[Courses] FAQ: List Policy FAQ

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                           LinuxChix: List Policy FAQ

  Mary Gardiner

   Revision History            
   Revision 1.0                January 29 2002                

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   1. List Policies

                1.1. What are LinuxChix lists for?

                1.2. Who are LinuxChix lists for?

                1.3. Are men welcome too?

                1.4. Are there any rules?

                1.5. Are there any other policies?

   
The latest version of this FAQ can be found at
   http://www.linuxchix.org/content/docs/faqs/policy.html

   
Discussion of this FAQ is welcome on the <issues at linuxchix.org> list.

  1. List Policies

   1.1. What are LinuxChix lists for?

   LinuxChix lists are designed to be helpful, friendly, female-oriented
   lists for women interested in Linux. There are lists for technical
   questions, discussion of women and technology, learning about Linux, and
   social chat.

   1.2. Who are LinuxChix lists for?

   LinuxChix lists are lists for women interested in Linux.

   1.3. Are men welcome too?

   Men are welcome on most LinuxChix lists, provided that they realise and
   respect that the lists are primarily intended as lists for women.

   At present, there is one exception - the grrls-only at linuxchix.org mailing
   list, which is female-only.

   1.4. Are there any rules?

   There are two:

     * Be polite

     * Be helpful

   LinuxChix was founded in part due to the aggressiveness of existing
   technical lists. If you do tell someone to read the manual, which is
   sometimes the most useful answer to a technical question, do it politely
   and at least tell them where to find the manual, and invite them to come
   back with any questions that the manual doesn't answer for them.

   There is no prior knowledge required to post to any LinuxChix technical
   list. Questions at any level are equally welcome, and should be treated as
   such.

   1.5. Are there any other policies?

   It is strongly recommended that all subscribers to any LinuxChix list also
   subscribe to the announce at linuxchix.org mailing list. It is very low
   traffic and all messages relevant to the entire community will be posted
   there.

   If anyone has a message for the entire community, such as changes to
   LinuxChix as a whole, or announcements of new lists or chapters, they are
   asked to post them to announce at linuxchix.org and not crosspost them to any
   other lists.

   LinuxChix lists are hosted by volunteers. Please be nice to them and don't
   send large mails that will overload their machine. All binary attachments,
   and mails over 20Kb in size will be rejected. Post a link to any
   information larger than this, or invite people to email you privately to
   get you to send them a copy.

   All posts to LinuxChix lists should be in plain text, rather than HTML.
   Not all LinuxChix can read mail in HTML format. It can also be very hard
   on LinuxChix who receive mail in digest form (all messages for the day
   bundled into one mail).