GWLIP Google Group Guidelines
Welcome to the Google Group, Guelph-Wellington Immigration and Newcomer News and Events List, administered
and maintained by the Guelph-Wellington Local Immigration Partnership!
If you have any questions or concerns about this list and/or your membership, please contact Alex Goss,
alex.goss@guelph.ca, or Serena Tene, serena.tene@guelph.ca.
List email address: gw_immigration_newcomer_list@googlegroups.com
List URL: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/gw_immigration_newcomer_list
To unsubscribe: gw_immigration_newcomer_list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
NOTE: If you have a Google account (which you can create with any email address), you can manage your own settings
for this list: set your display name, opt to receive combined updates or daily summaries (digests), unsubscribe, or to
suspend receipt of emails (e.g., if you are going away for a particular time period).
What is this list and who is it intended for?
This initiative of the Guelph-Wellington Local Immigration Partnership aims to increase awareness within the
community about immigration and newcomers. The GWLIP list is intended for service providers, newcomers and
immigrants, and any other persons interested in news about current immigration and settlement issues, policy changes,
research and data, and events/workshops relevant to newcomers to Guelph-Wellington.
Thank you for respecting the guidelines that follow; doing so will help keep the list a vital and effective forum for
information exchange and discussion.
Keep in mind that the list webpage is open to the public and all posts can be read by anyone, though only members can
post.
List core values
The GWLIP will ensure that this list is free of racism, discrimination, and oppression, and that all individuals are treated
with respect and dignity. When postings lead to discussion, members are expected to interact respectfully. Messages
which are deemed discriminatory, oppressive, offensive, or markedly disrespectful by the GWLIP or other members may
be deleted and/or result in the sender being removed from the list.
Members of the GWLIP who are also members of the list are reminded to comply with the Communications Protocol
and to connect with GWLIP staffs or co-chairs before speaking publicly on behalf of the GWLIP.
Content guidelines
Users of the list are asked to follow the following guidelines when posting messages. Contact the GWLIP before posting
if you have doubts about the nature of your content.
 Messages must be directly related to issues, news, policies, data, and events related to immigration and
settlement, or relevant to newcomers to Canada and Guelph Wellington.
 Messages should be of interest and relevant to the Guelph Wellington community, although messages can be
national- or provincial-scale if they are related to issues and policies that are likely to have an impact on Guelph
Wellington.
 Job ads are permitted if the job is directly related to immigration and settlement.
 Promotional advertisements/materials for commercial purposes (for-profit, business) are not permitted (e.g.,
private language tutoring).
Confidentiality
 Members may not forward someone else’s email without their permission, unless it is clearly a public
announcement or the sender has requested that the message be forwarded.
 Members may not publish confidential information from the list.
Discussion
 While discussion on the list is encouraged, pursuing a particular thread over many messages is not likely to
interest all list members. If you wish to keep a dialogue going on a specific topic, follow up directly with the list
members who have shown interest in the debate.
 The list is open, including to representatives of government bodies and the media. If a discussion is likely to
become sensitive, or requires privacy and guaranteed confidentiality, then interested members should follow up
with each other outside of the list. Note that email lists can never guarantee full privacy or confidentiality.
Reminder Emails
 The GWLIP will send a monthly message to the list reminding members of guidelines and expectations.
Intervention Protocol
 If a message is deemed inappropriate by GWLIP staffs, the sender will be contacted and reminded of the nonoppressive nature of the list, and the GWLIP reserves the right to delete the post. A reminder of list protocol
will also be sent to the whole list.
 The GWLIP reserves the right to remove an individual from the list if the member has deliberately attempted
to incite hate or cause harm. The GWLIP is committed to providing a transparent rationale for removal
decisions. The individual can request to be re-added upon commitment to honouring the anti-racist, antioppressive, and anti-discriminatory nature of the list.
 If another member feels that a message is inappropriate, or that he/she has been treated with disrespect, the
member may submit a complaint to the GWLIP. The GWLIP will review the complaint and take appropriate
action if necessary.
 If a discussion on the list gets too lengthy or hostile in tone, the GWLIP reserves the right to moderate the list
and may prevent further messages on the thread/topic from going to the list. Members will be advised to
continue their discussion outside of the list.
 GWLIP reserves the right to adapt these policies and procedures and/or the nature of the liste at any time.
January 2015