Basic Rules
There
are five important ideas that you must remember when participating in an
electronic conference:
·
An
electronic conference is administered by means of a list server (or list), it
is to say, a software (in this case called Majordomo) that operates in a
computer (in this case located in Santiago, Chile).
·
ˇMajordomo
is not a person! It is a software and, therefore, it only recognizes fixed
commands in a given format. If you write Dear Mr. Majordomo, you will receive
an error message. Later, we will review some of the commands that Majordomo
does understand.
·
Behind
Majordomo, there is a group of real people that will give you the technical
assistance you may need. Its name is (Biznet-it and you can contact them by
writing to the following address:
·
The
software that operates this electronic list does not identifies you as a
person; it recognizes your Email address. It is your address what is registered
as participating in the conference. This means that you can only receive and/or
send messages through the Email address you registered to participate. You can
register as many addresses as you want.
·
At the
moment you send a message to the electronic conference, it is automatically
distributed to all participants, without previous review, edition or approval.
Once a message has been sent, it cannot be stopped nor changed.
Norms of good behavior
Just
as in any other conference, if certain norms are followed, your participation
will be more pleasant and more productive. Here are some suggestions:
·
Respect
the objectives and subjects of the conference
In
this conference we expect to read messages and documents on quite specific
subjects. Avoid using this conference to share information or opinions on other
subjects, even if they might be of great importance for you or the rest of the
people.
·
Take
care of viruses!
Remember
that you will be interacting with hundreds of people and you do not know where
the rest of us have been lately! Install a good antivirus software in
your computer. NEVER send files as attachments unless you are 100% sure they
are not infected. Remember, your files will be received by hundreds of people
and, none of them will be pleased of getting a virus. It is MUCH safer to
send your comments as texts in the body of an Email.
·
Avoid
to send personal messages to the list
If
you are participating in a conference in the real world and you see a
friend on the other side of the room, you wouldn’t yell at him “Hey, Peter!!!”
in the middle of the conference of another person. The same happens in an
electronic conference: do not send personal messages, since they will be
received not only by your friend but also by hundreds of participants. The
rule is to send to the list only the messages that eventually may be
interesting for all participants.
·
Need
Help? Send us a PRIVATE message
If
you need any help, or need to change your Email address, do not send this
message to the conference. Send it directly to us, in a private way to the
following address:
·
Commands
of Majordomo
Any
instructions to the software Majordomo should be sent to:
Sent
messages to this address must ONLY contain the following commands:
Subscribe
To
add an Email address to the list of participants. For example:
|
Subscribe
consultwdr2008 |
Requests
the Email address form which the message was sent, be registered as a
participant of the electronic conference consultwdr2008 |
Unsubscribe
To
drop an Email address from the list of participants. For example:
|
Unsubscribe
consultwdr2008 |
requests
the Email address form which the message was sent, to be dropped from the
list of participant of the electronic conference consultwdr2008 |