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HRM-RI Member Listserv FAQs
HRM-RI members who wish to do so may now join a special hrmissues listserv,
designed to promote communication among HRM-RI members about HR-related
topics. Subscribers to this listserv can use it to ask or answer questions,
to seek or give advice, and to post information of interest to their
fellow HR practitioners. To learn more before subscribing, read the
FAQs below.
We especially recommend
reviewing these FAQs if you have never belonged to a listserv before
and the concept is unfamiliar to you. Click on any question below
to jump directly to the answer, or scroll down to read all of the questions
and answers. If you still have any questions or concerns after reviewing
these FAQs, please contact
our webmaster.
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What is a listserv? |
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A listserv, or list server, is a small program
that automatically sends messages to multiple e-mail addresses on
a mailing list. When someone subscribes to a listserv, that person's e-mail
address is added to the mailing list. When someone unsubscribes,
that person's e-mail address is removed from the mailing list.
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What's special about the HRM-RI member listserv? |
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Our listserv is special for two reasons. First,
it is a private listserv. This means that only members of HRM-RI
may subscribe to it; no one else can participate. Second, any subscriber
to our member listserv can use it to send
appropriate messages to all other subscribers,
and to receive their replies.
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Why would I want to join this listserv?
How could it benefit me? |
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If you had an HR-related question or problem,
you could use our listserv to ask your fellow HRM-RI members for
information or advice. Sometimes you might be able to help other
members by providing information or advice in reply to their messages.
You could alert your fellow members to important HR issues and ask
them to get involved.
The whole point of our listserv is to facilitate discussion and communication
among our members. We hope you will find this listserv
to be a valuable professional networking tool and information resource.
If not, just unsubscribe at any time.
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How do I subscribe to the HRM-RI member listserv? |
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Login
to the Members Only part of our site and use the Listserv
Subscription Form there. If you can not login because you have forgotten your
HRM-RI username and password, contact
our webmaster for assistance.
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If I don't subscribe right now,
can I do so later? |
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You don't have to join the listserv immediately.
You can subscribe at any time, as long as you are still
an active member of HRM-RI. Just
login to the Members Only part of our website and use the Listserv
Subscription Form there.
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How do I send a message
through this listserv? Is it complicated? |
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Once you've subscribed, it's very
easy to send
a message to all other subscribers. You can use the same e-mail application
you ordinarily use, such as Outlook, AOL, MSN, Hotmail, etc. Simply
send your message to the listserv e-mail address, which
is hrmissues@hrm-ri.talklist.com --
and the listserv program will automatically distribute it to all
subscribers. Replying to a message received from the listserv is
equally easy. Just do whatever you would normally do when replying
to any type of e-mail message.
The only restriction is that you must send your message or reply
from the e-mail address for which you are subscribed.
In other words, if you subscribe to our listserv as johndoe@aol.com,
your message or reply must be sent from that address.
You might have another e-mail account as jdoe@msn.com, but you won't
be able to send messages to the listserv from that other address.
This restriction is how we insure that only subscribed HRM-RI members
can use the listserv.
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If I subscribe to this listserv, will I get
a lot more e-mail? |
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Yes, you will get more e-mail if you join
our listserv. Whenever any subscriber sends a new message or a reply
through the listserv, you will receive it. You will get replies to
messages sent by other subscribers as well as replies to the messages
you send. However, keep in mind that only HRM-RI members can
use this listserv and only for appropriate
messages. Joining
our listserv will NOT increase the amount of spam (unwanted e-mail) which
you receive.
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Can you guarantee that I won't get more spam?
Is my privacy protected? |
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The HRM-RI member listserv is a private listserv
completely controlled by HRM-RI. We will NOT provide the
e-mail addresses of subscribers to any other organization and we
will permanently bar anyone from our listserv who uses it inappropriately.
You will NOT receive more spam (unwanted e-mail) because of joining
our listserv.
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What types of messages are appropriate for
this listserv? |
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HRM-RI members may use our listserv to pose
HR-related questions, to ask for advice regarding HR-related problems
or issues, to discuss HR-related topics, or to seek information about
specific HR-related products and services. All messages must be professional
in content and tone.
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What types of messages are NOT appropriate
for this listserv? |
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The HRM-RI member listserv may NOT be used
for personal messages or to solicit donations
to any organization other than HRM-RI. Although discussion of political
issues is legitimate and encouraged, the listserv may NOT be used
to promote or endorse specific candidates. The listserv may NOT be
used by any subscriber to promote the products or services of his/her
own organization, except in reply to another listserv subscriber
who is actively seeking information about specific HR-related products
or services.
Listserv messages will be monitored by the listserv administrator.
Anyone who sends an inappropriate message will receive a warning; if the problem persists,
that subscriber will be barred from the listserv.
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If I try the listserv and don't
like it, how do I unsubscribe? |
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You can unsubscribe easily at any time. Just
follow the simple unsubscribe instructions which are included at
the bottom of every message sent through the listserv, or login
to the Members Only part of the HRM-RI site and use the
Listserv
Unsubscribe Form there.
If you have any trouble unsubscribing, contact
our webmaster and ask to be removed from the listserv mailing
list.
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Can you guarantee that the unsubscribe really
works? |
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Some senders of SPAM include fake unsubscribe
links which don't really remove you from their mailing list. In
fact, using those fake unsubscribe links only confirms that your
e-mail address is valid, which means that you get even more SPAM.
However, the HRM-RI listserv is NOT like that.
We guarantee that you will be promptly removed from our listserv
if you choose to unsubscribe.
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I've joined but I'm not getting any messages -- what's wrong? |
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When you subscribe to the listserv, you should
immediately receive a brief confirmation message indicating that
your request to join has been received and is pending approval by
the listserv administrator. A short time after that, you should receive
a brief confirmation that your request to join has been approved,
and also a longer welcome message with some guidelines for using
the listserv.
If you do not receive these messages, then there is a high probability
that a personal or corporate spam-filtering program has blocked them.
This program willl continue to block all messages sent to you
through the listserv, unless you take some action to let hrmissues
messages get through your spam filters. Contact
our webmaster for advice or speak with your company's IT administrator
about this problem.
If you discover that you can not receive hrmissues listserv messages
at your company e-mail address and your IT administrator is unwilling
or unable to adjust spam filtering to let our listserv messages get
through, then you may wish to subscribe from your
personal e-mail address instead of your company address.
See next
FAQ below.
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What should I do if I need to change my e-mail
address for the listserv? |
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If you wish to subscribe to the hrmissue listserv from a different
e-mail address than the one you used when you originally signed
up, here's what to do:
- Unsubscribe from the listserv by using the instructions at the bottom
of any listserv message received at the e-mail address you
no longer wish to use;
- OR unsubscribe by logging into the Members Only part of the
HRM-RI site and using the Listserv
Unsubscribe Form there, entering
the e-mail address you no longer wish to use;
- Rejoin the listserv by using the Listserv
Subscribe Form in the Members
Only part of our site, entering your new e-mail
address.
If you have any difficulty following the above instructions, contact our webmaster for assistance.
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May I subscribe to the listserv from more than
one e-mail address? |
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Yes, you may. Some members find it useful to sign up for the listserv
with both a company e-mail address AND a personal e-mail address.
This allows them to use the listserv at home and at the office.
If you are already subscribed at one e-mail address and you wish to subscribe
at a second e-mail address, login to the Members Only part
of the HRM-RI site and use the Listserv
Subscription Form, entering
the second e-mail address. Note that you will receive all listserv
messages at BOTH addresses.
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