The Lindenlea Listserv has been running for the past twenty years under the watchful eye of John Verdon. John has volunteered many hours to help grow and maintain our community list. This list is open to all residents of Lindenlea and surrounding neighbours. To join the list please email John at [email protected]
Listserv Rules
Welcome to the Lindenlea Listserv
The list has been operating since 2001.
It is a form of public commons.
It is a non-profit service for community members and non-profit organizations.
It is intended to help sustain and steward a sense of Local community, and to provide a means of communication in the spirit of strengthening how local residents in our local neighborhoods can connect with one another. Its aims are very humble - to enable simple, useful, exchanges that foster a recognition of our neighbors as our neighbors in a local community.
The Listserv is Not a social media platform for sharing personal information - or venting a frustration - or advocating a political or moralizing point of view. Using the listserv for expressing personal views - invites response from those who agree or disagree or have many shades of discernment.
Also, it is NOT a platform for advertising, marketing or self-promotion - personal, political or commercial.
The nature of the listserv is that our data is not shared with third parties or ever accessible to others except those on the list. Members using email addresses from the listserv for marketing will be banned.
Please be mindful that we are posting to our neighbours.
Show each other respect and courtesy in ways that generate the community you wish for your children. Considered expression is valued.
Posting to the listserv is simple - Just send an email to [email protected]
Every post to the listserv goes to every member's inbox.
The listserv only recognizes email addresses - so only posts from the email address you subscribe with will be recognized and forwarded to everyone - posts from another email will be considered from a non-member and deleted.
Please keep this email for reference.
Any admin requests such as adding someone else or unsubscribing - Please send the request directly to [email protected]
What do people use the list for?
Most often, to:
- offer items for sale, for trade or for free
- seek to purchase items.
- solicit recommendations for tradespersons, services, sharing, etc.
- advise of lost or found items: glasses, keys, pets, etc.
- alert neighbors to criminal or suspicious behaviour
- alert member of local events
The Listserv and the LCA cannot take responsibility for issues arising between members of the listserv - including issues related to buying and selling items.
The list may be used for discussions relevant to community interests:
- to organize neighborhood events, comment on local issues, etc.
Discussions can spark interesting and constructive conversations, and may also elicit strong reactions.
Please remain civil
Take your discussions off-list among interested parties rather than bombard all users with niche messages.
The "reply-all" function
Use it sparingly - “unless your response will be valuable to everyone
Most replies should by directly to the poster.
Practice vigilance, but also forgiveness.
We all will accidentally hit Reply-all, probably more than once.
List etiquette
Use subject lines wisely - A clear statement of purpose such as
Looking for, Selling a, Sold, Gone, etc.
If it's a long message, say so up front.
No posting commercial ads, personal marketing, self-promotion and similar spam.
Exceptions include: local children & young people offering babysitting or lawn-care services, etc.; non-profit fundraising pop-ups; notices of community events, etc.
Please do not post for friends - the Listserv is not a Kijiji platform - if people live in the local area they can join this or other local listservs and participate in this community service.
Make it easy to reply off-list:
include your name, email address and any other relevant contact info
in the body of your message.
Minimize messages and message sizes:
even if you're selling the entire contents of your house, send a single message with a list of items.
Consider creating a Dropbox or similar place to direct interested parties rather than attaching many large photos.
Share information succinctly
If you are collecting recommendations for a profession or service other users may want the same info.
Consider summarizing your findings concisely in a message to the list.
If you want to alert neighbors of attempted break-ins, etc.,
Be careful about sharing sensitive details.
Report any theft, attempted theft or property damage to
the police non-emergency line ( 613) 236-1222.
Some principles to consider:
First - when a serious incident arises - Please contact the police and share what evidence has been gathered with them.
Second - only after reporting to police and/or other relevant services and based on their advice - share relevant photos.
Third - limit the re-sharing (reply-all) between listservs, and each other unless it is new information. Do not add 'accelerants' or inflammatory opinions or comments.
The listserv - like our society - is a work-in-progress - an evolving commons. We all learn about it as we use it. Exercise common sense and common courtesy.
You're going to encounter messages and views you don't care about or care passionately about.
Remember deleting is a 21st century skill.
Members who breach the guidelines may have their posts moderated.
The Lindenlea Listserv managers reserve the right to determine who can join, and when it deems appropriate, the right to remove members from the Listserv for engaging in abusive interactions or Hate speech or repeated inappropriate, incendiary or inflammatory comments and interactions.
The list has been operating since 2001.
It is a form of public commons.
It is a non-profit service for community members and non-profit organizations.
It is intended to help sustain and steward a sense of Local community, and to provide a means of communication in the spirit of strengthening how local residents in our local neighborhoods can connect with one another. Its aims are very humble - to enable simple, useful, exchanges that foster a recognition of our neighbors as our neighbors in a local community.
The Listserv is Not a social media platform for sharing personal information - or venting a frustration - or advocating a political or moralizing point of view. Using the listserv for expressing personal views - invites response from those who agree or disagree or have many shades of discernment.
Also, it is NOT a platform for advertising, marketing or self-promotion - personal, political or commercial.
The nature of the listserv is that our data is not shared with third parties or ever accessible to others except those on the list. Members using email addresses from the listserv for marketing will be banned.
Please be mindful that we are posting to our neighbours.
Show each other respect and courtesy in ways that generate the community you wish for your children. Considered expression is valued.
Posting to the listserv is simple - Just send an email to [email protected]
Every post to the listserv goes to every member's inbox.
The listserv only recognizes email addresses - so only posts from the email address you subscribe with will be recognized and forwarded to everyone - posts from another email will be considered from a non-member and deleted.
Please keep this email for reference.
Any admin requests such as adding someone else or unsubscribing - Please send the request directly to [email protected]
What do people use the list for?
Most often, to:
- offer items for sale, for trade or for free
- seek to purchase items.
- solicit recommendations for tradespersons, services, sharing, etc.
- advise of lost or found items: glasses, keys, pets, etc.
- alert neighbors to criminal or suspicious behaviour
- alert member of local events
The Listserv and the LCA cannot take responsibility for issues arising between members of the listserv - including issues related to buying and selling items.
The list may be used for discussions relevant to community interests:
- to organize neighborhood events, comment on local issues, etc.
Discussions can spark interesting and constructive conversations, and may also elicit strong reactions.
Please remain civil
Take your discussions off-list among interested parties rather than bombard all users with niche messages.
The "reply-all" function
Use it sparingly - “unless your response will be valuable to everyone
Most replies should by directly to the poster.
Practice vigilance, but also forgiveness.
We all will accidentally hit Reply-all, probably more than once.
List etiquette
Use subject lines wisely - A clear statement of purpose such as
Looking for, Selling a, Sold, Gone, etc.
If it's a long message, say so up front.
No posting commercial ads, personal marketing, self-promotion and similar spam.
Exceptions include: local children & young people offering babysitting or lawn-care services, etc.; non-profit fundraising pop-ups; notices of community events, etc.
Please do not post for friends - the Listserv is not a Kijiji platform - if people live in the local area they can join this or other local listservs and participate in this community service.
Make it easy to reply off-list:
include your name, email address and any other relevant contact info
in the body of your message.
Minimize messages and message sizes:
even if you're selling the entire contents of your house, send a single message with a list of items.
Consider creating a Dropbox or similar place to direct interested parties rather than attaching many large photos.
Share information succinctly
If you are collecting recommendations for a profession or service other users may want the same info.
Consider summarizing your findings concisely in a message to the list.
If you want to alert neighbors of attempted break-ins, etc.,
Be careful about sharing sensitive details.
Report any theft, attempted theft or property damage to
the police non-emergency line ( 613) 236-1222.
Some principles to consider:
First - when a serious incident arises - Please contact the police and share what evidence has been gathered with them.
Second - only after reporting to police and/or other relevant services and based on their advice - share relevant photos.
Third - limit the re-sharing (reply-all) between listservs, and each other unless it is new information. Do not add 'accelerants' or inflammatory opinions or comments.
The listserv - like our society - is a work-in-progress - an evolving commons. We all learn about it as we use it. Exercise common sense and common courtesy.
You're going to encounter messages and views you don't care about or care passionately about.
Remember deleting is a 21st century skill.
Members who breach the guidelines may have their posts moderated.
The Lindenlea Listserv managers reserve the right to determine who can join, and when it deems appropriate, the right to remove members from the Listserv for engaging in abusive interactions or Hate speech or repeated inappropriate, incendiary or inflammatory comments and interactions.