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:
The DC-CI coordination list↗︎: 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 coordination list will prompt an invitation to the community list. Subscribe by visiting the DC-CI list info page↗︎ and filling out the subscription form. Subscriptions are moderated, so you may receive an email asking for just a teeny bit about your interest to affirm that your joing for the sake of CI rather than spam.
The DC-CI community list↗︎ is for DC metro area CI community announcements and news. Join this list to share and keep track of CI community events besides jam coordination. To request a community list subscription send a request to dc-ci-community+managers@googlegroups.com
Members can send emails to subscribers on either list by sending an email to the respective list's email address:
For the jam coordination list send to dc-ci@python.org
For the community list send to dc-ci-community@googlegroups.com
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 them from getting the info they need. 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).