APPAconnect: APPA’s Members-Only Listserv

Welcome to APPAconnect, APPA’s members-only listserv—an exclusive, member-only platform that empowers facilities professionals to network with peers, discuss challenges and solutions, explore best practices, and get quick answers to pressing questions related to your day-to-day work.

You must be a current APPA member to participate. Learn more about membership.

How It Works

Once you join the list, you send an email to the group at [email protected], and every member of the list will receive it and be able to respond. When you reply to an email, you can choose to send your message to the entire group or only to the individual. You can remove yourself from the list at any time.

NOTE: While you don’t have to create an account with Gaggle to join the listserv, doing so will allow you to set, change, and access your settings (such as receiving notifications once a week or as they are posted, searching and reading the archives, and attaching and sharing files).

Instructions to Join

• Click on the Join APPAconnect button below.
  
• Join the group by filling out your name and email address (look for an email from Gaggle to verify your access to the listserv.)
  
• You will also have the option to create an account with Gaggle to access additional features and settings in the listserv. You do not have to create a Gaggle account to be on the listserv. However, to do so, simply click on the “create an account” link during the process of joining the list.
  

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start: Members Guide

Change Your Settings

You can change the email address where you receive these messages or unsubscribe under Member Settings.

Any Questions?

If you aren’t sure why you’ve been invited, or if you have any questions about how the listserv works, contact the list administrator at [email protected].

Personal Conduct

By joining and using this group, you agree that you have read and will follow these guidelines.

• Respect others. Focus on the messages’ content and not on the people making them. Extend the benefit of the doubt to others. All questions have value!
• Don’t post commercial messages, and no spamming! APPA reserves the right to remove such messages and potentially ban those who post them.
• Use caution when discussing specific organizations and their programs, products, or services. Information shared through these emails is available for all users to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.
• Language and materials that are defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything that you would not want others to see.
• Respect intellectual property. Post content that you have personally created or have permission to use and promote. Provide proper attribution to other content creators.

Protocol & Administration

Respect the purpose of the group. Share successes, challenges, constructive feedback, questions, and goals. If you’ve found a practice, product, or service helpful, share your experience with the group in a respectful way.

• Use the subject line to state your topic concisely and clearly. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.
• Send messages such as “thanks for the information” to individuals, not to the entire list. Do this by using the “Reply to Sender” link in every message.
• Do not send administrative messages, such as “remove me from the list,” to the group. Instead click the “unsubscribe” button located in the footer of each message.
• If you are changing email addresses, you do not need to remove yourself from the list and rejoin under your new email address. Simply change your address under your profile.

Disclaimers

As facilitator of this discussion group, APPA is not responsible for any opinions or information that is shared, nor can it guarantee the accuracy or reliability of any of the information found therein. The views expressed are those of the individual contributors and not of APPA.

As users of this discussion group, you are asked to vet and moderate each other. You can contact [email protected] with any concerns or complaints resulting from a post that you deem inappropriate, misleading, inaccurate, or abusive in any manner—personal or professional. APPA retains the right to remove any member or group, for any reason at any time.