What: MH Email Distribution List guidelines for the email address residents@mistletoeheights.com

Purpose: The email distribution list is used for announcements, emergencies, lost pets, threats to life and limb, criminal activity, etc. It may also be used for thoughtful, civil and respectful discussion of issues vital to the neighborhood.

Moderator: The email list is not direct delivery, but rather has one or more moderators. The moderators review each incoming email and release the email to the list according to the below set of guidelines.

Replies: When reply-all is used, the reply will be sent to the whole list (through a moderator). When an individual reply to the sender is used (not a reply-all), the reply is sent to the individual sender only and is not sent to the whole list, and is not even seen by the moderators. (Note that this is different from the way the previous info@mistletoeheights.com email system worked.)

Email Guidelines:

• No political messages
• No religious messages
• No commercial messages (and that includes stuff for sale, houses, etc). The only thing allowed is sales hosted by charitable organizations, schools, garage sales and the occasional “I’m moving out of MH & I need to sell my stuff so I’m selling it cheap”.
• No negative messages about neighbors, no attacks on neighbors
• Discussion on neighborhood issues should be thoughtful, civil, and respectful. Each email should have a purpose in improving our neighborhood and moving a discussion forward, not in just “piling on” to a point that has already been made. It should not be used for “venting” frustration in the absence of a positive contribution to an issue.
• The moderator can ask a submitter to reword a message to make it acceptable
• When responding to an individual’s request (such as a recommendation for a painter, plumber, etc), respond directly to the requestor. After the requestor has received the responses, they may then send a note back to the list summarizing the responses in a single email, so all may benefit.
• Members may be removed for consistent violation of the above guidelines
• The moderator has the final say on what is sent out. These are only guidelines. The moderators may use their own judgment in occasionally stepping outside the guidelines should they consider it in the best interest of the neighborhood.
• The moderators may adjust these guidelines over time to improve the list’s benefit to the neighborhood and we ask for our neighbor’s patience as we do so. Comments may be sent to moderator@mistletoeheights.com.

Questions? Please feel free to ask.

Sincerely,
Scott Ewing
Your humble MH webmaster