UW Spatial Information Technology, GIS, and Remote Sensing

Plese follow these simple guidelines when posting to UW-GIS-L:

MEANINGFUL SUBJECT LINE
When sending messages to the UW-GIS-L list, please make sure that they have a clear and descriptive entry on the "Subject:" line.

Please do not respond off-topic, and avoid responding to a message and then changing the subject line. Responses are treated as threads in the archives, so off-topic responses will not correctly represent threads.

INCLUDE SIGNATURE
Please be sure to sign your full name at the bottom of your posting and include your affiliation(s) and e-mail address. Some subscribers may receive their e-mail messages with the header information stripped away by their local system and therefore cannot know the author of a particular posting.

PROVIDE CONTEXT
Every posting should begin with a clear introduction to the topic, or offer some kind of reference to the topic or a previous posting. There are often several threads of discussion going on simultaneously, which makes unreferenced postings confusing to readers. A popular way of providing context is to quote verbatim from the original message. However, keep the quotations short and relevant. Quoting whole messages, signatures and all, can be inconsiderate.

CENSORSHIP
UW-GIS-L is an unmoderated list. This means that what members post goes directly to the membership. We want this list to remain uncensored, so please keep you messages to the purpose of the list as stated above. Members whose messages do not meet minimum expectations will be notified, and may be excluded permanently from future participation.

PERSONAL MAIL
Just as it is important to try to share public information with the whole group, private correspondence should remain just that -- private. Send personal messages directly to individuals, not by way of this list.

QUALITY OF COMMUNICATION
If you find something posted on the list objectionable, you have every right to voice your objections -- but not in public. Please express your complaints directly to the person responsible. If enough complaints are received, it is unlikely that the offender will post those kinds of things again. You can also, of course, simply discard (not read) all mail from an offending writer.

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