Author: "Leroy, Marc" <[log in to unmask]> Date: 12/12/94 9:38 AM [Editor's note: This message was submitted to SCREEN-L by the "Author" noted above, and not by Jeremy Butler ([log in to unmask]).] I don't see how this posting fits within the guidelines established for this list. There are plenty of other listservs available as political forums. If screen-l is to continue this thread, its name should be changed to PROP 187-L and new guidelines should be established. I'm hoping this won't happen. Oh, by the way, Prop 187 is a California initiative, and maybe the poster of the initial message should have realized that California law will not concern most subscribers from areas other than California. It seems to me to be the Californians' business anyway. ............................................................................ ............................................................................ ........... SCREEN-L GUIDELINES 1. SCREEN-L is designed for persons teaching, researching, and making film and television--whether they are film/TV educators, students, professionals, media librarians, or self-schooled fans. Discussion, therefore, is invited regarding film/TV criticism, theory, history, production issues, and teaching. In other words, SCREEN-L messages should somehow relate to the >study< of film and TV, not just the casual enjoyment of these media. This is interpreted rather broadly. Postings to SCREEN-L need not be dry, didactic treatises from which all joy has been crushed. But also, they should not noodle on about, say, the poster's penchant for full-lipped actors. 2. SCREEN-L messages should maintain a sense of collegial respect for SCREEN-L's subscribers, even when disagreeing with the opinions of others. Personal attacks on subscribers will not be tolerated. 3. Identities are not always clear from the headers sent with e- mail messages. It's always a good idea to sign your message with something more human sounding than your e-mail address (e.g., I use "Jeremy" or "Jeremy Butler" rather than just "[log in to unmask]"). 4. Each SCREEN-L message should include a descriptive "subject" heading. SCREEN-L's "digest" (see below) and most e-mail systems use subject lines in their listing of messages. Descriptive subject lines greatly facilitate subscribers' use of SCREEN-L. 5. SCREEN-L messages are sent to hundreds of subscribers. Users should avoid sending personal messages to a single person through SCREEN-L.