BPA Email Lists

The three BPA mailing lists, sponsored by the Barron Park Association (BPA), serve unique needs. All the mailing lists are intended to help Barron Park residents exchange information relevant to our community. By subscribing to a list, you opt-in to the posting guidelines (see below).

Use the Subscribe buttons to subscribe to each desired list individually. After subscribing, you will receive messages sent to the list. To send a message to the list, use BPA-news@googlegroups.com, BPA-misc@googlegroups.com, or BPA-issues@googlegroups.com

List Description
Posting Guidelines
How to Reply
Non-compliance
Alternative Way to Subscribe
List Management

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List Description

The BPA maintains three mailing lists: BPA-news, BPA-misc, and BPA-issues.

BPA-news: This list is for announcements of public events and time-sensitive alerts relevant to Barron Park. BPA-news is moderated therefore your posts will not appear until approved by the moderator. Announcements should avoid bias, endorsements, and personal opinions. This list is not for discussion of issues or expressions of personal viewpoints. Typical messages include:

• public events such as city, community, organization, and political meetings.
• alerts about vandalism and other crimes.
• alerts for lost and found pets and other items.

BPA-misc: This list is for neighbor requests, recommendations, or freebies, excluding items for sale. This list is not for discussion of issues or expressions of personal viewpoints. This list is not moderated. Typical messages include:

• requests for sitters or nannies.
• house repair advice, service recommendations or requests.*
• yard sales, offers of free items.
• houses or apartments for rent by owner (but not by a realtor) in Barron Park.

* As a courtesy, we ask that responses for recommendations be collated by the requestor and sent out to the BPA-misc list for the benefit of everyone on the list.

BPA-issues: This list is for presenting point-of-view or discussions of Barron Park related issues. It may be used to discuss matters affecting the neighborhood, including matters that are being considered by the Palo Alto City Council, Palo Alto Unified School District, or City or District Commissions, Committees, or Boards. This list is not moderated.

Posting Guidelines

• Post to the appropriate list as defined in the List Descriptions section.
• Use the subject field to indicate the topic.
• Keep the discussion focused on the topic.
• Include your full name.
• Post only issues directly relevant to our community.
• Don’t use disrespectful, provocative, or inflammatory language.
• Don’t forward chain letters, jokes, hoaxes, spam and junk mail.

How to Reply

To improve the usability of our three email lists, please use Reply, not Reply All, when you respond to a BPA email message. Reply is configured appropriately for each list.

• BPA-news and BPA-misc: Reply sends your message to the sender.
• BPA-issues: This list is meant for discussion, so Reply is configured to automatically send your message to everyone on the list.

Non-compliance

Non-compliance will be addressed in private messages from the List Manager. Repeated non-compliance may lead to removal from the list.

Alternative Way to Subscribe

You may also subscribe by sending an email message to ListName+subscribe@googlegroups.com (e.g., to bpa-misc+subscribe@googlegroups.com).

List Management

You can manage the way you receive messages through Google Groups. For example, you can choose whether to receive messages individually or combined or summarized. You can find more information about Google Groups on the internet.

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