - 26 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC, V8W 1H9
Tel: (250) 356-5700; Fax: (250) 387-1251
Web: www.museumsassn.bc.ca