The TennKidsClub E-list is a moderated yahoogroups email
list with over 900 members from the Knoxville/East Tennessee area. The list is
very active with posts from home schoolers who have questions, books/curriculum
to sell, announcements, requests, calendar reminders, events and other
information that home schoolers find of interest.
To subscribe to the E-list, simply visit the E-list homepage
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kidsclub2/
and select Join Group. Or you may click the link at the bottom of any page on
our website. Please give a brief description of your connection with home
schooling for the moderator. Memberships must be approved by the moderator in
order to try to eliminate spammers from hitting the E-list.
The E-list Guidelines will be emailed to all new members and
once a month to every member. We ask that you read them carefully and make sure
you are familiar with them so as not to step on the toes of others. We have a
very large and active list so we try to keep all posts directly home school
related.
To unsubscribe to the E-list, simply click here and send a
blank email. No need to include a message in the content area. You will be automatically
unsubscribed. It can take up to 24 hours for you to be unsubscribed, so you may
still receive emails from the group during that time.
Below are all of the guidelines and informational files for
the use of the E-List. They are provided here as a quick reference for you and
are also available on the E-List yahoogroups site.
Guidelines for Kidsclub2 E-list Participation
The Kidsclub2 E-list is comprised of over 900 home schooling
families in the East Tennessee area. We are an
eclectic/non-denominational group so anyone who home schools and agrees to
follow our guidelines may join our group. The list is used primarily for
announcements of activities, information dissemination and posts of items
offered/wanted.
With such a large list population, we would be overwhelmed
if a ton of junk mail started flowing on the list. This population is diverse
and represents a cross section of all socio-economic levels and different
religions and belief systems. We want to keep this list USEFUL and not a source
of entertainment so please follow post guidelines. Failure to follow these guidelines
will result in your account being placed on moderated status, or in some cases (including, but
not limited to extreme rude behavior) immediately banned from the list.
If you reply to a post on the list, it will be sent directly
to the original poster rather than back to the list. This keeps down the length
of posts and makes communication easier between people.
Before sending out a question looking for a co-op, classes,
support group, local business, local destination, deadlines, activities, etc.
please check our website, http://www.tennkidsclub.org.
The website is always being updated so please use it as your first tool for
home schooling information. If you can’t find your answer there, feel free to
post your question on our E-List.
Besides general questions and answers about home schooling
and other topics, the following items are welcome on our E-List.
Posts of things for sale or wanted are fine, even if they are not home school
items. When you are posting items for sale or that you are looking for,
please include all items in one email, rather than sending out multiple
emails listing each item separately. Please do not send multiple emails
with like items grouped together, put them all in one email. Please limit
these posts to no more than one per week.
Use a subject of: “ISO: 3rd and 5th Grade Curriculum” or “For Sale:
Household items, curriculum and more” or something similar to let folks
know what your post is about.
Co-Ops and those offering classes are asked to limit their postings to no more
than one email to the e-list per week. The moderator will be more than
happy to add or update your listing on the TennKidsClub.org website in
order to make it easier for our members to find you. Just send an email to
dlbeth@yahoo.com with the information for your listing.
The following items/subjects are prohibited on this E-list:
- Jokes
- Prayers
and prayer requests. We are not calling these junk mail; this just not the
appropriate forum for them.
- Evangelistic-flavored
messages
- Political
messages
- Sales
pitches. With moderator approval, you may send one email letting the group
know about your product or service. We will be happy to list your business
on our website after that, but no other advertising emails should be sent
to the group.
- Chain
letters, cute stories, inspirational stories, etc.
- Anything
that could be considered controversial or an inflammatory subject, including,
but not limited to posts regarding alternative lifestyles or those that
support or protest them
- Anything
that requires a warning or statement that it is not appropriate for
children
- Links
to any sites that offer pirated software or any content including advertising
that would be not be considered family friendly..
- Attachments.
Our E-list is set up so that attachments are not allowed to be sent to the
group. This helps to cut down on the threat of virus and worms being sent
to every member of our group. If you have photos or files that need to be
shared with the entire group, you may upload them to the e-list in the
proper section. The moderator reserves the right to remove any files or
photos that are deemed inappropriate for this group
- Flaming
(nastiness on the list to others) will get you banned from the list. This
includes email sent directly to other members off-list. If you are the
recipient of a nasty email from another e-list member, you are asked to immediately
forward it to the moderator at dlbeth@yahoo.com.
We have a sister E-List, TennKidsClubChat at yahoogroups.com
where you are welcome to post these items and have discussions on any topic you
would like, but again they are not allowed on the KidsClub2 E-List.
This email will be sent monthly to remind old members of the
guidelines (we all have our forgetful moments) and to inform new members on how
the list works.
Questions, comments, or complaints should always be directed
to Beth Blanchard, list owner/moderator, at dlbeth@yahoo.com. Thanks!
Posting to the Calendar on the E-List
Please note that currently only the calendar on the yahoogroups site is active. The one on our website
will be up and running soon. Thank you for your patience.
There are SO many events that pass through the e-list that would be of
benefit to ALL home schoolers in the area and not just those who happen to be on
the e-list. While we have over 800 families on this e-list, we are getting new
members all the time and many of them are just hearing about the e-list. A good
portion find the e-list through the website – www.tennkidsclub.org.
I want to encourage you to post your events in BOTH locations – on the
e-list and on the website. Posting your event on the website is very easy! You
are also guaranteed a larger audience on the website calendar. Those of you who
are hosting fund raisers, or classes, or other events where you are hoping to
bring in funding, fees, or participants - you are missing a huge opportunity for
getting the word out about your event if you are not posting to the website
calendar.
If you are only posting events to the e-list, you also are only getting a
one-shot communication while the calendar is a permanent location (like a
bulletin board) for upcoming events where people can go to check on event
details without having to search through the archives. Of all the functions of
the website, the calendar gets the most raves.
Here are the instructions for posting to the calendar on the website, http://www.tennkidsclub.org
Go to the website and either register as a New User or Log In Once you are
logged in, click on the calendar and select Add Event. The rest is fairly
self-explanatory.
Don’t worry about messing up. All posts come to me before they go “live”
and I’ll look it over for you. If I see something that is confusing or needs
to be changed, I’ll contact you before it is published. No worries!
PLEASE post your events to both the elist and to the calendar! Keep us all
“in the loop”!
How to Change Your Email Address or Email Preferences
If you need to change your email address for the group, or if you would like
to change your email preferences (Individual Emails, Daily Digest, No Emails)
please follow these instructions:
Go to the KidsClub main page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kidsclub2/
Select "Sign In" at the top left corner of the page to sign in.
To Change Your Email Address: Click on "My Account" at the top of
the page next to the sign in selection. You will be asked for your password and
then taken to the "Review Account Information Page." To change your
email address, go to "Member Information - Edit." Change the email
that needs to be changed and click "Finished."
To Change Your Email Preferences (Individual, Digest, None) Click on
"Edit Membership" at the top left of the page. You can then change
your preferences for the emails you will receive from the group.
Why We Do Not Allow Political Postings on the Main E-List and Where You Can
Post Them
I have been asked about why we do not allow political postings on the
KidsClub2 e-list and I wanted to address the issue to everyone, as I'm sure many
of you have the same question.
No, we do not allow political postings on the KidsClub2 e-loop, but we do
allow them, as well as other potentially inflammatory postings, on our sister
e-loop, TennKidsClubChat at yahoogroups.com. This second loop was started
specifically to allow postings of the items that are not allowed on the main
loop.
As we all know, religion and politics are two subjects that everyone feels
strongly about and heated arguments have a tendency to be a part of these
subjects. This is especially true when these items are "discussed" in
print, where it is impossible to hear the tone of someone's voice or see the
expression on their face. To keep our main list from becoming a virtual shouting
match and us losing the main focus of the list, which is to provide a friendly,
safe place to discuss home schooling, we do not allow these or other
inflammatory items to be discussed on the main list.
Everyone is welcome to join the sister loop, TennKidsClubChat, and any and
all items can be discussed there. I do approve the membership at first, just to
keep spammers from joining and sending spam to everyone. Once approved, there is
no other moderation of the TennKidsClubChat elist. Feel free to discuss whatever
you'd like! That's why it's there.
We are not trying to limit anyone's right to free speech, or keep important
information from being distributed to the group. We are just trying to keep the
main e-list as friendly and helpful as possible.
The full guidelines can be found at the KidsClub2 yahoogroups site and also
on the TennKidsClub.org site under KidsClub e-list, and are also emailed to each
member once a month.
I hope this helps clear up this issue. If you still have questions, please
feel free to email me at dlbeth@yahoo.com.