MARID WG List Etiquette (Modified by Andrew Newton)

[Andrew Newton <andy@xxxxxx>]

Hello all,

The (soon-to-be) MARID working group has a very short schedule for 
accomplishing a very important task.  So we, the potential chairs, 
request the following of all participants so that this list is a highly 
effective communication medium.

o  Be professional in your correspondence.
o  Remember that citation of research and documented experience is more 
helpful for positive discussions than citation of credentials.
o  Email does not always perfectly reflect proper human emotional tone, 
so please consider how others will receive your messages and be 
forgiving of messages you read.
o  While the business of the IETF is conducted in English, remember 
that not all participants are native English speakers.
o  Please consider traffic volume when using the MARID list.  Instead 
of emitting or replying to many individual messages, consider using a 
summary format message, no more than three times a day.  This is a 
guideline, not a rule.
o  Most of us have scars from past battles in other IETF working groups 
and related endeavors, however it is not generally constructive to 
re-enact glorious victories or resounding defeats of the past.
o  Finally, familiarize yourselves with BCP 83.

We would also encourage participants to take advantage of the 
Jabber/XMPP chat room at marid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  The archives may be 
found at http://www.xmpp.org/ietf-logs/marid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ .  As a 
proposal, perhaps working group participants could meet there at 21:00 
UTC (4pm EST, 1pm PST, 22:00 CET, 7am AU EST) on Monday of every other 
week starting March 22.

-andy