LAShuls Posting Policy

Our primary goal as moderators is to run LAShuls fairly and efficiently and ensure that it continues to be a useful and beneficial tool for our community.  Detailed below are the most relevant rules that we ask our members to follow.  These rules do not – and cannot – address every circumstance, and we are often required to make judgment calls, both in the application of the rules and when new situations arise.  Therefore, we must reserve the right to use our discretion when deciding which posts are appropriate and acceptable.  In order to ensure the smooth and proper functioning of the list, we reserve the right to reject, delete or edit any message at any time.  
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1.       Brevity: Be brief. 
2.       Signature: Sign your full name to every post. 
3.       Subject Line: Use a brief subject line that summarizes the content of your post.  Readers should be able to decide whether your email is relevant to them based on the subject line alone.
4.       No All-Caps: Do not use ALL-CAPS in the subject line or body of your email.
5.       Age Minimum: Children under 13 may not post, even if using an adult's email account.
6.       Repeat Posts: You may not repeat the same (or substantially similar) post until one week has passed, with the following exceptions:      
​Community-wide or local shul and yeshiva events can be reposted after 2 weeks.       
Shul bulletins can be sent weekly.
7.       Feedback Requests: You may request relevant first-hand feedback on our members’ experiences with businesses, professionals, etc., but you may not request negative feedback (e.g., “Seeking feedback, whether good or bad…” is not allowed).
8.       Price: If you are selling something, you must include a price (“best offer” is not allowed unless you state a specific price and include “or best offer below that amount”).  If you are giving the item away, please state that explicitly.
9.   Views, News & Politics: We do not allow posts containing opinions, news, political issues, petitions or surveys.  We make occasional exceptions for issues affecting Israel or our community generally.
10.   Geographic Scope for Community Events: Posts regarding community events outside Los Angeles will only be allowed if they are likely to get significant attendance from the LA area. 
11.   Home Sales: You may advertise sales of homes (including open houses) in the Greater Los Angeles area, subject to Rule # 6.  These can be posted by the broker or owner, but not both.  If the seller is represented by a broker, then only the agent is allowed to post the property.
12.   Real Estate Brokers: Real estate brokers may post a consolidated listing of properties once per week.  Any properties included in these listings cannot also be posted individually (under Rule # 11).
13.   Vacation Rentals: Short-term vacation rentals posted by the owner (e.g., for LA, Jerusalem and other frequented locations), is allowed pursuant to Rule #6.  The price must be included in your post.
14.   Business Ads: Ads for businesses are not allowed unless they fit into one of the following exceptions:        
a.       Teenagers offering services such as babysitting, tutoring or sukkah-building services (or similar services), or seeking summer & vacation employment       
b.      Housekeepers, babysitters (and babysitter to share) and home health aides seeking employment in LA.       
c.       Garage sales       
d.      Shul and School events and boutiques      
 e.      Change of address or notice of an opening of a new business in town.  This applies to storefront and home businesses.
f.        Posts seeking full-time employment if posted by the person looking for the employment       
g.       Posts by businesses for job openings are allowed, but you should limit your description of the business so it doesn’t also act as an ad for the business.      
h.      Recruiters may post job openings, but not more often than once a week (so all positions must be consolidated into that one email), and the email must clearly indicate that they are a recruiter.
​i. Camps, playgroups and school open houses may be advertised, subject to Rule #6.
15.   Tickets to Events:         
a.       You may not sell tickets as part of a business.  You may, however, offer for sale small quantities of privately-held tickets.  Repeat posts for the same tickets are subject to Rule # 6.         
b.      Your email must clearly state the asking price and the face value (including any Ticketmaster-type fees you incurred).  Asking price may not exceed face value plus those fees.
16.   Bus, Train & Airline Tickets; Parking Passes; Rewards Points: None of the following may be offered for sale or trade, even below face value: (i) bus/train/airline tickets, (ii) parking passes, and (iii) frequent flyer and rewards points.
17.   Software: Selling or borrowing of software (whether new or used) is not allowed. 
18.   Harvesting Email Addresses: Harvesting of member email addresses is forbidden for any purpose.  Violation of this rule may lead to forfeit of the offender’s membership.