Listserv Rules & Etiquette

Welcome to MSA’s networking Listserv – an automated e-mail discussion group designed for interactive discussions with your peers. Our Listserv is designed to improve communication among like-minded members, offer a forum for exchanging ideas, and allow you to benefit from the experience, knowledge, and wisdom of your peers. 

Listserv Rules & Etiquette 

Thanks for being a part of our Listserv community. To ensure the best possible experience for all Listserv members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation. 

By joining and using this e-mail list, you agree that you have read and will follow the rules and guidelines set for this peer discussion group. You also agree to reserve list discussions for topics best suited to the medium. This is a great medium with which to solicit the advice of your peers, benefit from their experience, and participate in an ongoing conversation. 

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. In order to preserve a climate that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, MSA reserves the right to suspend or terminate membership on a list for members who violate these rules. 

The Rules:

·        Don’t challenge or attack others. The discussions on the list are meant to stimulate conversation, not to create contention. Let others have their say, just as you may.

·        Don’t post commercial messages on the Listserv. Contact people directly with product and service information if you believe it would help them.

·        Use caution when discussing products. Information posted on the list is available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.

·        All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything in a Listserv message that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you.

·        Please note carefully all items listed in the disclaimer and legal rules below, particularly regarding the copyright ownership of information posted to the list.

·        Remember that MSA and other e-mail list participants have the right to reproduce postings to this Listserv.Etiquette 

• Include a signature tag on all messages. Include your name, affiliation, location, and e-mail address.
• State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search by subject.
• Include only the relevant portions of the original message in your reply. Delete any header information, and put your response before the original posting.
• Only send a message to the entire list when it contains information that everyone can benefit from.
• Send messages such as “thanks for the information” or “me, too” to individuals – not to the entire list. Do this by using your e-mail application’s forwarding option and typing in or cutting and pasting in the e-mail address of the individual to whom you want to respond.
• Do not send administrative messages, such as ‘remove me from the list’ through the Listserv. Instead, use the Web interface to change your settings or to remove yourself from the list. If you are changing e-mail addresses, you do not need to remove yourself from the list and rejoin under your new e-mail address. Simply change your settings.
• Warn other list subscribers of lengthy messages either in the subject line or at the beginning of the message body with a line that says “Long Message”.

Legal Information 

This Listserv is provided as a service of the Missouri Society of Accountants. MSA is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. MSA disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by MSA or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall MSA be liable for any special indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site. 

Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive or illegal materials. Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants MSA and users of this list the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print and use such information or other material. 

Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another’s business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate; prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost date; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or supplies. 

MSA does not actively monitor the site for inappropriate postings and does not on its own undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to MSA’s attention, MSA will take all appropriate action. 

MSA reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.