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Division 20 Listserv Policies
Confidentiality Warning 1.
The listserv has global distribution,
is publically
archived, and is indexed in every major international search
service. Posters should NOT post confidential or secure
information (e.g., phone numbers/email addresses/physical addresses)
that they do not wish the whole world to be able to access
indefinitely. The presence of a confidentiality notice barring further
distribution in the body of the email/posting DOES NOT override this
warning. Responsibility for public dissemination of
privileged or
confidential information lies solely with the message
originator.
If sensitive information does get on the listserv and its' archives,
Division 20 staff will try to remove information from the archives, and
can share links to search engine "web removal tools" to try to get
materials removed from cached pages. Administration and Editorial
Policies 1. Postings to the listserv may only be made by the moderator. Direct submissions to the listserv will be ignored. All postings for consideration on the listserv must be mailed directly to the moderator. The moderator may choose to post them under his/her name, or under the name of the originator. 2. There are no formal language or style guidelines; the listserv moderator's judgment is used, although there is a general principle against censorship. 3. When in doubt, the listserv moderator queries the Division 20 Executive Council for guidance. 4. Endorsement of political candidates outside of APA via the listserv is not permitted. 5. APA endorsements of policies or calls to action will routinely be posted. 6. Endorsement of APA candidates is disseminated as follows. (A) The Executive Committee requests information from candidates using a standardized questionnaire. (B) All responses received are posted on the Division 20 website, announced via the listserv, and published in the divisional newsletter. The Executive Committee may choose to endorse or rank candidates. Executive committee endorsements will be disseminated via the listserv. At the discretion of the Executive Committee, in a given APA election cycle, single "private member" endorsements of APA candidates are also permitted. When permitted, the "comment window" is publically announced, and will typically have a brief, fixed duration (typically two weeks). Security and User Protection
1.
All
postings on the listserv, even when posted by the moderator,
require "approval" by the listmaster.
Specifically,
after
a posting is sent to the listserv, the
listserv
sends a query back to the moderator to verify the posting.
If the moderator wishes
the posting to occur,
he/she types "ok", and the posting will appear.
This
double-leveled security (posting by
moderator only, and subsequent approval mechanism) is designed to
reduce spam
mails and virus/trojan/worm dissemination. 2.
List messages can be sent by list subscribers only.
This is a SPAM
mitigation policy; without it, the moderator receives dozens of spam
postings a day. If posters do not wish to continue receiving
emails from the list, they can again unsubscribe, or set their list
membership to NOMAIL. Details are provided in the Division's
"instruction" document. 3. The list of listserv members is made publically available on the division's website. E-mail addresses are graphically transformed to dissuade harvesting by spam-bots. Concealed membership is not allowed; it is possible to read listserv messages without joining the list (via the division website), thereby eliminating the need for concealed membership. 4. Non-members of the division (as well as regular members, fellows, retired members, students, etc.) may subscribe to the listserv. The division construes this open-access policy to the listserv and its contents as (a) a recruitment tool, to inform people about the division, and (b) consistent with the policy of "giving Psychology away". Acceptable content 1. Postings are accepted in the categories of JOBS, STUDENTS, AWARDS, CONFERENCES, FUNDING, and INFORMATION. 2. As a matter of general principle, no requests for information (e.g., finding a difficult reference, finding an out-of-print book or measure, etc.) will be posted. The listserv is construed more as a dynamic online "newsletter" than as a discussion group. 3. Postings from for-profit entities are generally not accepted. 4. We follow APA policy in that Division 20 does not endorse or forward requests for research participation to any APA listserv. Specifically, as indicated on the APA website,
APA does not endorse or forward requests for
research participation to any APA listserv. [While,d]ivisions may
choose to
post requests for research participants to their listservs[, Division
20 has opted not to]. If you need
more information about a Division listserv, it is recommended that you
contact the listserv administrator of that Division. Please note the
following statements regarding the limits of division and all other
listservs as sources for research participants and samples.
An exception may be made when a specific request is made to Division investigators for the purpose of gathering unpublished studies for inclusion in meta-analyses. Access to listserv content 1. All postings to the listserv are publically archived, and linked to the Division webpage. A "digest" option for the listserv (e.g., where e-mails are bundled and sent once a week) is not available, but persons who opt out of the listserv may view postings on the web page. All postings are public, and are not restricted to members. .
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