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Version 1/9/2008

Automatic Join & Reminder Message

[Dances] Yahoo Group

Dear [Dances] Member,

Thanks for being a part of the North Central Pennsylvania [Dances] Listserver email network.

This message is sent to all subscribers upon joining, and periodically thereafter to the entire list. If this message hasn't been updated since the last time you read it, feel free to move on to the next post.

 

If you're new to the group or want a quick refresher on how this email group works, please read on! This message contains essential knowledge for all members and will answer MANY common new-user questions, so please take the time to read it through.

 

If you have any questions about any of the below information

please telephone me using the contact info at the end of this message.

Setting up some of the operations described below may require you to CONSULT with someone familiar with them; going into all the necessary details is beyond the scope of this document.

 

Sections Below:

1. Introduction

2. Automatic Message Sorting

3. Unsubscribing

4. Re-Subscribing (when your address changes)

5. Additional Listserver Information

6. How You Can Help 'Grow' This Listserver

7. Contacting the Volunteer Moderator

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== 1. INTRODUCTION

 WELCOME to the "Dances" Yahoo! Groups,

( Part of 'Track2 DanceNet', BallroomDances.net, SinglesDances.net, and associated with WilliamsportBallroom.com ).

 

This file is being automatically sent to you by the Yahoo eGroup Listserver because you have joined -- or else a moderator has added your name to the group.

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WHAT'S A LISTSERVER??

A Listserver (aka Yahoo eGroup) works similar to a newspaper.

When an announcment is sent,

the Listserver automatically distributes it to all 'subscribers'.

 

This group sends email announcements for ballroom, swing, and

sometime singles dance events for the North Central Pennsylvania area.

 

It's an ideal system, because:

• it's FREE to both announcers and readers
• People can SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE themselves as they wish
  • Thus NOBODY should be receiving announcements that does not want them.
• It automatically creates a 'web archive page' of each announcement, that can be viewed by ANYBODY from any browser from any computer anywhere.
• We can give any qualified announcer wanting to send legitimate North Central Pa dance announcements 'Posting Privileges', which allows them to send to our database of names that we have been working to build up these past 8 years.

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IDENTIFICATION -- The Listserver automatically adds the 'subject tag' [Dances] at the beginning of the subject line, so you will know the message come to you via the Listserver.

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== 2. AUTOMATIC MESSAGE SORTING

We recommend you create a separate email mailbox named 'DancesEgroup' or similar. Then use your email program to create a 'Rule' (sometimes called 'filter') that will automatically sort any incoming messages with 'Subject Tag' of ''[Dances]' into the 'DancesEgroup' mailbox.

 

All email programs have this filtering capability. Setting up this Rule will prevent Inbox clutter from Listserver messages accumulating in your Inbox.

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== 3. UNSUBSCRIBING

You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this group any time

you no longer want to receive these announcements.

 

You simply send a blank email (no subject, no body)

to the 'unsubscribe address',

dances-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com .

Then just hit the 'Reply' button in response to the confirmation request that Yahoo will send you.

 

This 'unsubscribe address' will also be in the 'Moderators Notes'

at the bottom of every email, for your convenient reference. 

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== 4. RE-SUBSCRIBING (WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES)

You can also SUBSCRIBE a new address to this group any time.

 

You simply send a blank email (no subject, no body)

to the 'subscribe address'

dances-subscribe@yahoogroups.com .

Then just hit the 'Reply' button in response to the confirmation request that Yahoo will send you.

 

Be sure you send this request using your NEW address, because the Listserver performs the requested action for whatever email address you are using.

 

This 'subscribe address' will also be in the 'Moderators Notes

at the bottom of every email you receive from the Listserver. 

 

Please try to do this 'resubscribing' process yourself. It's not that difficult.

If you ask a volunteer to do this task for you, then they have to stop what they are doing, and essentially spend time "digitally wiping your rear end" for you.

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Options (If you belong to more than 1 Yahoo group)

Alternate Method 1: Yahoo ID -- Note that if you belong to multiple Yahoo groups and your email address changes:

You can update the address ONCE in Yahoo, rather than having to unsubscribe and resubscribe to several groups.

 

To do this, you first need to get a 'Yahoo ID', then 'link' it to your actual email address using your Yahoo 'Profile'. Consult someone familiar with this process for more info.

 

Alternate Method 2: Gmail Address -- Another method is to get a free Gmail address from Google (Gmail.com), and subscribe it to any Yahoo groups you belong to. Then you can forward the Gmail address to your actual address.

 Then if your actual address changes, you just change the forwarding address ONCE in Gmail, and all your Listserver messages are now forwarded to your new address.

 

Hotmail gets bad reviews, and is NOT recommended.

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== 5. ADDITIONAL LISTSERVER INFORMATION

ANNOUNCE ONLY --

This group is set up to be 'announce only',

so only 'approved announcers' can post announcements.

I.e., it is not a discussion group.

MESSAGE ARCHIVES --

The Yahoo Listserver automatically stores an 'archive copy' of every announcement sent in the "Message Archives", which you can browse by going to the 'Listserver Home Page'

( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dances ) ;

then use the 'Messages' link in the left menu bar to view messages.

LISTSERVER HELP & OTHER INFO

HELP -- Additional information on how the Listserver operates

is on the 'Listserver Help' web page .

 

OTHER LISTSERVERS -- Additional information for all Listservers for this Central Pa region that you can either join or just browse the announcements (Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, North Central Pa, and Scranton) is on the 'Listservers' web page.

ADDITIONAL DANCE GROUP INFO:

CONTACT INFO -- Contact Information for many dance groups in the Central Pa region is available on the 'Track2.com DanceNet' web pages at BallroomDances.net and SinglesDances.net.

 

SCHEDULES for upcoming dances and classes are available on the blog site WilliamsportBallroom.com , where several different groups post their events.

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== 6. HOW YOU CAN HELP 'GROW' THIS LISTSERVER

Any time you attend a new event you saw on this Listserver,

where you have not been before and are a "new face",

please tell the organizers

"I saw your announcement on the Listserver",

so that they know their announcements are being seen.

 

Encourage your friends to subscribe themselves.

The larger the membership, the better the chances that

publicity people will be motivated to use the Listserver.

 

This should be a "win-win". The more you motivate announcers to post events,

the more events you'll have to choose from.

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== 7. CONTACTING THE VOLUNTEER MODERATOR

Any questions not answered by this message,
please email me a telephone number,

or leave a message on my below voicemail number.

(I do not like trying to conduct discussions by typing lots of email.)

 

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THANKS, Listserver Moderator, James R. Ingram, Williamsport PA

Voicemail/landline: (570) 322-7597.

Email address at bottom of Track2 Home Page

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