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This is the formal side to joining
'OzGuys' - our email discussion group. Your
membership of OzGuys will indicate you have read
and agreed to these guidelines clearly outlined
below. They apply to all members of this
email list. They are designed to help build a
community offering care, understanding and
sharing of personal experiences amongst men and
their supporters.
• •
Health or medical info posted on
this list should not be viewed as
implicitly supported or recommended by
FTM Australia and should
always
be reviewed by your personal healthcare
professionals.•
•
Purpose of OzGuys
— to educate and empower members
of FTM Australia;
— to build and strengthen this
community;
— to share experience, knowledge and
encouragement between members of this
network;
— to encourage men (identified
female at birth) achieve anything and
everything they dream of.
List Members are
—
members of FTM Australia.
— men
(identified female at birth) undergoing
treatment in Australia and New Zealand.
— partners,
family members and friends in Australia and New
Zealand.
General List Guidelines
+ It takes a
village - We're all in this together.
This group is about empowerment, sharing
efforts, and finding practical answers together.
Please behave here with the same standards of
behaviour you would follow in real life, in
someone else's private home.
+ Assume good
faith - The key to successful
interaction. People are basically helpful. Your
optimistic approach will promote friendliness,
caring and support.
+ Model desired
behaviour - Welcome new members, show
your good manners, help newcomers, defuse bad
behaviour and promote values of caring and
sharing. It's possible for well-intentioned
people to make mistakes. Ignore negative posts.
Each one of us can be a positive role model.
Acknowledge and build on people's positive
contributions.
+ Glass houses
- online groups are communities of
glass houses. Take care in what you write. Email
lists are usually archived and your words stored
for a very long time in a place where many
people have access.
+ Use 'methinks'
stance - Please phrase your remarks -
"In my opinion..." or "My experience is..."
People become passionate to win some sort of
arguement.
+ Speak within the
law - the process of transition takes
place in a social, legal and medical context.
The law can be an ass and sometimes laws need to
be changed. If a law is unfair, it's no excuse
to break it. No matter how unfair or unjust you
think laws are, please don't suggest ways of
'getting around' them.
+ Limit
visibility - avoid drawing attention
to angry clouds or the
people in them. Painful people drain
community spirit.
+ Burning
Bridges - If you want to leave the
list, a simple 'Bye for now' is more useful in
case you might return sometime in the future.
Burning your bridges behind you when you
leave affects only one person.
Email Messages Standards
This is a large list and at times can
have a high volume of posts. Many members
receive the list messages in
digest form.
For these reasons, we ask members to use the
following standards when making posts.
1. Please label your email subject line
accurately.
2. Always use mixed case. UPPER CASE LOOKS AS
IF YOU'RE SHOUTING.
3. Please 'snip' your own posts. When
replying to a message, include enough original
material to be understood but no more. It is
considered rude to reply to a message by
including the entire previous message on an
email list.
4. No attachments can be sent through this
email list. This is to reduce the chances of
passing on a computer virus through email. You
can always offer to email an attachment directly
to those who request it.
5. There are some very young people on this
email list. Please post with this in mind.
6. Respect other people's privacy. Private
emails
should be sent to other subscribers
on the group only after they have been granted
permission, or because someone asks for
information which requires a private
response.
7. Please share information about products
that you personally have found useful.
8. Be conservative in what you send and
liberal in what you receive. You should not send
heated messages (we call these "flames") even if
you are provoked. If you are 'flamed' please
inform the list manager to deal with it. It is
always prudent never to respond to flames. Avoid
getting involved in flame wars.
Moderation
Everyone joins this email list under a
condition of moderation.
Moderation is re-considered on an individual
basis after a year of
membership. Members who clearly abide
by the email list guidelines, are taken off
moderation (less work for the list
manager!).
Appropriate
Topics
- doctor's contacts and whereabouts
- personal experiences related to men
(identified female at birth) include
testosterone, surgery, weight gain, exercise,
acne, shaving, talking to your family about
transsexualism, finding the right doctor, and
many other health issues that relate to men
who were identified 'female' at birth.
- support, to touch lives in a positive
way, and offer a forum of friendly
information exchange
- email conversation should by and large
focus on the experience of living your life
like other men of your age or ethnicity no
matter what your sexuality or personal
lifestyle.
Inappropriate
Topics
- gender theory or 'trans-theory'
- defamatory comments about
professionals
- poems, flames, spam, porn, chain letters,
virus warnings, petitions, appeals,
advertising, internet jokes, spoofs or
hoaxes;
- debating
ideas, opinions, or treatment options;
- abuse, bigotry, hatred, racial slurs,
inflammatory, provocative or obscene or
threatening comments, defamatory, abusive,
tasteless or indecorous statements about or
to anyone. Messages of an offensive nature
will be removed from the email list
archives.
Inappropriate
Topics
will earn a
warning. A
third warning to a subscriber will result in
removal from the group.
Thank you for reading these through.
We hope these guidelines help make this space feel
safe, comfortable, friendly and peaceful for
everyone.
References
Meatball Wiki - www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?MeatballWiki
- accessed 17 November 2005
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OzGuys Guidelines
