E-Wood Listserv

E-Wood is the Wood PTA's e-mail listserv on Yahoo Groups and facilitates communication between parents, the PTA and the school. You can post and receive various emails about Wood and MCPS related activities, news, events, and upcoming meetings. To post a message to E-Wood, send an email to ewood@yahoogroups.com. Already getting too many emails? Join E-Wood and change your personal membership settings to receive a "Daily Digest" or "Web Only" to read new messages on the E-Wood Yahoo Group website.

There are several ways to join/subscribe:

• Go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ewood/ and click on "Join This Group!"
• Email your request to Michael Tucker at putmeonthecans@yahoo.com
• Email to ewood-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

When posting to E-Wood, please comply with our E-Wood Rules. To unsubscribe from E-Wood, please email ewood-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

Rules

1. Engage the same standards of behavior on-line that you would face to face. (If you wouldn't say it to them in person don't write it.)
   
2. Sign your name to your postings.
3. If your question is directed to a specific person and not to the listserv then reply only to that individual and not the listserv (reply to sender vs. reply to all).
4. Avoid offensive language and personal attacks.
5. No racial or ethnic slurs. (If talking about a specific ethnic or religious group use politically correct terms, i.e. African American, Muslims, Catholics, Caucasian, et al.)
6. Do not spread rumors on E-Wood. (Try to present facts. ClEarley identify opinions. Avoid passing on the opinions of others.)
7. Be forgiving of other peoples mistakes. (Wood has the most diverse student/parent population in the county, including but not limited to races, religions, languages spoken, parent educational levels and income levels.)
8. Respect other member's time and bandwidth. (There are no rules on the amount of posting's any one person can make nor on length. Use of links (URLs) is recommended. Links allow E-Wood users to determine what they want to open or avoid.)
9. Indicate a specific subject on the subject line.
10. Do not discuss specific teachers on E-Wood. (If you have an issue with a specific teacher or administrator please take it up with the school or county administration. )
11. E-Wood WILL NOT BE USED TO SOLICIT BUSINESS!
12. Family members and guardians of a student at Earle B. Wood Middle School or members of the Wood Middle School staff are automatically eligible to be members of the E-Wood listserv. The moderator may allow others to join based on his/her judgment. (A principal of a cluster school is one example.)

PENALTIES:

1. The E-Wood moderator will be the arbiter of the penalties and all postings on the site. Anyone who is penalized has the right to bring their grievance in front of the full board at the next scheduled PTA meeting.
2. A first offense for violation of the above listed rules will be publicly cautioned on the E-Wood site.
3. A second offense will result in the member being censured on the site for one month. This means the member can receive e-mails from the site, but may not post.
4. A third violation will result in the member being removed from the list for the remainder of the school year. The member can be reinstated at their request at the start of the next school year.
5. The E-Wood moderator will notify each offending individual personally of any offenses they have made and what penalties are being enforced.