Q. Will I start getting junk mail if I give my address to Yahoo groups in order to join ARTWV?
Q. What is a moderator?
A. A moderator is usually the owner of the
list or someone put in charge to run the list.
The moderator(s) have control
of adding members and can control other aspects of the list.
The moderators for ARTWV
is Ken Westfall.
Q. Do I have to go to a web site
to read and send ARTWV e-mail?
A. No. You send and
receive ARTWV e-mail through whatever e-mail client you presently use.
The only
exception are members that use an online service such as hotmail and have signed up to
ARTWV using
that e-mail address.
Q. I heard Yahoo groups attaches
advertisements to each e-mail, is this true?
A. Yes.
Yahoo groups is a free e-mail service and attaches a banner
ad to the bottom of each message.
They try
to attach advertisements that relate to the list. So ARTWV would have ads attached that
relate to
art
& craft.
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Q. Does it cost anything to join
the ARTWV list?
A. No Yahoo groups is a
free e-mail service. ARTWV is not a guild or a club that requires dues.
ARTWV is an
e-mail list that was created in 1997 by a few WV artists wanting to connect via e-mail
to share
information.
Q. How do I know only WV
artists will be able to join the e-mail list, what keeps just anyone from joining?
A. The moderator of ARTWV
must approve all requests to join and then add the person to the list.
ARTWV
requests a member profile before they will be added to the list. Although people
could lie and send in a false profile,
I don't foresee this being a problem. If anyone is caught sending a false profile, they
will be banned from the
list. The URL to the ARTWV private page will also be changed to a new address
to prevent future access by the
offender.
Q. What is a member profile?
A. A member profile is
information about you that lets the moderator of ARTWV know you are a WV artist so you
can be be added to the e-mail list.
Your profile will be added to the other member profiles and will be available only to ARTWV members.
Q. What information does my
member profile need to contain?
A. Send your name, e-mail
address, which county you live in, your medium and mention if your involved with
Tamarack. List if you belong to any art guilds or organizations. If you have a
Web Site list the URL.
You may list
your phone number if you wish, it is not REQUIRED!
Q. Can you give an example of a
member profile?
A. Yes. Here is a listing
as an example.
*EXAMPLE:
PATTY
McCARTY- (One-of-a-kind Santa Dolls) MARION CO./ Tamarack Advisory Board 1997-
Marion
Co. Rep. for Tamarack/ Designer's Craft Guild
E-Mail:
elf@mountainelves.com
URL:
http://www.mountainelves.com
Phone:
(optional) 363-0922
Q. I would like to
join ARTWV but I only have e-mail, I don't have access to the internet,
can I still join?
A. Yes. You can e-mail the
moderators and ask us to add you to ARTWV.
We can
add you manually.
If you
are not a previous member with ARTWV and do not have a member profile on file,
you MUST
send us your profile before we manually add you to the list.
Q. What is the difference between
being manually added to ARTWV and going to "http://groups.yahoo.com/">Yahoo
groups's web site
to join?
A. * By going to the web site and signing up you will
have a password.
You will then be able to access the other areas of ARTWV that Yahoo
groups provides.
You will be able to unsubscribe from this mailing list, change your subscription to
digest, or add bookmarks
to
a special page for ARTWV that Yahoo groups provides.
* You do not have these options if we added you manually. You
should only ask us to add you manually if you do not have internet access or you don't care about the extra options.
You will also have to e-mail us if you want
removed from the list.
Q. I asked you manually
add me to the list, now I want to sign up with Yahoo groups. What do I do?
A. Go to
Yahoo groups and sign up. Use the e-mail address we
used to manually add you.
Pick a
password. You should then be able to access ARTWV from
Yahoo groups.
Q. I signed up for ARTWV
at the Yahoo groups Web Site. How do I access my account?
A. Go to the
Yahoo Groups web
site, at Yahoo groups and select the Member
Center link from the menu bar
on the
left. Don't forget to type in your e-mail address and password.
You will see
you are subscribed to ARTWV.
Click on ARTWV
and all your options will be there, including the bookmark page.
Q. OK. I signed up for
ARTWV and still can't send or receive e-mail, why?
A. There are a few
possibilities.
1. The
moderator(s) of ARTWV didn't receive a member profile from you! We will not add you
to ARTWV
until we receive a profile.
2. You didn't reply to the confirmation message you were sent by Yahoo groups!
If you signed up at the Yahoo groups web site, you will receive a confirmation message by
e-mail,
you will be asked to hit reply to confirm you signed up for ARTWV.
* If you asked us to
manually add you and you didn't sign up at Yahoo groups's web site, you will not receive a
confirmation message, you are automatically added to the list.
3. The
moderator(s) are out of town and haven't added you to the list yet.
If we know the dates when both of us will not be available to add members, we will post the dates on
the Join ARTWV webpage.
4.
You incorrectly typed your e-mail address when you subscribed. Although we should be able
to catch it
when you send us your profile with your e-mail address. Unless you have it incorrect
there too!
E-mail us if you are not getting any mail from ARTWV and we will check it out.
5. Yahoo groups happened to be performing an upgrade the day you signed up.
Although this doesn't happen often it does happen.
Again, e-mail us
and the address you signed up with and I'll check it out.
Q. OK, I'm ready to join, and I
know some other artists who might want to join ARTWV. Where do we
go?
A. Go to: Join ARTWV
Pass
along this address to other artist you think may want to join.
* DO NOT SPAM others with this
address!! If you are found doing so, you will be removed from ARTWV!
You may post
this URL to newsgroups only when it is appropriate to do so!
If you
are not sure it is appropriate, then inform people you know of a e-mail list for WV
Artists and if anyone is interested, they can e-mail you for the URL
to join.
* You can also e-mail the
moderators to manually add you to the list.
Do not ask the moderators to manually add other people.
They must personally e-mail us and send us their profile.
Q. I have a question
that is not answered in the FAQ, what do I do?
A. You can e-mail the
moderators any questions at ARTWV. Ken will answer them
as soon as
possible. Who knows, we
may even add it to the FAQ page!