List Guidelines and Procedures


The FDPIR NutritionTalk e-mail listserv is a networking and communication tool for those associated with the food and nutrition education components of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).

The following details criteria for joining this listserv, basic courtesies expected, and information on sending messages, subscribing, or unsubscribing. Please review this information carefully.

Subscription Criteria

Subscribers to the FDPIR NutritionTalk Listserv must meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • Work in some capacity for FDPIR.
  • Coordinate, develop, or provide food, food safety, health, or nutrition education to Native Americans, particularly those participating in FDPIR.
  • Represent an organization that addresses Native American health and nutrition issues.
  • Conduct research focusing on food, nutrition, food safety, and/or health issues for Native Americans.

No Advertising or Marketing

FDPIR NutritionTalk is not an appropriate means of advertising or promoting specific products. Members may not advertise a product/service from which they stand to have a financial gain. Persons advertising on FDPIR NutritionTalk will be removed immediately from the listserv. Please contact the FDPIR NutritionTalk list owner if you are not sure if your message is promotional in nature.

Courtesies

While we encourage open and casual exchanges among the listserv members, we request that members maintain a courteous tone at all times. Replies of a personal nature should not be sent to the group. Please include your name and affiliation in all posted messages, as this will be of interest to the other listserv members.

Note: Occasionally there will be messages that are of an inflammatory, non-evidenced based nature. The best way to deal with these messages is to delete them without responding. Senders of such messages are just looking for a response. If no such response is forthcoming, they usually move on.



Subscribing/Unsubscribing

Send a message to owner-fdpir@ars.usda.gov, or subscribe/unsubscribe yourself at http://listserv.nal.usda.gov/archives/fdpir-nutrition-talk.html.
You should receive notice of your subscription or removal actions.



Sending Messages

The e-mail address of the discussion group is: fdpir-nutrition-talk@ars.usda.gov. Please use descriptive Subject: headings so that subscribers can judge whether to read the posting or not.

Please note that the listserv does not accept attachments.

Procedures

Please do not send requests to unsubscribe or subscribe to the entire list (i.e. using the FDPIR NutritionTalk e-mail address). If you have tried to subscribe or unsubscribe and are unsuccessful, send a message to the list owner at: owner-fdpir@ars.usda.gov.



FDPIR NutritionTalk Archived Messages

You can search through archived messages at http://listserv.nal.usda.gov/archives/fdpir-nutrition-talk.html.