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From: "Diana Partyka" <dave.diana @rcn.com>
To: "Tammy mulligan "' <tmulligan @rcn.com >; "'j.f.lane "' <j.f.lane @mindspring.com>
Cc: "'Susan Campbell "' < scampbell @sch.ci.lexington.ma.us >; "'Maria Moxon "' <maria @moxonsonline.com >; "'Lynne
Stinson "' < Istinson @sch.ci.lexington.ma.us >; "'Reem Yared "' <reem @growthwise.com >; "'Ms. Zichittella "'
<mzichittella @sch.ci.lexington.ma.us >; "'Janet Lane "' <j.f.lane @mindspring.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 4:36 PM
Subject: list serve- school improvement committee
HI, I just found out that no one received this email, so I'm sending it now.
I am also having trouble trying to print this, so if someone could bring a
copy, that would be great.
See you at 6pm.
Diana
Pm having trouble emailing you this document. I sent it to the rest of the
committee and the co- presidents of the PTA, but I keep getting an error
message from you. I hope this goes through.
Diana
GROUP EMAIL
Hi,
I am forwarding an email from Marianne McKenna, District Technical Services,
Lexington Public Schools, Based on her email, I have outlined the next
steps.
1. Authorization from Lynne Stinson for the PTA to setup the list
serves.
2. Name our list serve "Hastings- announcements"
3. Decide how we will Administers/ moderator the list serve, Hastings's
staff person, and /or PTA volunteer
To launch the site we will need to collect the parent's email addresses with
a permission statement and sent them to Marianne in a batch.
Lynne, at the beginning of the year, I believe there was a space on the
emergency form for parent to give Hastings their email addresses and
permission to use it. Do we have that information somewhere or is it best
to start fresh and send a letter to the entire school, describing this
project and the benefits of using the list serve to communicate to Hastings
parents?
I am following -up with Lisa to get a better understanding of how parents can
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Subscribe or unsubscribe their accounts.
As we move forward we need to have a clear understanding of the guidelines
and also the number of emails and the type of information that will be
communicated to parents through the list serve.
I think the process is straight forward, but it will take manpower to
implement. Should this be on our agenda for the School Council meeting next
Tuesday? I have a call into Lisa and should have additional information to
share by Feb. 6th.
Sincerely,
Diana
- - - -- Original Message---- -
From: Marianne McKenna [ mailto: mamckenna @sch.ci.lexington.ma.us]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:26 PM
To: Diana Partyka
Subject: Re: creating a listserve for Hastings school
Setting up a list serve for Hastings is simple, and I am happy to get it set
for you. Most of out PTA's do operate a list serve for their parent
community and they seem to work quite well. Basically to start I would need
authorization from Lynne Stinson. (Mostly I need a statement from her
authorizing the PTA to do this and for what purpose). Most list serves
are set up under the auspices of the PTA, not directly under the school
administration. However as access is through the schools, the use of
the list serve must be reserved for educational information about the school
and abide by all 1ps guidelines (mostly you can't use to advocate a
political position, nor for private purposes or private fundraising). We
can go over the details once we get it approved and set up. Generally,
what you will need is one or more person(s) willing to administer and /or
moderate the list (this can include Hastings staff - that's up to Lynn).
To launch a list, most PTA's collect parent e-mail addresses and send
them to me in a batch. I will load them to the list and you are off and
running. We can set up the list to be self subscribing via e-mail.
It's a little clunky, gut it does seem to work. Basically parents can
subscribe or unsubscribe their own accounts. If you have talked with
Lisa, you probably already have a general idea of how it works. I can also
put you in touch with several of our other list administrators - they
are a great resource.
So, next step is to get authorization, what you wish to call the list
(Hastings- announcements) and who will moderate. I'll take it from there.
If you have any questions, feel free to give me a call.
look forward to working with you
Marianne
2/8/2005