We use a group mailing list (listserver) for coordinating jam and related dance events, and a separate Google Groups mailing list for other community announcements and news. Please subscribe to the coordination list to be notified about our jams, classes, and logistical updates like venue or schedule changes - that's our main event coordination channel. Subscribing to the main list will prompt an invitation to the community list.
Both mailing lists are self-service:
For the jam coordination mailing list subscribe by visiting the DC-CI list info page↗︎ and filling out the subscription form to receive emails about the jams and classes, as well as announcements about venue changes and CI-related dance activities. Subscriptions are moderated, so you may receive an email before your subscription is activated if the administrator doesn't recognize your name, just to affirm that your interest is CI related.
Subscribing to the main list will prompt an invitation to the community list, with a link you can hit to accept the invitation.
To specifically request a community list subscription send a request to dc-ci-community+managers@googlegroups.com
Members can post to the list by sending an email to:
For the main coordination list: dc-ci@python.org
Use the the DC-CI list info page↗︎ to subscribe. For other help with the mailing list contact the DC-CI mailing list maintainer at dc-ci-owner@python.org.
For the community list: dc-ci-community@googlegroups.com
Contact the DC-CI-community mailing list maintainer at dc-ci-community+managers@googlegroups.com for subscription requests and other administrative help (but note that subscribing to the other list will prompt an invitation to the community list.
In this age of online overload it's essential to respect the purpose of each list when posting messages. Otherwise subscribers will get frustrated and some will unsubscribe, preventing us from getting the info they need to them. See below for guidelines.
dc-ci@python.org: Coordination, logistics, and questions concerning DC metro area CI and related dance practice
dc-ci-community@googlegroups.com: Announcements and news concerning the creative CI-related activities of our community members that don't belong on the other list.
For DC-CI jammers and DC-CI jamming
Postings are relevant and succinct, so jammers are happy to stay subscribed
The following will soon be revised to reflect the addition of the -community mailing list.
Please:
Use the dc-ci@python.org coordination list for announcements and questions concerning logistics of DC contact improv jams and related dance events:
Schedule and venue changes; questions, comments, suggestions concerning or pertinent to our jam; stuff lost or found at the jam.
Extended discussions should be spun off the list to concerned individuals, with conclusions of general interest posted back when they're reached.
Use the dc-ci-community@googlegroups.com for topics of interest to the local CI community.
This can include info about contact improvisation and related practices that would be of interest to our local community.
If you're announcing an event or participation opportunity, include a personal note so the list is not just a broadcast target! Personal attention is the difference between invitation and mass-marketing spam.
The community list can also include info about significant personal occasions concerning individual jammers, including life changing personal events, rooms for rent or being sought, and invitations to social gatherings.
Do not subscribe addresses harvested from jam postings to your separate lists.
You can invite them to subscribe, but the choice to participate must be theirs (like in a dance).