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NCISS Member Listserv – ncissmembers@nciss.org

Your NCISS Member Listserv has a new address - ncissmembers@nciss.org (see the start of this guide for details)
You cannot change any forums (listservs) you are assigned to. You can edit your preferences the listservs. To receive
important updates from NCISS, including the Executive Director, President, Board, and other members – it is important to
stay subscribed to the listserv and use your Delete key instead of unsubscribing.

Important Listserv Rules (please refer to the full rules posted on the website)
The following are from the NCISS Listserv rules, established by the Board.

The primary purpose of NCISS News Listserv is to allow the NCISS Administration and the elected leaders of NCISS to
communicate to NCISS members and keep NCISS members abreast of legal and legislative happenings that affect them.
A secondary purpose is for the exchange of referral work and information helpful to working assignments, acquiring
equipment, or expert assistance. NCISS News is not a chat room. Communications which do not conform with these
purposes are prohibited and may result in your removal from the Listserv.

Information regarding NCISS, NCISS-related matters or policies, or NCISS in general, must be sent to the Executive
Director who will forward the information to the President, Chairman of the Board or the proper committee chair.
Information or postings regarding legislative issues must first be sent to the Legislative Chair. If appropriate, the
information will be posted for the general membership.

Prohibited Practices
• Requests for unlawful or “questionable” services. These are defined as: Information about a person or entity that
cannot, in all probability, be accomplished in compliance with all of the laws applicable to that activity. Examples
include, but are not limited to, personal information that is contained in telephone, medical, social security, tax,
and/or financial records including banks and credit card providers, or information that requires a release from the
owner of the information.
• Advertising your business or services.
• Use of Attachments and messages sent in HTML Text.
• Use of inflammatory or derogatory language.
• Using the Listserv to address disputes with a member, a non-member, or NCISS.
• Do not distribute any message without permission from the author. This includes forwarding messages via E-Mail or
distribution in a printed format.
• Dissemination of messages from, or on behalf of those that have been removed from the Listserv
• Postings must be by members only, not staff.
• Fee or rates may not be published.

Asking for help or information
When posting a request for assistance or information, always request that replies be
e-mailed privately and not to the Listserv. Unless you are President of NCISS, do not send season greetings, or similar
messages to the membership via NCISS News. All such messages should be sent to members individually. Commentary
concerning articles or prior messages should only be made if you have additional information to provide on the subject.
Such commentary should not contain opinions or derogatory innuendo which could be considered libelous.

Practices For Posting
Every message should contain the nature of the message in the subject area. For example:
Subpoena Service in Poughkeepsie.” “Need Sub-rosa Investigator Peoria, Illinois.”

All posts require a signature block identifying the posting member and contact information.

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