Activities
OUR EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS
EMAIL LIST
Every person joining WebWhispers is automatically placed in our WebW email list, Digest version, where they will be able to send and receive messages from other members of the email list. You may question or read and learn from the messages as they come in once a day. You may reply to any message or start a new subject with a new message and it will be sent to everyone enrolled in the list.
The basic purpose of our list is the sharing of knowledge and experiences and helping the new member seeking education and rehabilitation to find the information they need.
Your questions, answers, and comments should be relevant to laryngectomee rehabilitation, support and assistance. Subjects for discussions should relate to cancers and treatments, learning to live as a laryngectomee, methods of communication, support, and notices or discussions of WW issues.
Our list is moderated and emails not appropriate will be rejected.
This is a shortened version of rules for the list. The entire version and the mechanics of the list will be found in our Members Area (password protected).
ORIGINATING EMAILS
1. Keep your message clearly stated, reasonably brief, and to the point. When appropriate, use URLs (web site addresses) to direct members to other sites for information.
2. Your emails must have a SUBJECT and be signed with your NAME. Give your message a subject line that is descriptive of what you are sending.
3. COMMUNICATE CLEARLY. Use format of upper and lower case letters. A “spell-checker” is recommended and good grammar helps understanding.
4. BE COURTEOUS. Treat others as you would want them to treat you. Resist the temptation to flame.
5. SEND DIRECTLY to the person you wish to reach: any personal messages, holiday greetings, "thank you" notes, comments of agreement, or congratulations, without copying to the entire WebWhispers list.
REPLYING TO EMAILS
The entire original list message you are answering must not be sent back with your reply or it will be rejected. If it would be helpful to the context of your reply, you might “copy and paste” short excerpts from the original Email into your reply.
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS TO AVOID WHEN SENDING EMAILS
1. Our system accepts only plain text and will reject attachments of any kind. The decorated stationery and figures will not come through and if they are “attached” or “embedded” in your Email, your message may be lost. Do not forward emails containing multiple addressees, headers, footers, and unreadable gibberish, “Junk email”, chain letters, virus warnings, letters making the rounds, jokes, poems, messages to bring good luck, or whatever else might have been sent to you (usually with instructions to be sure to send it on) as they will be discarded.
2. Blatant "flames", insults, personal attacks, inflammatory, impolite, partisan political commentary, profanity, sexual innuendo,or uncivil behavior will not be tolerated on the list. Please do not use your frustration or anger to privately flame other members. Some of our newcomers are in the throes of fighting cancer or recovering from surgery. They need tender care, not sharp criticism. We are participating here to learn, share, and have a constructive exchange of information.
3. Anti-spam "challenge and response" email systems are not compatible with our free exchange of email messages and those using such Email Anti-Spam systems will be precluded from using the WebWhispers List.
4. WebWhispers will not be indirectly or directly involved in the sale/transfer of medical products between individuals. Any messages relating to these will be rejected. Messages on non-restricted products may be listed on the WW Message Board/Forum.
5. All notices of changes to your membership record should not be sent to the list but be changed by filling in an UPDATE. See the upper right of the Home Page of the website for "How to Join or Update".
6. Death notices sent in for your friend or family WW member should not be sent to the list but should be sent directly to the Listmgr@webwhispers.org so that records may be changed, a notice may be sent in our weekly report to the list, the family may be contacted and the member's name may be added to our memorial page.
Full explanations of the way the list works will be found in the members area.
All issues relating to unsubscribing, rules, suggestions
or complaints relating to the email list should be addressed to the
List Manager Listmgr@webwhispers.org
FORUM
We've created a private online community with a bulletin board format and chat room called "The WebWhispers Forum" exclusively for our members, using the facilities of Delphi.com. Information on how to join is in our Members Area. Topics are generally open and, while the forum is unmoderated, it is managed and we do have a few rules to live by. We expect our members to use good judgment, good taste, and good manners with no offensive language so that this can be a comfortable clubhouse for all of our members.
This is the place where you may get better acquainted with other members, find out about their families, what sports teams they root for, or tell your favorite jokes. We also discuss the IAL Annual Meetings, WW Cruises, along with some laryngectomee problems. We prefer serious health problems be taken to the list where the membership is far greater and also includes professionals.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Please use the menu on left to navigate
As the time draws near for a particular activity, we will add the information we have to the proper section for you to check regularly.
Our WW Cruise section contains the currently planned cruise as well as past ones with lists of cruisers and photos.
There is a lot to look at and enjoy in our past WW Dinners and we even left the menus in to stimulate your appetite!