[RP TownTalk] A note on use of the list during/for political campaigns

[Dwight Holmes]

Greetings, neighbors, friends & TownTalk list members:

For those who don't know, I am the TownTalk list moderator. One of my
functions is to moderate the list, and interject where list rules need to
be reviewed and very rarely enforced.

There aren't many rules.  If you'd like to read them, every TownTalk
message has, in the footers, a link to the TownTalk webpage (
http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk ) that includes list
rules, as well as subscribing and unsubscribing information, and a link to
the list archives.

You will see that the first rule listed is:
"Electioneering Prohibited

Electioneering is not permitted on e-mail lists supported by the Town of
Riverdale Park."


For better or worse, this rule exists without much 'case law' to support
it, and no written regulations to further define it.  Here is how your
current List Moderator sees it - I believe this is consistent with past
practice as well.


*TownTalk subscribers may post links to informational websites of
candidates for political office - local, state, national - if they desire.
Please do not copy/paste campaign positions, blurbs or talking points from
or about the candidate here. Again, you may post a link to those sources,
and, if you want, summarize in a sentence or two why you favor that
candidate. Such statements should be kept very succinct, and should not
include negative statements about other candidates.

*Subscribers may also post announcements for local campaign events - time,
place, who will be there, function.

In short, the emphasis should be on information sharing, which is welcome -
not electioneering/campaigning, which is not.

Thanks in advance for everyone's cooperation in this matter.


Dwight Holmes
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