Rules of the Road for Tic-Tech (as of Oct. 1, 2001). This document is 
distributed to members on the first of every month. 

Tic-Tech is a forum for the discussion and sharing of technology related 
education issues in Seattle and beyond. Messages to tic-tech fall into 
four general categories: 

1) Distribution of information - timely information critical to the 
technology infrastructure of Seattle's schools 
2) Requests for information - asking for help, advice, or feedback on 
any number of technical or instructional issues involving technology 
3) Sharing - letting list members know what's going on in classrooms, 
great web sites, hardware/software reviews, educational technology in 
general, and so on 
4) Discussion and debate - of any of the above topics, to include 
questions, elaboration, suggestions, etc. 

Messages submitted to the list are approved by the moderator before they 
are distributed to subscribers. 

Posting and Replying Guidelines: 

1. Your name and email address must be included in messages posted to 
tic-tech. Not only is it good etiquette and a nice courtesy, it makes 
life a lot easier for those who would like to respond personally to you. 
While not absolutely necessary, including your location and/or position 
is also helpful to list readers. 

2. When replying to someone's message, include enough of the original 
message so people will know exactly what you're responding to. Do NOT 
include the entire original message (we've already read it once), just 
enough so folks remember what the original question or point was. 

3. Not allowed: attachments, commercial advertisements, profanity, 
political agendas, flames, personal attacks, etc. 

4. Please post messages in plain text only. For Exchange/Outlook users, 
go to "Format", and then "Plain Text" before sending. 

5. To SEND a message to Tic-Tech, write to tic-tech@tic.ssd.k12.wa.us 

6. Be aware that a normal REPLY will go to the whole Tic-Tech list. It 
is certainly possible to reply to only the sender - just be sure the 
address you want is in the "To" field. 

Joining and Leaving: 
If you want to join the list, leave the list, or change your 
subscription from one email account to another, please email Mark 
Ahlness at mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us 

List messages are archived on the web at 
http://lspace.learningspace.org:88/hypermail/tictech/ Messages can be 
sorted by date, author, subject, or thread - really handy for looking 
though recent conversations in order, seeing who has written lately, 
reading that message deleted too quickly, etc. It is also real easy to 
respond to the poster of a message from this interface. 

All of the above points are explained in much more astounding detail at 
the Tic-Tech on the Web site at 
http://fp.seattleschools.org/fpclass/tic-tech/ 

Peace - Moderator Mark 

Mark Ahlness
mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us
Teacher, grade three at:
Arbor Heights Elementary School
http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/