[AMS-announce] AMS-Announce guidelines

[ams-announce-admin at list.bowdoin.edu]

Dear AMS-Announce subscribers,

Please note the following newly-revised guidelines regarding posts to the bulletin board / e-mail list.  In these guidelines, we're trying to balance the need to disseminate information with the desire to not overwhelm subscribers with irrelevant, repetitive, or overlong posts. Thanks in advance for keeping these guidelines in mind when submitting an item for the AMS-Announce list. 

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AMS-Announce Guidelines

Topics: AMS-Announce posts should be clearly related to musicology and musicologically-related subjects of more than mere local interest. Job postings unrelated to musicology, concert announcements unlikely to be of widespread interest, and the like are not appropriate for this list. 

Size of posts: Posts should be clear and short, directing interested readers to a web site for fuller information wherever possible. Posts longer than thirty lines are subject to editing or rejection. (Rationale: readers tend to avoid longer posts, web sites work well for details, and short posts save bandwidth.) 

Repetition of information: "Reminder" posts may be submitted no more than once for any given announcement. Reminder posts will be fewer than fifty words and will refer interested readers to a web site and the original AMS-Announce post. Reminder posts may be submitted six or more weeks after the date of the original post. (Rationale: list readers tire of repetition and the purpose of the list is undermined if too much repetition occurs.) 

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As a reminder: all logistical information, access to the archives, subscription info, etc., is accessible via

http://www.ams-net.org/announce.php


Regards,
Bob Judd
AMS