APPROPRIATE for posting to yiwhevents:

·Local Community Events – These include happenings at the Young Israel of West Hartford as well as elsewhere in the local community, of either Jewish or general interest.

·Lifecycle announcements – Births to deaths and everything in between. / Relocation to or from West Hartford. / General news about members of our community. (All responses should be directed to the one who made the announcement and not to the listserv in its entirety.)

·Job Postings – If you are aware of a job opening please consider positing it to the yiwhevents listserv.  

·Emergencies – Such as hazardous weather warnings, or police matters, e.g. an All-Points Bulletin.  

·Services/items offered/wanted – Posts pertaining to the offering/seeking of local goods and services are appropriate. Examples included asking for a recommendation for a plumber, seeking a ride to New York, or offering items (ideally in exchange for a donation to our shul).  

INAPPROPRIATE for posting to yiwhevents:

·Political Content – Nothing political at all please. It does not matter what the subject is, be it Jewish, Israeli, or American politics, satire or serious, such post are not suitable for the yiwhevents listserv.  

·Opinion – The yiwhevents listserv is not a forum for personal opinion or editorial commentary. The exception would be speech about local issues, pertaining specifically to our particular community here.  

·National/International Information – We all react to significant news with an instinct to share and disseminate. Nonetheless please keep in mind that theyiwhevents listserv is reserved for local matters only; this may seem counterintuitive at times, such as upon learning of a tragedy in Israel, G-d forbid. While passing on such critical information of vital interest is commendable – an important and laudable task – yiwhevents is nonetheless not the appropriate forum. (National or international events that indicate a need for local heightened alert would fall into the "Emergencies" category.)  

·Chain Letters – Regardless of content, including financial opportunities, health concerns, or religious matters. Even if the matter is indeed of general interest,yiwhevents is still not the place to share it.

·Divrei Torah – All Torah learning is a beautiful thing, and more strength to you for engaging in the study that binds us as a people, but the yiwhevents listserv is designed for exclusively local content.

As a general rule of thumb consider if the content is particularly locally relevant: A matter of general interest to the larger American/Jewish communities should be reserved for less specialized discussion forums, such as the JDWH Yahoo Group. Note also that the Young Israel of West Hartford will soon transition to a private email system for all official announcements, allowing those who wish to unsubscribe to yiwhevents to do so without contraindication.

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~Elie Wolfe
Secretary, YIWH
On behalf of the Board