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APA Division List Administrator Responsibilities

  1. List Administrator shall maintain or appoint experienced administrators to manage the lists, which includes but is not limited to, adding and removing subscribers, responding to inquiries related to the list, and responsibility for all training of administrators in the performance of their duties.
  2. List Administrator will be responsible for maintaining archival of list content/data. Old list archives may be removed by the provider to maintain the Listserv server’s functionality.
  3. List Administrator agrees that Provider has no control over or responsibility regarding the content of any transmissions. List Administrator agrees to comply with, and will require that all subscribers to the list comply with, all applicable U.S. law with regard to the transmission of technical data domestically and internationally through the Internet services supplied by Provider. List Administrator further agrees, and will require that all subscribers to the list agree, not to use the Internet connection for illegal purposes, including but not limited to, defamation, violation of intellectual property laws, violation of antitrust or unfair competition laws or violation of criminal laws, or to interfere with or disrupt other network users, network services, or network equipment. Interference or disruptions include, but are not limited to, distribution of unsolicited advertising or chain letters, any commercial use (“Commercial” as used for purposes of evaluating Listserv messages means communications whose primary purpose is to advance the business or financial interests of any person or entity, or otherwise to promote a financial transaction for the benefit of the author directly or indirectly. Examples of prohibited communications include advertisements for products or services, notices regarding rental of office space, or direct solicitations of Listserv members to purchase products or services.

    Examples of messages that may be of financial benefit to Listserv members but are not prohibited because they do not inure to the financial benefit of the author include news of job listings or position openings, or discussion of professionally-related products or services where the Listserv member conveying the information is not in the business of selling the products or services. Announcements that provide useful professional information to List members but may also have some incidental commercial benefit to the sender (e.g. an author who is a list member merely advising the List of publication of a professional book) typically would not be “commercial” for purposes of this restriction.), propagation of computer worms and viruses, and use of the network to make unauthorized entry to any other machine accessible via the network.

    Violations of the foregoing by list administrator or subscribers to the list may result in immediate termination of all services by Provider. Provider and List Administrator agree that subscribers will be informed by the ** Default welcome message ** of the aforementioned requirements when they subscribe to the list and that subscriber agreement will be signified by their agreement to subscribe to the list.
  4. Provider reserves the right to review and approve, prior to implementation, any reference to the Provider in the welcome message.
  5. List Administrator is REQUIRED to notify the Provider when he/she discontinues their duties as List Administrator. The Provider reserves the right to inactivate lists when the List Administrator does not respond to inquiries, instructions, contacts or other communications from Provider regarding the list for a period of twenty-one calendar days. The Provider reserves the right to inactivate and/or delete lists that have been inactive for six months.
  6. The APA strives to obtain the highest list subscriber satisfaction for lists that are hosted on APA systems. Based on feedback from list subscribers, all new forum lists are required to be moderated initially. Among other things this allows the administrator to remove subscribers who have been added to the list without their permission without messages going to everyone on the list. Based on our experience, bulk additions to Lists whereby subscribers are added to a list without their knowledge are frequently not well-received and result in many requests for removal from the list. Accordingly, we REQUIRE that potential list members should give their consent BEFORE being added to any APA hosted Listserv list. The List Administrator can send a separate message notifying potential subscribers of the existence of the new list with instructions to join. Those potential members can then choose whether or not to join.
  7. List Administrator agrees to allow Provider to be a subscriber to the list.
  8. List Administrator agrees to be a subscriber to the list and will monitor the use of the list for compliance with the terms of this agreement.
Date created: June 2021