Date:  Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:25:12 -0500
From:  madodel at ptdprolog.net
Subject:  [VOICENWS] Admin: News list submission guidelines

From: "Mark Dodel" <madodelDESPAM at ptdprolog.net> 

First some information about this list:

FYI, The VOICE News list has been in existence since about June 1997 (The
first message I have in my archive was dated 06/09/1997, from Judy
McDermott about IRC servers for VOICE meetings).  According to my count we
have sent almost 4,900 announcements since then. The VOICE News list is
now at 775 subscribers.  That is down just a bit from its high over the
past couple years of around 810, but about the same as its been for the
past year.  

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Now a bit about submitting news items to the list.

Please send all submissions to submit at os2voice.org and not to a
moderator's personal email addresses.  Sending it to the submit address
guarantees that the message will get to the correct place and can be
handled by any of the list moderators.

To make things as clear to readers as possible we ask that the message
subject include the full name of a software application (if appropriate),
as well as the version the announcement is about.  An example of the
subject layout for software announcements is as follows:

 SW: [Name of Program] [Version] - [Comments]

In addition we try to use standard prefixes for all subjects as follows:

 Admin - News list related announcements.
 eCS - Related directly to Serenity System's eComStation version of OS/2.
 Event - A user group meeting, show or IRC event.
 HW - Hardware announcement.
 Job - An OS/2 related employment opportunity.
 Mag - Magazine.
 Net - Post is regarding a web site or news article.
 OT - Off topic for this list.  This is extremely rare, but it has
happened.
 SW - Software announcement.
 VOICE - VOICE related announcement. 
 Misc - Something that doesn't fit in the above groupings.

Any posts sent to the list need to include a short description of the
product, service or news item; a list of any updates/changes in the new
version if appropriate; and a URL for more information as well as a URL
for any download if necessary.

If the item is software found on Hobbes, it is helpful to include its
current location as well as a generalized search URL -
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=SOMETHINGUSEFUL.HERE will help
find it even if it is moved from the \incoming directory.
 
If you have a list of items in your post (eg, features or fixes for a new
release of software), please start each item in the list with a blank
space.  Otherwise the formatting may get messed up when the post is
forwarded to the list.  You can put a list delimiter like a "-" or a "#"
if you like, but the space is the most important character to start a list
item with. 

And a big thanks for not sending any HTML formatted messages to the list. 
These are routed to a SPAM folder upon receipt, so if someone has sent any
in the past, I may have missed it, but I don't recall ever receiving one. 
I do browse the SPAM subjects before deleting them, but the volume is
staggering on some days.  Text messages only please. :-)  And please note
that the VOICE News list strips all attachments, so there is no chance of
getting a virus here. 

Any comments or suggestions about the list or announcements to the list
are appreciated, but please send them to feedback at os2voice.org so they get
to the right place.

That's it for now.  Thanks for your time and cooperation.

Mark

 
--
 Warpstock Europe 2004, Arnhem, The Netherlands, November 26-28th, 2004
http://www.warpstock.net
 Warpstock 2005 - Where/When? Stay tuned to http://www.warpstock.org

 [Moderator's note:  All posts are sent without guarantee to the 
  accuracy of the content.  We try to verify details and URLs but
  this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and 
  the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible.

  If you respond to this post please remove the DESPAM from the
  poster's email addresses.   Please do not send requests for information
  about a specific post to the moderator unless it is an update or I sent
it.]

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If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE 
News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a 
valid reply address and a real contact name.  If you wish to comment
on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org