updated - May 04

Welcome to talk@acitt

Even though discussion forums are available on the website, in practice few people return regularly enough to web based discussions without a conscious effort. We have just put in place a mail server to facilitate dialogue between members. Having the discussions emailed to you directly saves you having to go and check a site for any developments.

How do I email the list?

To use the ACITT mailing list simply send your email to: talk@acitt.org.uk

This will automatically forward your email to all other members in the list.

What are the benefits?

It now means that members can be polled on their thoughts quickly and that we can provide the powers that be a genuine response from the chalk face. It also provides a way for members to talk to the whole community and not just the exec to request help or advice or just let off steam!

Our hope is that good debates will help feed the newsletter and journal with the occasional article. In this way your voice and opinion can get aired without you having to spend the time writing a full article yourself.

What are the guidelines for acceptable use?

• All discussions within this area are intended for professional debate. Members should act responsibly and within normal internet courtesy.
• Within the forum all comments should be read as confidential between colleagues. Thus comments are closed within the group and should not be publicised externally or forwarded to any other individual.
• Private emails between individuals of ACITT should not be copied into Talk@ACITT without the prior agreement of the writer.
• Use for company advertising is NOT allowed.
• Use for personal advertising is allowed within reason. (For example an advert for a job vacancy or offers of old school equipment are OK but repeated requests are frowned upon).

Is there any "netiquette" I should observe?

We are not too fussy here at ACITT but we do find it helpful if the following suggestions are considered when sending an email to the list.

• Replies should be at the top of an email, where the reader will encounter them first.
• Long emails full of a thread of replies quoted at the bottom is often unnecessary, trim it to the relevant history.
• When the subject of discussion changes or veers off topic, change the subject header accordingly.

How do I unsubscribe?

All new members are put on this mailing list by default though you may unsubscribe from it if you wish. Just send an email to webmaster@acitt.org.uk with a simple request.

Note that the mailing list for "talk@acitt" is separate to the one for the newsletter so if you unsubscribe you will still receive the newsletter. The list is not public so readership and submissions are restricted to members of the association only.

How can I filter mail from talk@acitt?

We appreciate that having a flood of mail arrive in your inbox is not what everybody wants though. It is much more manageable to redirect emails from the list into a separate folder so you can choose when you wish to browse through them.

A guide on how to configure outlook to filter your emails is available here.

I'm not getting any emails!

Three possibilities:

1. That your subscription to ACITT has run out. Contact the membership secretary (membership@acitt.org.uk) and check.

2. You have given us an old email address as your point of contact and you longer check it yourself. Update it with the membership secretary.

3. You gave us an incorrect email address that is bouncing back. (Sometimes it is full) In these cases we have deleted the offending email address. To re-subscribe please email webmaster@acitt.org.uk

Chris Wood (Webmaster - The Association of ICT in Education)

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