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<p>GPCA Email Rules of Decorum<br>
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<a href="http://www.cagreens.org/it-protocol/email-decorum">http://www.cagreens.org/it-protocol/email-decorum</a><br>
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These Email Rules of Decorum are designed to govern GPCA email list conduct. They are based upon the premise that people participate in order build the Green Party and advance the Ten Key Values, and are meant to promote a productive, transparent and respectful
environment for this to occur. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Participants are encouraged to state their views, inform one another and discuss issues in a manner that enables
energy to be focused on productive work. Good faith disagreement over issues and ideas should be honored as an expected part this process, and not considered a disruption or impediment. At the same time, the Green Party's consensus-seeking orientation reminds
us to seek and build upon commonalities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">By subscribing to a GPCA email list, one agrees to follow these Rules of Decorum. GPCA email lists are open only
to GPCA members. Subscribers who are no longer GPCA members are expected to unsubscribe immediately. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Participants who break these rules willfully and repeatedly will be given reminders/warnings and may be subject
to suspension for a period of time. Subscribers have the right to appeal their suspension to the state Coordinating Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">GPCA Email Rules of Decorum</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No anonymity.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> All subscribers must truthfully identify themselves at the time of subscription and in each message.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Address the group.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Messages must be addressed to the entire group of subscribers. Side conversations and personal interactions must be taken to one-to-one email.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No "personality-based" discussion.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Speculation or accusations about another's motives, thought processes, or
beliefs is off-charter. A focus on 'issues rather than personalities' should be the participants' guiding light. Personal attacks, verbal threats and/or harassment can be grounds for loss of subscription.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No misrepresentation of another's work.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Participants shall not misrepresent the work of others and shall make
a good faith effort to be factually correct.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No prejudicial, biased, or offensive language,
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">with respect to race, gender, ethnicity, physical ability, spirituality, sexuality, or age. These are well-established principles of basic respect for each other in a healthy society.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No insulting, disparaging, degrading, or demeaning language or any other ad hominem attacks.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> It's never necessary
to label others in order to discuss their ideas and activities. Chronic, hurtful sarcasm, or giving people vengeful nicknames, or any other disrespectful treatment of fellow activists, is grounds for loss of subscription. It is never necessary to compare people
to historical war criminals or other reviled figures.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No flooding, repetition or crossposting. No double posting to other lists.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> A message posted to GPCA email lists must
have no other recipients except the list address in its To:, Cc:, or Bcc: lines.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No off-charter material.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> There are thousands of Internet mailing lists about issues of interest to Greens. Nobody
can read them all, and each of us must be free to set our own priorities. One can repost a message from elsewhere, but must introduce it by explaining where it came from and how it relates to the list description, even if the relevance seems obvious.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Accurate, substantial subject lines.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The "Subject:" line must truthfully identify the topic, so that people can decide whether to read your message, before they read it. Therefore, It is seldom appropriate to name another
person in a Subject line. In particular, messages with Subjects such as "Joe Green" or "Joe Green's post" are inappropriate, as are messages with no Subject line.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Limit message size.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> When replying to a specific discussion thread, it's not necessary to quote the entire email
each time. This helps servers run faster too.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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