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SEEDIG Mailing List Rules

The SEEDIG mailing list is a communication channel for the Southeast Europe Internet Governance community. Its purpose is to facilitate information sharing, discussion, cooperation, and networking among SEEDIG participants and the wider Internet Governance community.

1.
Purpose of the Mailing List

The mailing list may be used for:
- Discussions related to Internet Governance and digital policy.
- Sharing relevant news, reports, events, calls, opportunities, and initiatives.
- Announcements related to SEEDIG activities, events, programmes, and projects.
- Sharing opportunities for cooperation, research, education, and professional development.
- Discussions concerning issues relevant to Southeast Europe and the broader Internet Governance community.

2.
Respectful Communication

All subscribers are expected to communicate respectfully and professionally.

Members should:

- Respect different opinions, backgrounds, and perspectives.
- Keep discussions constructive and relevant.
- Avoid personal attacks, insults, harassment, discrimination, or threatening language.
- Criticise ideas, proposals, or policies rather than individuals.

Disagreement is welcome; disrespect is not.

3.
Relevance

Messages should be relevant to the purpose of the mailing list.

Before sending a message, members are encouraged to consider whether the information or discussion would be of interest to a significant part of the SEEDIG community.

4.
No Spam or Unsolicited Promotion

The mailing list must not be used for:

- Spam or mass unsolicited messages.
- Commercial advertising unrelated to the purpose of the list.
- Repeated promotion of products, services, organisations, or events.
- Political campaigning or partisan political promotion.

Relevant announcements, calls for participation, events, projects, and professional opportunities are welcome when they are connected to Internet Governance or the SEEDIG community.

5.
Replying to the List

Members should consider carefully whether a reply is relevant to the entire mailing list.

If a response is intended only for the original sender or a small number of people, members should use direct email instead of replying to the entire list.

6.
Privacy and Personal Information

Subscribers should respect the privacy of other mailing list members.

Personal information, private correspondence, contact details, or other sensitive information should not be shared on the mailing list without appropriate permission.

7.
Attachments and Links

Members should avoid sending unnecessarily large attachments.

Whenever possible, documents should be shared through an appropriate link or repository. Links to potentially harmful, illegal, or inappropriate content must not be posted.

8.
Moderation

SEEDIG may moderate the mailing list in order to maintain a constructive and useful communication environment.

The moderators may:

- Request that a discussion remain on topic.
- Ask members to modify or clarify a message.
- Remove or reject messages that violate these rules.
- Temporarily restrict or suspend posting privileges in cases of repeated or serious violations.
- Take other reasonable measures necessary to protect the mailing list and its community.

Moderation decisions should be made with the aim of preserving an open, inclusive, and constructive discussion.

9.
Freedom of Discussion

The mailing list is intended to support open discussion. Members are encouraged to express different views and engage in substantive debate.

The existence of these rules should not be interpreted as preventing legitimate criticism, disagreement, or discussion of controversial Internet Governance issues.

10.
Responsibility of Members

Each subscriber is responsible for the content of their own messages.

By participating in the SEEDIG mailing list, members agree to follow these rules and to contribute to a respectful, constructive, and inclusive community.

11.
Changes to the Rules

SEEDIG may update these rules when necessary. Any significant changes should be communicated to the mailing list members.
The goal of these rules is simple: to keep the SEEDIG mailing list open, useful, respectful, and focused on meaningful discussion within the Internet Governance community.



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