Re: Welcome to iris-talk@onelist.com

From: Ken Coleman <ciris@uswest.net>

We are glad to be on iris-talk finally.  Carol and Ken Coleman

iris-talk-owner@onelist.com wrote:

> Welcome to the iris-talk list. I hope you will enjoy it. Please
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> read the information below, it will help you get to know the
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> list and its policies.
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> **YOU MIGHT WANT TO PRINT THIS MESSAGE**,
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> there is information you *will* need to know.
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> DESCRIPTION
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> iris-talk@onelist.com is an internet mailing list devoted to
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> discussion on garden irises. Both experienced irisarians and
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> beginners are welcome. If you grow, breed, or study irises, or
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> just want to join the conversation, you are invited to subscribe.
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> 1. INTRODUCTION
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> iris-talk@onelist.com was created on June 25th, 1998 by
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> John Jones(jijones@ix.netcom.com) as a temporary adjunct to
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> the IRIS-L@RT66.com owned by Tom Tadfor Little
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> It has since replaced that list
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> New subscribers are encouraged to post a message introducing
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> themselves.  If you do so, please begin the subject line of your
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> message with "OT-BIO: ", followed by your name, so that other
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> list members will know it is your introductory message.
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> 2. POLICIES
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> iris-talk@onelist.com is an unmoderated list. This means the
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> list owner does not personally review each message to decide
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> if it's appropriate. This responsibility rests with the subscribers.
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> Please note the following policies.
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> These are not laws or restrictions, just suggested practices that
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> (if most of us follow them) will make the list more useful,
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> manageable, and pleasant for all. Please show your "good
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> citizenship" by reading these guidelines, keeping them for
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> reference, and using them when you post to the list.
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> a. General Posting Guidelines (aka The Ten Commandments)
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> 1) Junk Mail. Do not post messages that are circulating through
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> the internet at large. This includes virus warnings, humor, chain
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> letters, charity appeals, etc. This is not the place for them.
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> 2) Matters for the List Owner. If someone posts something you
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> think is inappropriate, or if you want to make a comment
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> regarding problems with the list culture or the list policies,
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> you are encouraged to refer the matter to the list moderator, off-
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> list (at jijones@ix.netcom.com), rather than posting to the list about
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> it. This will keep our discussions more polite and also more
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> iris-oriented. Be tolerant...even of those who do not follow
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> these guidelines. Often it's best to just let it be.
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> 3) Potentially Offensive Subjects. Do not post anything with
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> political or religious content, even if there is some tenuous
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> connection with irises. Some people have very strong feelings on
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> these topics, and there is no reason to risk starting a heated
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> debate over something that is rather clearly off-topic to begin
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> with. By the same rationale, avoid using profanity, even in jest.
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> 4) Flames. Do not flame! When does a discussion become a flame?
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> That's a judgment call, of course. Examine your emotions as you
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> type. If you're "worked up" over the message you're replying to,
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> don't send. Wait a day and think it over.
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> 5) Subject Lines. CHECK the subject line before you send, even if
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> you are replying to a previously posted message. If the subject
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> line accurately reflects the content of your message, leave it
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> alone! If it doesn't, change it!
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> 6) On-List/Off-List. CHECK the recipient line before you send. If
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> it says "iris-talk@onelist.com" the posting will go to each and every
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> subscriber on the list. Often, this is what you want. But if the
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> message is personal, off-topic, or of very limited interest, it
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> should probably be sent to one (or a few) particular recipients,
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> off-list.
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> 7) Attachments. Do not send binary attachments, such as digitized
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> images, to the list.
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> 8) Message Length. Watch the size of your message. When replying
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> to a previously posted message, trim the quotation down to the
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> minimum needed to establish context.
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> 9) Subject Tags. Use the official subject tags (see below)
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> whenever possible.
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> 10) Try not to bother the list with something you can easily
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> find on your own, without involving 300 other people.
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> b. Subject Tags
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> Here is the list of subject tags, which I encourage everyone to
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> use to preface the subject lines of their messages to iris-talk.
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> Please use the tags as they are given; do not invent variations.
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> If the practice loses its consistency, it will also lose much of
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> its usefulness. I know this is a long listing, but that is a
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> reflection of the breadth and variety of our discussions. Don't
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> be intimidated; they will become quickly familiar after a short
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> time. Try to use the tag that fits your message best. It is often
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> appropriate to combine a tag from the first set (types of irises)
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> with one from another set. If nothing fits, don't worry. The tags
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> are not mandatory. Remember that the colon (:) following the
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> alphabetic tag is part of the tag and very important to the proper
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> operation of filters used to sort mail.
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> TB:    tall bearded irises
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> MED:   median and dwarf bearded irises
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> AR:    arilbred and aril irises
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> SIB:   Siberian irises
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> LA:    Louisiana irises
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> JI:    Japanese irises
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> SPU:   spuria irises
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> PCN:   Pacific coast native irises
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> BULB:  bulb irises (Dutch, reticulatas, Junos)
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> SPEC:  iris species (particularly those not covered in another category)
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> REB:   reblooming irises
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> SA:    space-age irises
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> HIST:  historic irises and history of iris development
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> CULT:  culture
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> HYB:   hybridizing
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> REF:   references (books and society publications)
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> SHOW:  iris shows and related topics
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> IRC:   IRC chat sessions (currently Friday nights)
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> AIS:   American Iris Society business and issues
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> PHOTO: iris photography
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> COMP:  iris-related computer topics (record keeping, photo digitizing, etc.)
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> CAT:   iris catalogs and discussion of commercial nurseries
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> AD:    iris-related advertisement (ads not related to irises are *not*
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> welcome!)
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> OT-PLANTS: other garden plants (not irises)
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> OT-ART:    iris-motif art and craftwork
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> OT-HUMOR:  iris-related humor
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> OT-CHAT:   personal messages and conversation (consider taking it off-list!)
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> OT-BIO:    introduction from a new subscriber (please follow with your name)
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> ADMIN: list administration issues (reserved for the list owner)
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> 3.ARCHIVES
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> A copy of every message sent to iris-talk@onelist.com is kept in the
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> iris-talk archives. There are two archive locations. The first is
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> maintained be Onelist and may be accessed through the Onelist homepage at:
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> http://www.onelist.com
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> and clicking on the "Find a List" button at the upper left of the
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> page. Enter "iris-talk" into the search window, click search. Then
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> click on the name of the list, and select archives. The Onelist
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> archives are a collection of the daily message digests. The search
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> engine is not very utilitarian.
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> The second archive is orders of magnitude more useful. It is kept at:
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> http://www.mallorn.com/lists/iris-l/
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> This is a combined archive of all Iris-L messages and all iris-talk
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> messages stored and accessed as individual messages. The search engine
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> is full featured and capable of complex search criteria.
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> 4. SUMMARY (IMPORTANT):
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> iris-talk@onelist.com is the LIST ADDRESS, used when you want
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> to post a message for everyone to read.
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> John Jones (jijones@ix.netcom.com) is the LIST OWNER, a human
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> being who is your point of contact for questions or problems.
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> Enjoy the list!


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