OUR EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS
You must be a WebWhispers member to participate.
See upper right corner.. How to Join.
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 or discarded.
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 that is descriptive of what you are sending. The computer returns those with no subject or those using the Digest # as a subject and uses a standard response.
3. Sign your NAME. While the addresses sometimes clearly have a name, it may be a borrowed or shared address with the other person's name on it. Or, you may have a nickname. Moderators will likely remind you in the body of the letter, if you forget.
4. COMMUNICATE CLEARLY. Use format of upper and lower case letters. A “spell-checker” is recommended and good grammar helps understanding.
5. BE COURTEOUS. Treat others as you would want them to treat you. Resist the temptation to flame.
6. SEND DIRECTLY to the persons you wish to reach: personal messages, holiday greetings, "thank you" notes, comments, congratulations, or notices of any kind which copy your private mailing list to the entire WebWhispers list membership. Most will be discarded.
REPLYING TO EMAILS
The entire original list message you are answering must not be sent back with your reply or it will be rejected. Be sure you have not left the entire Digest list attached as you answer one email. 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. The computer now truncates old messages but on some systems, it does not work.
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 addresses, 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. Remember you obtained the address from our records and we have set rules on this. 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.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
1. Some of our laryngectomee members also enjoy a "sales, consultant, or marketing relationship" with various laryngectomee-related vendors. Any member, who is in such an arrangement with a vendor, should disclose that connection each time when writing to the membership concerning that particular vendor's products or making comments about a competitor's products. Advertising by vendors is not allowed.
2. Notices of Regional meetings shall be restricted to simple explanatory notices using URLs to refer to web sites for details. No selling of advertising for programs or reminders for our members to sign up for a local event will be allowed.
3. No vendor, other club, or organization shall use WebWhispers email lists as their method of communication with our members. Since we are an IAL affiliated club, standard notices that normally go to the club officers of any IAL club should be sent to our WW officers for our distribution. Scheduling announcements relating to the Annual Meeting and Voice Institute will be allowed.
MODERATORS
Every message goes through a Moderator and may be rejected or discarded if the above guidelines are not followed. Our moderators will be in charge of what goes on the list and are instructed to ask the Moderating Committee if it is not absolutely clear what to do with a message.
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
WW DELPHI FORUM
OPEN 24/7
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. 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.
The Roster (Member's Area) has Forum IDs listed.
Joining the Delphi Forum
Use the address you used when you joined WebWhispers. Our volunteers use your registered email address for everything, so any time you write to us in any department, please use your current WW address so we can find your records.
You can be a member of Delphi under a different address but we will automatically list your Forum ID in our database with the WW Email Address. It is harder for us to work with.
We've created an online community called "The WebWhispers Forum" exclusively for our members, using the facilities of Delphi.com. There are three levels of Delphi membership for you to choose from:
(1) Basic (free)
(2) Advanced (a small monthly/annual fee)
(3) Plus (a larger monthly/annual fee).
The Basic (free) membership works just fine, although the fee-based memberships are advertising-free and give you several more membership options such as attaching files (such as pictures and programs) directly to messages that you write -- just like e-mail. It's fast, easy, and efficient. Simply choose the one best suited to your needs and desires. You may upgrade later if you wish.
With this Forum's message boards you are able to view the subject matter of discussion folders quickly in the left-hand column and the list of message threads in that folder may be displayed.
Joining the Forum is a simple process.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/webwhispers/start
Fill in the application and select a Forum ID (your name that will be used in the WW Forum or any other part of Delphi) which should indicate who you are so other members will recognize you. This is not an anonymous forum and it makes it more difficult if people have to go back to the Forum Roster to find your name.
You will be asked for a code to get into our WW Forum. Just write Need Code and SIGN WITH YOUR FULL NAME. Delphi will send this to us to confirm your membership and our Rosters will be updated to include you and your ID. Our Forum Managers will send, usually the same day, an email with a one time code word which will allow you access. After that, you should go straight to the forum through the address above or from the Forum link at the bottom of the WW list emails.
We look forward to seeing you there. Let us know if we can help you.
Forum Managers, Mike Rosenkranz and Logan Grayson at: forummgr@webwhispers.org
AN ADDITIONAL DELPHI FORUM OF INTEREST
Club 200
This is the address of the entrance to the Club 200, a separate Delphi forum run by Jim Lauder. It is open and any Delphi member can go in. Jim eliminated the private forum code. You still need your Delphi ID and password.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/club200/start
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Please use the menu on left to navigate
As the time draws near for a particular activity, we will add the new information 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!