As we begin the 2008-09 school year, we wanted to send out some information about our digest system and remind everyone how to use the digests.  We all know how full the digests can get, and we hope that by providing this information, everyone will follow the guidelines so the digests will be more relevant and readable; better digests make the campus more informed about announcements and events.

When posting, please consider the target audience and content of your message, and post it to the appropriate digest according to the following guidelines:

* EVENTS-L (3,202 subscribers)
Everyone with a CC account is automatically subscribed to the Events Digest (Faculty, Staff, and Students).  If you need to get word out to the whole campus, this is the digest to use.  This digest was new as of last year, and is intended to compile campus-wide announcements into one place, rather than replicating them across all three other digests.  Instead of cross-posting to FACULTY-L, STAFF-L, and STUDENT-L, you should post college-wide announcements or events only to EVENTS-L.

* FACULTY-L (380 subscribers)
All faculty are subscribed to this list, and posts should be limited to announcements which affect CC faculty.  Events should not be posted here (unless they apply only to faculty), but rather to the EVENTS-L Digest.

* STAFF-L (792 subscribers)
All non-faculty employees are subscribed to this list, and posts should be limited to announcements which affect CC non-faculty employees. Events should not be posted here (unless they apply only to staff), but rather to the EVENTS-L Digest.

* STUDENT-L (2,373 subscribers)
All students are subscribed to this list, and posts should be limited to announcements which affect CC students. Events should not be posted here (unless they apply only to students), but rather to the EVENTS-L Digest.

* SALES-L (329 subscribers)
This digest is intended as a place to consolidate all items for sale so that they do not get sent to the other digests.  Subscription is optional – if you don’t receive it now, you may subscribe by going to the listserv page (http://listserv1.coloradocollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe) or by contacting the Help Desk (x6449, HelpDesk@ColoradoCollege.edu).

A few tips about posting to the digests:

* You must post to the digests using the web form, which is linked on the Help Desk website’s home page (http://helpdesk.coloradocollege.edu).  Look in the top right corner for the “quick links” box, and then click “post to the digest” (log in with your regular CC username and password).

* Posts are listed in the order they are received throughout the day. Posts are NOT in alphabetical order, so adding a lot of special characters like !!!!! or ***** to the beginning of the post will not move it up the list; it will only make the digest more difficult to read.

* Anyone subscribed to either STAFF-L or FACULTY-L is able to post to all four primary digests.  Students must find an employee to post a message on their behalf or submit their postings to helpdesk@coloradocollege.edu including the subject, text body, organization name (or organizer’s name), and when it should be posted.  The Help Desk will only post a message for 2 days.

* You must post messages the day before you wish the item to appear in the digest, and you must do it once for each day you want it posted.  In general, it doesn’t help to post one announcement multiple days in a row – doing so merely clogs up the list with too many messages and makes it LESS likely that people will read the digest and be informed.

Let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for helping to improve this great resource for the community!