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This is an old revision of Policies made by JulianDemarchi on 2008-06-08 14:44:37.
Policies
Mailing List
Code of conduct
When using the OpenNIC mailing lists, please follow these rules:- Do not send spam; see the advertising policy below.
- Send all of your e-mails in English. Only use other languages on mailing lists where that is explicitly allowed.
- Wrap your lines at 80 characters or less for ordinary discussion. Lines longer than 80 characters are acceptable for computer-generated output (e.g., ls -l).
- Do not send automated out-of-office or vacation messages.
- Do not send subscription or unsubscription requests to the list address itself; use the respective -request address instead.
- Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead.
- Avoid sending large attachments.
- Do not quote messages that were sent to you by other people in private mail, unless agreed beforehand.
- When replying to messages on the mailing list, do not send a carbon copy (CC) to the original poster unless they explicitly request to be copied.
- If you send messages to lists to which you are not subscribed, always note that fact in the body of your message.
- Do not use foul language.
- Try not to flame; it is not polite.
- Use common sense all the time
- Never top post, and always snip irrelevant content from replies.
Advertising
Advertising on any OpenNIC related mailing list is prohibited. Any person sending such mails will be blocked from posting to any OpenNIC mailing list.Do not allow any emails that you receive from any OpenNIC mailing lists to be sent to an automated spam reporting system. Doing so is often harmful to all users and will force us to block you from receiving traffic from all OpenNIC lists until you prove that you will not do so again.
Peering
Council Responsibilities
1. Ratifying charter changes after being voted on by membership
2. Providing guidance and direction for OpenNIC
3. Leading OpenNIC WGs
4. Delegating tasks to WG
Mmebership Responsibilities
1. Initiating and voting on charter changes for vote by council
2. Initiating and voting on policy changes not directly addressed by charter
3. Contributing technical expertise to WGs
