NCISS Listserv Rules

The following NCISS News Listserv rules have been established by the Board of Directors. By subscribing to the NCISS News Listserv you hereby acknowledge that you have read the rules and agree to abide by its requirements, prohibitions and policies. Violations of the rules may result in your removal from the Listserv. Use of the Listserv is a privilege, not a right of NCISS membership.

Purpose

The primary purpose of NCISS News Listserv is to allow the NCISS Administration and the elected leaders of NCISS to communicate to NCISS members and keep NCISS members abreast of legal and legislative happenings that affect them. A secondary purpose is for the exchange of referral work and information helpful to working assignments, acquiring equipment, or expert assistance. NCISS News is not a chat room. Communications which do not conform with these purposes are prohibited and may result in your removal from the Listserv.

Council Matters

Information regarding NCISS, NCISS-related matters or policies, or the Council in general, must be sent to the Executive Director who will forward the information to the President, Chairman of the Board or the proper committee chair. If appropriate, the information will be posted for the general membership.

Legislative Matters

Information or postings regarding legislative issues must first be sent to the Legislative Chair. If appropriate, the information will be posted for the general membership.

Other Prohibited Practices

These include:

Requests for unlawful or “questionable” services. These are defined as: Information about a person or entity that cannot, in all probability, be accomplished in compliance with all of the laws applicable to that activity. Examples include, but are not limited to, personal information that is contained in telephone, medical, social security, tax, and/or financial records including banks and credit card providers, or information that requires a release from the owner of the information.

 Advertising your business or services

Use of Attachments and messages sent in HTML Text.

Use of inflammatory or derogatory language.

Using the Listserv to address disputes with a member, a non-member, or the Council.

Do not distribute any message without permission from the author. This includes forwarding messages via E-Mail or distribution in a printed format.

Dissemination of messages from, or on behalf of those that have been removed from the Listserv

Postings must be by members only, not staff.

Fee or rates may not be published.

Examples of Postings Requiring Permission

Information from other NCISS Member associations or groups advertising meetings or educational seminars or soliciting participation in various functions.

Other Policies

The board, executive committee and SAAB Listservs will continue to operate as per current practice and independent of NCISS News. The Listserv Moderating Committee will be the arbiters regarding any postings. The President, Vice Presidents, Chairman of the Board, Executive Director and the Legislative Chair (legislative matters only) will assist as needed. The Board of Directors reserves the right to modify these rules at any time with at least 30 day notice to the subscribers.

Asking for help or information

When posting a request for assistance or information, always request that replies be
e-mailed privately and not to NCISS News.

Unless you are President of NCISS, do not send season greetings, or similar messages to the membership via NCISS News. All such messages should be sent to members individually.

Commentary concerning articles or prior messages should only be made if you have additional information to provide on the subject. Such commentary should not contain opinions or derogatory innuendo which could be considered libelous.

Recommended Practices For Posting

Every message should contain the nature of the message in the subject area. For example:

Subpoena Service in Poughkeepsie.” “Need Sub-rosa Investigator Peoria, Illinois.”

Copyrighted Material

Copyrighted articles may not be posted without the written permission of the author and the original publication. If an article has been posted on the Internet and you have the URL, merely post the URL and indicate the subject.