Land working group Announce

Land Surface Working Group
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Hi,

This is to inform you that we have decided to replace the existing CABLE mailing list with a mailing list based on the ACCESS-Hive forum.

The ACCESS-Hive forum is already used regularly by the community to share information, making it an appropriate tool to use for the mailing list. Moving to a mailing list within the ACCESS-Hive forum allows users to receive information via email while making the information public. Newcomers to the CABLE community will be able to access existing information more easily. It also solves issues where some users did not receive the mailing list emails because of their spam filters.

For a swift transition, please follow the instructions below to join the new mailing list within the next 2 weeks. Joining is very straightforward and will ensure the new mailing list meets the purpose of reaching the CABLE community promptly.

Below, we explain how to join the new mailing list and how to use it. We also give some information on how the mailing list works and some restrictions and limitations in its use.

How to join

  1. Sign up and/or log in to the ACCESS-Hive forum

  2. Join the CABLE user group

You’re all set!

How to post to the mailing list

Requirement: You need to be part of the CABLE user group, following the above instructions, to post to the mailing list.

  1. Create a topic in any category on the forum

  2. Add the tag: cable-watch

Other members of the CABLE user group will receive an email about the topic.

Adding the tag cable-watch to an existing topic will send an email to the CABLE group as well.

What to expect

  • Anyone with an account on the forum can join the CABLE user group. We vet any new sign-in to the forum from non-Australian institution emails, thus reducing the risk of spam and phishing emails.

  • All members of the CABLE user group will receive an email for the first post only of every topic created with the cable-watch tag.

  • A reply to an email received via the CABLE user group will not be sent to the whole CABLE user group. Only previous participants in the discussion will be notified (plus any forum user you may mention in your reply).

  • To be notified of all replies to a topic received from the mailing list, you need to watch the topic.

  • Only members of the CABLE user group can use the cable-watch tag. If someone wants to send information to the group, they will need to join the group or ask someone from the group to write the topic. The group’s members list is public.

  • You cannot @mention the CABLE user group or send private messages to the group. The only way to send information to the group is via the cable-watch tag, as explained above.

  • There is no moderation on the content shared via this mailing list. The current mailing list did not have moderation on content shared by the users either. As such, it is not expected to create large volumes of unwanted emails, but please let me know of any issues with the emails received from the group.