Welcome and guidelines (PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING!)

[Matthew Mugmon]

The mission of the AMS Forum is to encourage

• lively and thoughtful discussion of music and music scholarship
• in a more informal and dialogic mode than publication
• among the greatest possible number of contributors, with the most diverse possible backgrounds and viewpoints.

To enable that mission, the Forum adopts the following guidelines to be observed by all who participate:

 

1. All posts that initiate a thread should clearly state the issue or question to which the member wishes the community to respond; indeed, all such posts should be framed so as to foster discussion and conclude with the poster’s full name.

 

2. Posts of a controversial nature are always welcome. The author of the post should be sensitive, however, to the interests and work of other list members whose work may be the subject of the controversy. In such posts, avoiding ad hominem discourse is critical.

 

3. Posts should adhere to standards of courteous professional discourse. Posts that include any of the following will be subject to removal:

• Violence, threats of violence, or violent language directed against another person
• Deliberate intimidation, personal insults , or any other language that denigrates a person
• Jokes or other language that is sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, or otherwise discriminatory in nature
• Sexually explicit material
• Unwelcome sexual attention, including sexualized comments or jokes
• Inappropriate or illegally obtained/used photography or recording
• Encouragement of any of the above behavior

 

4. Subsequent comments should stick to the topic of the given thread. If the focus of a thread shifts from one topic to another, a new thread should be started.

 

5. Members may flag posts or comments that they consider inappropriate. Such posts will be reviewed by the moderators and may be removed if the posts include anything proscribed in point 3 above.

 

6. Anyone who repeatedly violates the guidelines of the Forum, especially as regards inappropriate posts, will be subject to sanction as the moderators deem appropriate, up to and including a temporary or permanent ban from the site.

 

7. Appeals related to rejected threads, removed messages, or more serious sanctions should be directed first to the moderating team. If the appealer remains unsatisfied, she/he may appeal further to the AMS Communications Committee, which will respond within two weeks. The decisions of the Communications Committee are final.

• This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Matthew Mugmon.

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