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You can add or remove yourself. To change your e-mail, please remove your old e-mail then add the new one. Also, please feel free to invite others to join!

Specific lists

Mailing lists allow various groups in the church communicate via e-mail, without having to keep track of everyone's current e-mail addresses (or to remember who all should be receiving the e-mail).

To send e-mail to a list, just type as the "To:" address "<mailinglist>@firstpressanpedro.org", where <mailinglist> is the name of the list, and it will go the appropriate people.... magic!

You can join a list if it is open , or view past discussions if list allows public access (click on the list name for more info).

List administrators, you can visit the list admin overview page to find the management interface for your list.

If you are having trouble using the lists, please contact eriklarson@firstpressanpedro.org.

Guidelines for using e-mail

from Pastor Neal
1. Email is a wonderful means of seeking or sharing information. It is less intrusive than a telephone call and much faster than the U.S. Mail. I use it to ask questions and schedule meetings. I also recommend it for sending agendas and minutes to members of session and/or commissions.
2. Email is a terrible way to express frustration or disagreement. When one uses it for this purpose, the recipient cannot see the sender's face or hear the sender's tone of voice. In the absence of these cues, it is easy to over-interpret critical remarks.
3. The great strength of email–its speed–is also its greatest weakness. When you write a traditional letter, you have to fold it, stuff it in an envelope, address it, stamp it, and carry it to the mailbox. If the contents of the letter are emotional, this process gives one time to reconsider. With email, that time is lost. The second one hits the send button, reflection is over. Moreover, one's poorly chosen words can then be forwarded to countless people throughout the town.
4. If you have issues with a single person in a group, never send your comments to the group at large. For example, let's suppose that a member of your commission repeatedly skips commission meetings. You ignore this for several months, but then you get fed up. So, you send him a scorching email and copy every member of your commission (since his behavior affected them, as well). Your hope was to change his behavior; instead, you have humiliated him with a public "spanking". The offender quits your commission, and maybe, the church, as well. Moreover, everyone who got your email is embarrassed.
5. If you hate to criticize, be particularly careful about your use of email. The most vicious emails I have ever received came from people who were very pleasant and soft-spoken face to face. But they were so hesitant to voice objections that they let their fingers fly on the Internet. Afterwards, they regretted these words for many months. If you can't express criticism in person, don't do it on email either (unless an impartial friend has edited your letter first).
6. Please be judicious in forwarding emails. The Internet is full of powerful stories and funny anecdotes, but each of us has a different understanding of what is "powerful" and "funny." Normally, I enjoy receiving clean jokes and touching stories (especially those that will "preach"), but I don't enjoy receiving political diatribes or petitions I am asked to sign. I find it embarrassing to be copied on personal letters that were primarily intended for others, and I do not enjoy receiving implicit threats (e.g., "one person didn't forward this email, then his wife died in a wreck"). Please don't let your concern at receiving these "encouraging" messages prompt you to foist them on others.

A few more thoughts on e-mail

from your webmaster
1. If you intend to send something to an official group, make sure you send it to everyone in the group at their current and appropriate e-mail address (note: the mailing lists are a great way to ensure that happens).
2. Attachments: If including text within the body of the e-mail is sufficient, this is preferable to an attachment. And avoid sending large attachments (i.e. more than 300KB), as they are slow to download and fill up people's inboxes.
3. If you are replying to an e-mail sent to a group, think carefully whether you want to "reply to sender only" or "reply to all".
4. ALL CAPS is usually understood by readers as equivalent to shouting. So before you use them, think about whether you really mean to yell...