Vision

The e-grapevine email network is a free, unofficial medium for easily communicating with the St. Gertrude Parish community.

· "Unofficial," in order to protect St. Gertrude's Parish and the Archdiocese from any responsibility for message content.

Basic Policy

The e-grapevine is not intended for commercial uses, nor for business solicitations.

· This includes selling or renting of goods or services to customers or clients.

· This applies alike to for-profit and non-profit organizations.

· This applies alike to secular, sectarian, and other charitable organizations.

· This does not apply to Yahoogroups, which posts messages at the bottom of each
message in return for sponsoring the e-grapevine.

Aims

The aims of the "ads and notices" policy are--

· To help minimize message traffic on the e-grapevine, in order to make it congenial to
more subscribers.

· To keep the e-grapevine free of spam.

· To maintain the e-grapevine as one of the commercial-free havens on the Internet.

Waivers

As a public service to e-grapevine subscribers, the above policy is waived for these types of notices:

· Events sponsored by our parish or by religious organizations.

· Offers of free services, products, or events.

· Notices of jobs available and jobs wanted.

· Offers to sell or rent personal property (including space in your home or garage).

· Requests for recommendations of tradespersons, products, or services.

· Brief, factual responses to such requests.

Comments

· The above policy is specific to the e-grapevine. Policies for e-pax, stgert-tr, and other email networks in our parish community are set by their respective moderators and may differ from e-grapevine policy.

· Information about goods and services that are offered by our parishioners is not conveniently available online. An outlet for such information would be a welcome resource for our parish, Volunteers willing to establish and maintain such a resource are invited to contact the parish.

Discussion

Your questions and comments regarding the e-grapevine are welcome.

· If you have questions, please email them directly to me at lipscomb@ripco.com.

· If you'd like to discuss this policy with other e-grapevine members, please join the e-vineyard email network, created specifically for that purpose. Note: Please do not use the
e-grapevine itself for such deliberations. They are unwelcome to most subscribers and often lead to unsubscriptions.

o To join the e-vineyard, send an email to e-vineyard-subscribe@yahoogroups.com .
Please ignore any message you may receive that claims you are already subscribed.

o To unsubscribe from the e-vineyard, send an email to
e-vineyard-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com .

Thank You!