National School Backpack Awareness Day

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The following list guidelines are intended to protect the good of all parties.

• The list may not be used for job advertising or for recruiting occupational therapy practitioners.
• The list may not be used for the sale of services or products.
• Subscribers should maintain professional standards in written e-mail messages, avoiding the use of insult, slander, profanity, or obscenity.
• Subscribers should use care as well as common courtesy in written communication. E-mail offers a new communication form and hastily composed, unclear messages can easily be misinterpreted.
• Since lists are available for a variety of practice areas, keep e-mail discussions relevant to the practice domain for this list.
• List subscribers who disregard these guidelines will be warned privately by e-mail on the first incident and unsubscribed from the list on the second incident.

The discussion on this particular electronic mailing list focuses on management and administrative issues of interest to occupational therapy practitioners in administrative or managerial roles. Discussion happens through the asking and answering of questions and the sharing of resources via e-mail. As a list subscriber, individuals receive copies of all e-mail sent to this listserv. When an e-mail message is sent to this listserv by a subscriber a copy is e-mailed to all subscribers.

Protecting Copyright

Copyright laws do apply to electronic communications such as e-mail and the World Wide Web. Before you post anything on e-mail or to a listserv, ask yourself whether you have the right to distribute that information. The same applies if you are posting to a web site.

As a rule of thumb:

• Sending the text of any published item (article, letter, editorial, etc.) through e-mail, either to an individual or a listserv, violates the copyright unless you first obtain written permission from the copyright holder. So does posting the item to a web site.
• Putting a notice of copyright on an item is insufficient. If you haven't obtained written permission you risk violating copyright.
• Sending an unpublished article through e-mail can raise questions about authorship and put your right to copyright the article at risk. So does posting it to a web site.
• If you are the copyright holder, consider whether posting your item on the Internet could damage its printed value. In other words, will people decide not to buy the book or magazine because they've already read the article?

Sending an article through electronic media is just like distributing paper copies, but more worrisome because it is so easy for the recipient to forward the article to additional people. If there is something you want people to see, direct them to the place where they can read it for themselves - a newspaper, magazine, or an Internet site.

This listserv allows you to perform all functions either by e-mail or from the AOTA website Listserv Page.

E-Mail:

• All messages sent to the listserv should be addressed to:
  backpack@listserv.aota.org
• To subscribe: send an e-mail message to lyris@listserv.aota.org
  In the "Subject line type: "subscribe backpack" followed by your name.
  (Example: subscribe backpack Mary Smith)
• To unsubscribe: type "unsubscribe backpack" on the "Subject" line.
• Setting your membership to "Digest" mode: By default, listserv mail is delivered whenever it is sent to the listserv. Digest mode delivers all your listserv mail once a day.
  type "set backpack digest" in the "Message" area.
  
  To reset the delivery back so you receive mail whenever it is sent:
  type "set backpack mail" in the "Message" area.
  
  
• Setting your membership to "Index" mode: By default, listserv mail is delivered whenever it is sent to the listserv. Index mode delivers daily message containing the subject lines of messages sent to the listserv for that day. You can then choose which messages to read.
  type "set backpack index" in the "Message" area.
  
  To reset the delivery back so you receive mail whenever it is sent:
  type "set backpack mail" in the "Message" area.
  
  
• Temporarily Suspend Mail from the List:
  type "set backpack nomail" in the "Message" area.
  
  To resume mail delivery:
  type "set backpack mail" in the "Message" area.

Archives:

Archives of messages on the listserv are available for 1 year. In order to access these archives you must use your browser to view the messages. Follow these instructions:

1. Enter the Listserv Page
2. Login to the listserv using just your email (leave the password blank).
3. Click the "READ MESSAGES" button.
4. The top of the page will show all the available message dates.
5. At the bottom of the page, enter a date in the format shown and press the "JUMP TO DATE" button.
6. The archived messages will then appear on the screen.

Now, you have all the electronic mailing list facts! Use them to subscribe to our informative and lively professional discussions! The list is a member benefit of the American Occupational Therapy Association.

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