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WELCOME TO THE WOMEN'S BAR LEADERS Listserve. The purpose of the listserve is facilitate national - even international - exchanges among women's bar leaders.

MESSAGES TO THE LISTSERVE should be addressed to:

wombarlead@egroups.com

The message will then be automatically sent to all members of the listserve. You MUST send messages to the listserve FROM THE EMAIL ADDRESS AT WHICH YOU WERE SUBSCRIBED (the email address where you're receiving this welcome message). Otherwise, your message will be "bounced" to the list managers and it may take some time before it's sent to the entire list.

The listserve is operated as a free service by the National Conference of Women's Bar Associations.

What follows are the guidelines for posting messages to the listserve. PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES CAREFULLY. You may want to save or print out this message for future reference.

All inquiries about the listserve should be addressed to the primary list manager, Kathleen (Kate) Waits, Professor, University of Tulsa College of Law, at:<wombarlead-owner@egroups.com> Contact Kate about unsubscribing, changes of email address, and suggestions for people who should be invited to join the list

Please feel free to pass along information about the listserve to other women's bar leaders who might be interested in joining. Please note, however, that we require prospective list members to send an introductory message to Kate Waits <wombarlead-owner@egroups.com> BRIEFLY identifying themselves and their interest in or experience with Women's Bar Associations. This is done to avoid subscribing disruptive "lurkers" who do not support the mission of Women's Bar Associations.

We want to encourage full and open discussion of relevant topics, and will make every effort to limit subscribers to appropriate individuals. However, like all listserves, we cannot absolutely guarantee the security of the list. Therefore, when discussing sensitive topics, you may want to think about limiting identifying information.

GUIDELINES FOR WOMEN'S BAR LEADERS LISTSERVE MESSAGES

Too much traffic will defeat the purpose of the listserve, since many people will simply unsubscribe rather than deal with too many messages. PLEASE USE YOUR JUDGMENT in posting messages to the list. If in doubt, PLEASE CONTACT THE LIST MANAGER at wombarlead-owner@egroups.com for her opinion about the appropriateness of a particular message.

The following types of messages are APPROPRIATE for the Women's Bar Leaders listserve:

1) Requests seeking referrals TO ANOTHER ATTORNEY (NOT seeking referrals for the person posting the message or her firm). Example: "We're looking for a worker's comp lawyer in Seattle. Any suggestions?"

2) Requests seeking suggested participants/nominees for programs and organizations that would spotlight or honor the person suggested. Examples: (1) "I'm looking for a family lawyer who's an expert on domestic violence for a CLE in Des Moines, Iowa, in July. Can pay expenses but no honorarium. Any suggestions?" (2) "My state bar claims that there are no women officers in the Intellectual Property Section because there aren't any women interested and available. Any suggestions?" (3) "We want to honor a woman judge who's made a difference in women's lives. Suggestions?"

3) Informational announcements DIRECTLY AND SPECIFICALLY RELATED to women lawyers and women's bar leaders and members. Examples: CLE's, books and other publications, meetings, web sites.

4) Questions and information about Women's Bar Associations. Examples: Sharing stories about successful programs that your Women's Bar has conducted; asking questions about other's experiences with certain programs and/or problems.

5) Political and similar announcements DIRECTLY AND SPECIFICALLY RELATED to women lawyers and women's bar leaders and members. This is a VERY LIMITED category, limited to matters such as judicial appointments of women. It SHOULD NOT include more general political announcements, even those that concern women's issues such as breast cancer, domestic violence, reproductive choice, etc.

The following types of messages are NOT APPROPRIATE for the Women's Bar Leaders listserve:

1) Marketing by list members. DO NOT send announcements about opening of new offices or changes to a new firm, or indicating your availability for certain types of work.

2) General political announcements or petitions - INCLUDING those concerning general women's issues.

3) General CLE, lawyer-related or bar-related information.

4) Any other message not directly related to women lawyers and women's bar associations. This category includes: jokes (even funny ones); warnings re internet scams or viruses, etc.

5) Any kind of "flaming" or personal attacks. Any disagreement other people on the list should be respectful and non-personal.

The list managers reserve the right to exclude people from the list for failure to comply with these guidelines. (But we are nice and reasonable people.) In addition, the list managers reserve the right to change these guidelines as we gain experience with the list.

THESE GUIDELINES ARE NOT INTENDED TO SCARE YOU OFF OR TO KEEP YOU FROM POSTING VALUABLE INFORMATION. Rather, experience with other listserves suggests that establishing guidelines at the beginning helps the list to run more smoothly and effectively.

For your information, the primary list manager is Kathleen (Kate) Waits, Associate Professor, University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Board Member, National Conference of Women's Bar Associations; Member, Tulsa Women's Lawyer Association. Kate is assisted by Diane Rynerson, Executive Director, National Conference of Women's Bar Associations, Portland, Oregon.