[senco-forum] How to use the senco-forum mailing list

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Dear All,

the following information is a guide to using the senco-forum mailing
list and the group's associated web area at:
http://communities.becta.org.uk/inclusion/senco-forum

If you have any problems or queries concerning the list, please contact:
senco-forum-owner at lists.becta.org.uk

Regards,

Jason
Becta

-->>Purpose

Senco-forum is an UK-based world-wide discussion forum for the special
needs community. This list is for Special Needs Co-ordinators, those in
local authority services and others involved in supporting pupils with
special education needs.

Its' aim is to provide a forum for Special Educational Needs
Co-ordinators (SENCOs) to share ideas and expertise in supporting pupils
with special educational needs and be of use to Institutions of higher
education, LEAs and other agencies providing initial and further
professional development involved in special education. The list was
originally set up in January 1996 and currently boasts around 950 list
members.

-->>Joining the list

to join the list go to:
http://lists.becta.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/senco-forum

and fill out the form in the 'Subscribing to senco-forum' section.

-->>senco-forum mailing list membership configuration

Once you've joined the list you will be sent a welcome email that
contains details of using senco-forum. This includes details of the link
to your subscription configuration page.

>From this subscription configuration page you can chose to:

-unsubscribe : remove yourself from senco-forum
-view your other lists.becta.org.uk subscriptions 
-disable/enable Mail delivery : this suspends email from being sent to
your account (rather than having to unsubscribe and resubscribe)
-Set Digest Mode : Messages from senco-forum are usually sent to you one
at a time (as and when individual members post them to the list). You
can chose to receive a digest version of these postings. Receiving a
digest means messages will be sent to you in one large message (at daily
intervals approx) rather than all the individual messages. You may find
digests more convenient and easier to manage.

-->>Using the list

To post a message to the senco-forum list, send your email to:
senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk

-->>First time users

If you're joining the list for the first time we would encourage you to
send an email to the group to introduce yourself. This will help in
getting better use of the list.

An introduction might include some of the aspects below:

1. Professional or personal background (e.g. role within education, or
interest in SEN).
2. How you became involved in the above area?
3. What experiences or expertise you feel you can bring to the list?
4. Tell other members about any research projects, web sites, other
resources or anything topic of interest to you.

-->>Acceptable Use Policy

- Messages must be civil and relevant to the purpose of the community. 

- You must not pass yourself off as another person nor will anonymous
contributions be accepted. 

- You are responsible for clearing copyright on any materials posted. 

- We ask that all users of Becta Communities provide useful, relevant
and personally non-judgmental postings that add value to the
discussions. 

- No obscene or offensive language or statements that may be judged to
be defamatory should be used. 
- Use of Language - messages should not be malicious or designed to
offend. In particular, the use of swear words is to be avoided. By
participating in any discussion, you undertake to indemnify us and our
employees and sub-contractors against any liability arising from any
obscene, defamatory, seditious, blasphemous or other actionable
statement published by you on this site and against all damages, losses,
claims and costs (including without limitation fines and expenses
arising out of or incurred in conducting or defending any proceedings)
arising from any such actionable state. 

- Defamatory material - you should remember that you are legally
responsible for what you write. By participating in a discussion, you
undertake to indemnify us and our employees and sub-contractors against
any liability arising from any breach of confidentiality, copyright or
other intellectual property right published by you on this site and
against all damages, losses, claims and costs (including without
limitation all expenses incurred in conducting or defending any
proceedings) arising from any such publication. You must not make
statements that are libellous, obscene, seek to incite racial hatred or
otherwise break the laws of the United Kingdom . 

- You must not use Becta Communities to market or advertise products or
services. If you have any announcements; information about courses;
details of conferences; job vacancies that you would like posted, these
should be sent to the individual community owner. If the message is
suitable it will be included in a weekly notice sent out to the
community. 

- ICT industry members should note that membership and contribution to
Becta Communities does not entitle you to use Becta's name in your
marketing activities, or to say or to imply that you are a Becta
approved, listed, accredited or registered supplier. 

- Take care and act appropriately in what you say about others - email
is easily forwarded. 

- Do not repost private email to the list unless you have obtained prior
consent from the original author. 

- We ask that all users bring to our attention any material posted in
these forums that they consider defamatory. 

- Any infringement of these rules is likely to lead to: 
	- 1st instance - An informal warning with an opportunity for
mediation 
	- 2nd instance - 2nd Formal warning
	- 3rd instance - 1 week suspension
	- 4th instance - Permanent ban

Management of the site 

We wish to encourage discussion, not stifle it, so management will be as
light and unobtrusive as practicable.
We reserve the right to remove any threads or contributions from the
discussion forum and to change the policy of Becta Communities without
notice to users.

We aim to let discussions run their course as long as there is continued
interest in them, but will close down discussions that have not received
any recent contributions and have become of only historic interest, or
where the contributions are unprofitable or repetitive.
Persistent misusers will have their registration withdrawn.

Note that messages sent to Becta Communities may be read by anyone with
internet access. All messages sent to a community are stored in a
publicly available archive. Archives are provided as an additional
resource to users and enables non members to browse the messages. Once
you send a message to a community your email address will be
available/visible to other list members.

-->>Help

If you have any problems using the group, contact:
senco-forum-owner at lists.becta.org.uk

-->>Message archives

Each message sent to the senco-forum groups is archived. These are
publicly available archives and you do not need to be a member of the
list to view them.

Note: Once you join the list your e-mail address will be
available/visible to other list members.

Archives can be viewed/searched at:
http://lists.becta.org.uk/pipermail/senco-forum