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sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed
its vote for creation by 171:34 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on
13 Aug 1997.

Group submission address:  sppm@cmhc.com
Moderator contact address: sppm-moderators@cmhc.com
 (Nancy Alvarado, John Grohol, Rolf Lindgren, John Price, Silke-Maria Weineck)

For your newsgroups file:
sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated	Practice of psychotherapy. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the vote result announcement:

Overview:

Sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated (hereinafter "sppm") exists as a
forum for the discussion of psychotherapy.  Anyone with an interest in
such discussion is welcome.  This would include practitioners of all
types (psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage/family counselors, social
workers, etc.), students of therapy, and therapy clientele.

Appropriate and Inappropriate Posts:

Some examples of topics appropriate for discussion in sppm include (but
are not limited to) the following:

- a particular type of psychotherapy (e.g., cognitive-behavioral,
psychodynamic), or a comparison between two types.  There will be no
restrictions on the types of therapeutic modalities that are
appropriate for discussion -- save for treatments that seem to have no
obvious connection to psychology (e.g., palm-reading, crystals).  The
latter will not be accepted, unless a clear, plausible connection to
psychology is made.

- a particular psychological disorder (e.g., depression, eating
disorder)

- a particular psychological theory (e.g., object relations theory,
learning theory), as it relates to the material of therapy

- research relevant to psychotherapy

- psychopharmacological (drug) or other biological treatments, as they
relate to psychotherapy

- diagnostic issues

- therapist training and supervision

- ethical issues faced by therapists

- trends in practice (e.g., emerging or alternative modalities)

- the relationship between psychotherapy and other fields of inquiry
such as philosophy or religion (as long as the discussion remains
focused on psychotherapy)

- career issues (e.g., establishing a private practice, coping with
managed care)

- business related directly to psychotherapy (e.g., employment
opportunities, equipment for sale)

- case studies (if and only if client anonymity is ensured)

- announcements and reports of meetings, conferences, and newsletters,
including those put out by self-help organizations (please consider
posting or cross-posting these to sci.psychology.announce, however)

- requests for information about a specific problem.  However, those
looking for exchanges characteristic of a support group should seek out
an actual support group, as sppm was not designed to serve that
function.

The following are inappropriate for sppm, and posts containing them will
be rejected:

- personal attacks, including allegations of professional misconduct
(the latter should be brought to the attention of the appropriate
authorities)

- discussions which wander far from the topic of psychotherapy
(including spam)

- cross-posting to groups outside of the psychology topic area, unless
the reason for crossposting is evident (e.g., cross-posting to a sci.med
group when drug therapy is being discussed).  Responses may be made to
the same groups or a subset thereof without further justification.

- gross violations of netiquette.  These may include, for example,
excessive repetition -- defined as more than 90% quoted material, or
posting more frequently than once per month an article with more than
90% unchanged text (moderators may change these value in the future, if
they find them to be unsatisfactory) -- or chronic misattribution of
quoted text.

Relevant Addresses:

Submissions: sppm@cmhc.com.  Articles posted to the newsgroup will be
automatically routed to this address.

Administrative/rejection appeals: sppm-moderators@cmhc.com

Ombudsman/complaints: sppm-complaints@cmhc.com

Overview of Moderation:

Moderation will be designed to uphold the charter.  It will be carried
out by a panel of moderators, in concert with a bot.

Articles submitted to sppm will first be screened by the bot, and then,
if necessary, passed on to a randomly selected moderator.  In order to
facilitate rapid posting, reduce moderator workload, and minimize
moderator intrusion, individuals who are able to meet charter guidelines
in a reliable fashion will be placed on a "green list."  This green list
will be supplied to the bot, which will automatically (without moderator
review) post articles by individuals on the list.

The bot will take one of two actions:  1) post the article to sppm, or
2) pass the article to a moderator.  Posts from authors on the green
list will be automatically posted to sppm, without further review.
Posts from authors not on the green list will be passed to a human
moderator.  The bot will send an e-mail notification to each author
(with a valid e-mail address) whose post is routed to a moderator.

The Green List:

It should be noted that, when one is not on the green list, this does
not mean one is prevented from posting to sppm; it merely means that
one's submissions are reviewed by a moderator.  It should also be noted
that the implementation of the green list may be delayed a while beyond
the CFV approval date, as the bot is still being designed.

At the inception of sppm, the moderators will compile the green list.
Afterwards, new sppm posters will be added to the green list if they
meet two criteria: 1) they have posted at least three acceptable
articles to sppm, without a rejection, and 2) someone advances their
name to the moderators for consideration (anyone may do this, including
the moderators, the ombudsman, or the person him/herself, and the
process may become automated in the future).  This initial
green-lighting will occur automatically for any poster who meets
these criteria.

If an individual on the green list posts an article which violates the
charter, that person may be given a warning, provided that at least four
of the five moderators agree that a violation has occurred.  If, within
a period of a month, that same individual again violates the charter,
he or she may be removed from the green list, provided that at
least four of the five moderators agree that the post in question is a
violation.  Any person may call to the moderators' attention an
objectionable post.

After being removed from the green list, a person is eligible for
reinstatement to the green list after two months of uniformly acceptable
posts.  In addition, a minimum of three articles must have been
submitted since the date of removal from the green list before one is
eligible for reinstatement.  Again, any person, including the individual
in question, may submit the eligible person to the moderators for this
consideration, and a simple majority vote will restore him/her to the
list.

Acceptance and Rejection of Posts:

When the bot routes a post to a randomly selected moderator, that
moderator will approve or reject that post.  In no case will he or she
edit any part of the post, including the newsgroup line.  All rejected
posts, including cross-posted ones, will be returned to their authors
intact (assuming that author has a valid e-mail address).  A brief
explanation of the rejection will accompany the article.  The author
may then revise and resubmit the article, appeal the rejection, or
submit the article to another forum (e.g., spp).

If you wish to appeal the rejection of a post, please write to:
sppm-moderators@cmhc.com.  One may also contact any individual moderator
or the ombudsman (see below for addresses).  When an article is
appealed, it is sent to all of the moderators.  If at least one of the
moderators believe that the article is acceptable, then the article
shall be posted.  Thus, unanimity will be required to sustain a
rejection.  This should ensure a loose moderation style where minority
interests are protected.

Ombudsman:

The ombudsman provides a means by which sppm readers can give feedback
about the performance of moderators and oust one if necessary.  The
ombudsman's primary duty will be to receive complaints (or praise) about
the moderators' performance and to communicate with the moderators about
this.  Comments and complaints about the moderators may be sent to the
ombudsman at sppm-complaints@cmhc.com.  On a monthly basis, the
ombudsman will post to sppm a summary of feedback received.  If you
would like your feedback to remain confidential, please let the
ombudsman know this; your request will be honored.

Election of Moderators and Ombudsman:

The current moderators and ombudsman have been elected by readers of
spp.  One year after the inception of sppm, a second election of
moderators and ombudsman will take place.  Thereafter, these elections
will occur every two years.

Elections will proceed as follows.  A voting committee will be created,
composed of the ombudsman and two other individuals selected by the
moderators.  These individuals will not be among the moderators
currently serving.  This voting committee will oversee moderator and
ombudsman elections, which will be held simultaneously.

The election process will begin with a three-week voter registration
period.  Sppm readers who would like to vote in the upcoming election
will be asked to send a simple e-mail to a bot.  During the same
three-week period, sppm members will also be asked to send their
nominations for moderator and/or ombudsman to the voting committee.

After this registration/nomination period, the voting committee will
promptly contact the nominees, and then post a list of those who
accepted nomination.  After this, two weeks will be set aside for
moderator and ombudsman campaigning (at all other times, such posts
will be considered off-topic).

After these two weeks have passed, the voting committee will post
moderator and ombudsman ballots, together with voting instructions.
Only those who have registered will be eligible to vote.  The voting
period will last two weeks.  Each voter will be allocated five votes
to distribute among the candidates as he or she sees fit, with no
fractional votes allowed.  Votes will be sent by e-mail to an ad-hoc
listserve (designed to ensure accurate counting by the committee).
The committee will collect and count the votes, and then post final
voting results.  Registration, ballot, and nomination announcements
will be repeated at approximately one-week intervals.  All
election-related material should be posted only to sppm.

Replacement/Removal of Moderators and Ombudsman:

The ombudsman or a moderator may occasionally wish to leave office
before his/her term is up.  He/she may also be removed by the procedures
described below.  If either of these circumstances occur, the vacant
seat will be filled by a vote among the remaining moderators and
ombudsman.

If complaints against a moderator are substantial, it may become
necessary to remove that moderator from office.  Sppm members can
institute a recall election of any moderator by gathering 10 valid
e-mail addresses of authors who have contributed to sppm and who
believe a recall election is justified.  This "petition" should be
sent to the ombudsman, who, after confirming the validity of the
petition, will form a vote-counting committee, post a ballot, and
then post the final results.  If 75% or more of sppm voters agree
that a moderator ought to be removed, he or she will be; the ombudsman
will notify the owner of the post distribution program to remove that
moderator.  It is possible to unseat an ombudsman by a similar
procedure, although in that case the petition should be directed
to a moderator, who will assume the duties just described.  If a
moderator or ombudsman survives a recall election, no further recall
petitions of that moderator or ombudsman will be entertained for six
months.

Disclaimer:

Please be cautious about accepting any advice you might receive on sppm.
The quality of advice varies tremendously, and there is no way to verify
either the credentials or the competence of anyone posting to this
newsgroup.  Those who self-treat based upon information posted in sppm
do so at their own risk.  Moderators are not responsible for any direct,
consequential, or other damages resulting from information or
misinformation posted to sppm.  Moderators do not check articles for
accuracy, nor do they guarantee or warrant the information provided on
the newsgroup for any specific purpose or use.  No warranties, expressed
or implied, are made.

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sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed
its vote for creation by 171:34 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on
13 Aug 1997.

Group submission address:  sppm@cmhc.com
Moderator contact address: sppm-moderators@cmhc.com
 (Nancy Alvarado, John Grohol, Rolf Lindgren, John Price, Silke-Maria Weineck)

For your newsgroups file:
sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated	Practice of psychotherapy. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the vote result announcement:

Overview:

Sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated (hereinafter "sppm") exists as a
forum for the discussion of psychotherapy.  Anyone with an interest in
such discussion is welcome.  This would include practitioners of all
types (psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage/family counselors, social
workers, etc.), students of therapy, and therapy clientele.

Appropriate and Inappropriate Posts:

Some examples of topics appropriate for discussion in sppm include (but
are not limited to) the following:

- a particular type of psychotherapy (e.g., cognitive-behavioral,
psychodynamic), or a comparison between two types.  There will be no
restrictions on the types of therapeutic modalities that are
appropriate for discussion -- save for treatments that seem to have no
obvious connection to psychology (e.g., palm-reading, crystals).  The
latter will not be accepted, unless a clear, plausible connection to
psychology is made.

- a particular psychological disorder (e.g., depression, eating
disorder)

- a particular psychological theory (e.g., object relations theory,
learning theory), as it relates to the material of therapy

- research relevant to psychotherapy

- psychopharmacological (drug) or other biological treatments, as they
relate to psychotherapy

- diagnostic issues

- therapist training and supervision

- ethical issues faced by therapists

- trends in practice (e.g., emerging or alternative modalities)

- the relationship between psychotherapy and other fields of inquiry
such as philosophy or religion (as long as the discussion remains
focused on psychotherapy)

- career issues (e.g., establishing a private practice, coping with
managed care)

- business related directly to psychotherapy (e.g., employment
opportunities, equipment for sale)

- case studies (if and only if client anonymity is ensured)

- announcements and reports of meetings, conferences, and newsletters,
including those put out by self-help organizations (please consider
posting or cross-posting these to sci.psychology.announce, however)

- requests for information about a specific problem.  However, those
looking for exchanges characteristic of a support group should seek out
an actual support group, as sppm was not designed to serve that
function.

The following are inappropriate for sppm, and posts containing them will
be rejected:

- personal attacks, including allegations of professional misconduct
(the latter should be brought to the attention of the appropriate
authorities)

- discussions which wander far from the topic of psychotherapy
(including spam)

- cross-posting to groups outside of the psychology topic area, unless
the reason for crossposting is evident (e.g., cross-posting to a sci.med
group when drug therapy is being discussed).  Responses may be made to
the same groups or a subset thereof without further justification.

- gross violations of netiquette.  These may include, for example,
excessive repetition -- defined as more than 90% quoted material, or
posting more frequently than once per month an article with more than
90% unchanged text (moderators may change these value in the future, if
they find them to be unsatisfactory) -- or chronic misattribution of
quoted text.

Relevant Addresses:

Submissions: sppm@cmhc.com.  Articles posted to the newsgroup will be
automatically routed to this address.

Administrative/rejection appeals: sppm-moderators@cmhc.com

Ombudsman/complaints: sppm-complaints@cmhc.com

Overview of Moderation:

Moderation will be designed to uphold the charter.  It will be carried
out by a panel of moderators, in concert with a bot.

Articles submitted to sppm will first be screened by the bot, and then,
if necessary, passed on to a randomly selected moderator.  In order to
facilitate rapid posting, reduce moderator workload, and minimize
moderator intrusion, individuals who are able to meet charter guidelines
in a reliable fashion will be placed on a "green list."  This green list
will be supplied to the bot, which will automatically (without moderator
review) post articles by individuals on the list.

The bot will take one of two actions:  1) post the article to sppm, or
2) pass the article to a moderator.  Posts from authors on the green
list will be automatically posted to sppm, without further review.
Posts from authors not on the green list will be passed to a human
moderator.  The bot will send an e-mail notification to each author
(with a valid e-mail address) whose post is routed to a moderator.

The Green List:

It should be noted that, when one is not on the green list, this does
not mean one is prevented from posting to sppm; it merely means that
one's submissions are reviewed by a moderator.  It should also be noted
that the implementation of the green list may be delayed a while beyond
the CFV approval date, as the bot is still being designed.

At the inception of sppm, the moderators will compile the green list.
Afterwards, new sppm posters will be added to the green list if they
meet two criteria: 1) they have posted at least three acceptable
articles to sppm, without a rejection, and 2) someone advances their
name to the moderators for consideration (anyone may do this, including
the moderators, the ombudsman, or the person him/herself, and the
process may become automated in the future).  This initial
green-lighting will occur automatically for any poster who meets
these criteria.

If an individual on the green list posts an article which violates the
charter, that person may be given a warning, provided that at least four
of the five moderators agree that a violation has occurred.  If, within
a period of a month, that same individual again violates the charter,
he or she may be removed from the green list, provided that at
least four of the five moderators agree that the post in question is a
violation.  Any person may call to the moderators' attention an
objectionable post.

After being removed from the green list, a person is eligible for
reinstatement to the green list after two months of uniformly acceptable
posts.  In addition, a minimum of three articles must have been
submitted since the date of removal from the green list before one is
eligible for reinstatement.  Again, any person, including the individual
in question, may submit the eligible person to the moderators for this
consideration, and a simple majority vote will restore him/her to the
list.

Acceptance and Rejection of Posts:

When the bot routes a post to a randomly selected moderator, that
moderator will approve or reject that post.  In no case will he or she
edit any part of the post, including the newsgroup line.  All rejected
posts, including cross-posted ones, will be returned to their authors
intact (assuming that author has a valid e-mail address).  A brief
explanation of the rejection will accompany the article.  The author
may then revise and resubmit the article, appeal the rejection, or
submit the article to another forum (e.g., spp).

If you wish to appeal the rejection of a post, please write to:
sppm-moderators@cmhc.com.  One may also contact any individual moderator
or the ombudsman (see below for addresses).  When an article is
appealed, it is sent to all of the moderators.  If at least one of the
moderators believe that the article is acceptable, then the article
shall be posted.  Thus, unanimity will be required to sustain a
rejection.  This should ensure a loose moderation style where minority
interests are protected.

Ombudsman:

The ombudsman provides a means by which sppm readers can give feedback
about the performance of moderators and oust one if necessary.  The
ombudsman's primary duty will be to receive complaints (or praise) about
the moderators' performance and to communicate with the moderators about
this.  Comments and complaints about the moderators may be sent to the
ombudsman at sppm-complaints@cmhc.com.  On a monthly basis, the
ombudsman will post to sppm a summary of feedback received.  If you
would like your feedback to remain confidential, please let the
ombudsman know this; your request will be honored.

Election of Moderators and Ombudsman:

The current moderators and ombudsman have been elected by readers of
spp.  One year after the inception of sppm, a second election of
moderators and ombudsman will take place.  Thereafter, these elections
will occur every two years.

Elections will proceed as follows.  A voting committee will be created,
composed of the ombudsman and two other individuals selected by the
moderators.  These individuals will not be among the moderators
currently serving.  This voting committee will oversee moderator and
ombudsman elections, which will be held simultaneously.

The election process will begin with a three-week voter registration
period.  Sppm readers who would like to vote in the upcoming election
will be asked to send a simple e-mail to a bot.  During the same
three-week period, sppm members will also be asked to send their
nominations for moderator and/or ombudsman to the voting committee.

After this registration/nomination period, the voting committee will
promptly contact the nominees, and then post a list of those who
accepted nomination.  After this, two weeks will be set aside for
moderator and ombudsman campaigning (at all other times, such posts
will be considered off-topic).

After these two weeks have passed, the voting committee will post
moderator and ombudsman ballots, together with voting instructions.
Only those who have registered will be eligible to vote.  The voting
period will last two weeks.  Each voter will be allocated five votes
to distribute among the candidates as he or she sees fit, with no
fractional votes allowed.  Votes will be sent by e-mail to an ad-hoc
listserve (designed to ensure accurate counting by the committee).
The committee will collect and count the votes, and then post final
voting results.  Registration, ballot, and nomination announcements
will be repeated at approximately one-week intervals.  All
election-related material should be posted only to sppm.

Replacement/Removal of Moderators and Ombudsman:

The ombudsman or a moderator may occasionally wish to leave office
before his/her term is up.  He/she may also be removed by the procedures
described below.  If either of these circumstances occur, the vacant
seat will be filled by a vote among the remaining moderators and
ombudsman.

If complaints against a moderator are substantial, it may become
necessary to remove that moderator from office.  Sppm members can
institute a recall election of any moderator by gathering 10 valid
e-mail addresses of authors who have contributed to sppm and who
believe a recall election is justified.  This "petition" should be
sent to the ombudsman, who, after confirming the validity of the
petition, will form a vote-counting committee, post a ballot, and
then post the final results.  If 75% or more of sppm voters agree
that a moderator ought to be removed, he or she will be; the ombudsman
will notify the owner of the post distribution program to remove that
moderator.  It is possible to unseat an ombudsman by a similar
procedure, although in that case the petition should be directed
to a moderator, who will assume the duties just described.  If a
moderator or ombudsman survives a recall election, no further recall
petitions of that moderator or ombudsman will be entertained for six
months.

Disclaimer:

Please be cautious about accepting any advice you might receive on sppm.
The quality of advice varies tremendously, and there is no way to verify
either the credentials or the competence of anyone posting to this
newsgroup.  Those who self-treat based upon information posted in sppm
do so at their own risk.  Moderators are not responsible for any direct,
consequential, or other damages resulting from information or
misinformation posted to sppm.  Moderators do not check articles for
accuracy, nor do they guarantee or warrant the information provided on
the newsgroup for any specific purpose or use.  No warranties, expressed
or implied, are made.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Wed Aug 20 07:45:07 1997
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From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
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sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed
its vote for creation by 171:34 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on
13 Aug 1997.

Group submission address:  sppm@cmhc.com
Moderator contact address: sppm-moderators@cmhc.com
 (Nancy Alvarado, John Grohol, Rolf Lindgren, John Price, Silke-Maria Weineck)

For your newsgroups file:
sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated	Practice of psychotherapy. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the vote result announcement:

Overview:

Sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated (hereinafter "sppm") exists as a
forum for the discussion of psychotherapy.  Anyone with an interest in
such discussion is welcome.  This would include practitioners of all
types (psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage/family counselors, social
workers, etc.), students of therapy, and therapy clientele.

Appropriate and Inappropriate Posts:

Some examples of topics appropriate for discussion in sppm include (but
are not limited to) the following:

- a particular type of psychotherapy (e.g., cognitive-behavioral,
psychodynamic), or a comparison between two types.  There will be no
restrictions on the types of therapeutic modalities that are
appropriate for discussion -- save for treatments that seem to have no
obvious connection to psychology (e.g., palm-reading, crystals).  The
latter will not be accepted, unless a clear, plausible connection to
psychology is made.

- a particular psychological disorder (e.g., depression, eating
disorder)

- a particular psychological theory (e.g., object relations theory,
learning theory), as it relates to the material of therapy

- research relevant to psychotherapy

- psychopharmacological (drug) or other biological treatments, as they
relate to psychotherapy

- diagnostic issues

- therapist training and supervision

- ethical issues faced by therapists

- trends in practice (e.g., emerging or alternative modalities)

- the relationship between psychotherapy and other fields of inquiry
such as philosophy or religion (as long as the discussion remains
focused on psychotherapy)

- career issues (e.g., establishing a private practice, coping with
managed care)

- business related directly to psychotherapy (e.g., employment
opportunities, equipment for sale)

- case studies (if and only if client anonymity is ensured)

- announcements and reports of meetings, conferences, and newsletters,
including those put out by self-help organizations (please consider
posting or cross-posting these to sci.psychology.announce, however)

- requests for information about a specific problem.  However, those
looking for exchanges characteristic of a support group should seek out
an actual support group, as sppm was not designed to serve that
function.

The following are inappropriate for sppm, and posts containing them will
be rejected:

- personal attacks, including allegations of professional misconduct
(the latter should be brought to the attention of the appropriate
authorities)

- discussions which wander far from the topic of psychotherapy
(including spam)

- cross-posting to groups outside of the psychology topic area, unless
the reason for crossposting is evident (e.g., cross-posting to a sci.med
group when drug therapy is being discussed).  Responses may be made to
the same groups or a subset thereof without further justification.

- gross violations of netiquette.  These may include, for example,
excessive repetition -- defined as more than 90% quoted material, or
posting more frequently than once per month an article with more than
90% unchanged text (moderators may change these value in the future, if
they find them to be unsatisfactory) -- or chronic misattribution of
quoted text.

Relevant Addresses:

Submissions: sppm@cmhc.com.  Articles posted to the newsgroup will be
automatically routed to this address.

Administrative/rejection appeals: sppm-moderators@cmhc.com

Ombudsman/complaints: sppm-complaints@cmhc.com

Overview of Moderation:

Moderation will be designed to uphold the charter.  It will be carried
out by a panel of moderators, in concert with a bot.

Articles submitted to sppm will first be screened by the bot, and then,
if necessary, passed on to a randomly selected moderator.  In order to
facilitate rapid posting, reduce moderator workload, and minimize
moderator intrusion, individuals who are able to meet charter guidelines
in a reliable fashion will be placed on a "green list."  This green list
will be supplied to the bot, which will automatically (without moderator
review) post articles by individuals on the list.

The bot will take one of two actions:  1) post the article to sppm, or
2) pass the article to a moderator.  Posts from authors on the green
list will be automatically posted to sppm, without further review.
Posts from authors not on the green list will be passed to a human
moderator.  The bot will send an e-mail notification to each author
(with a valid e-mail address) whose post is routed to a moderator.

The Green List:

It should be noted that, when one is not on the green list, this does
not mean one is prevented from posting to sppm; it merely means that
one's submissions are reviewed by a moderator.  It should also be noted
that the implementation of the green list may be delayed a while beyond
the CFV approval date, as the bot is still being designed.

At the inception of sppm, the moderators will compile the green list.
Afterwards, new sppm posters will be added to the green list if they
meet two criteria: 1) they have posted at least three acceptable
articles to sppm, without a rejection, and 2) someone advances their
name to the moderators for consideration (anyone may do this, including
the moderators, the ombudsman, or the person him/herself, and the
process may become automated in the future).  This initial
green-lighting will occur automatically for any poster who meets
these criteria.

If an individual on the green list posts an article which violates the
charter, that person may be given a warning, provided that at least four
of the five moderators agree that a violation has occurred.  If, within
a period of a month, that same individual again violates the charter,
he or she may be removed from the green list, provided that at
least four of the five moderators agree that the post in question is a
violation.  Any person may call to the moderators' attention an
objectionable post.

After being removed from the green list, a person is eligible for
reinstatement to the green list after two months of uniformly acceptable
posts.  In addition, a minimum of three articles must have been
submitted since the date of removal from the green list before one is
eligible for reinstatement.  Again, any person, including the individual
in question, may submit the eligible person to the moderators for this
consideration, and a simple majority vote will restore him/her to the
list.

Acceptance and Rejection of Posts:

When the bot routes a post to a randomly selected moderator, that
moderator will approve or reject that post.  In no case will he or she
edit any part of the post, including the newsgroup line.  All rejected
posts, including cross-posted ones, will be returned to their authors
intact (assuming that author has a valid e-mail address).  A brief
explanation of the rejection will accompany the article.  The author
may then revise and resubmit the article, appeal the rejection, or
submit the article to another forum (e.g., spp).

If you wish to appeal the rejection of a post, please write to:
sppm-moderators@cmhc.com.  One may also contact any individual moderator
or the ombudsman (see below for addresses).  When an article is
appealed, it is sent to all of the moderators.  If at least one of the
moderators believe that the article is acceptable, then the article
shall be posted.  Thus, unanimity will be required to sustain a
rejection.  This should ensure a loose moderation style where minority
interests are protected.

Ombudsman:

The ombudsman provides a means by which sppm readers can give feedback
about the performance of moderators and oust one if necessary.  The
ombudsman's primary duty will be to receive complaints (or praise) about
the moderators' performance and to communicate with the moderators about
this.  Comments and complaints about the moderators may be sent to the
ombudsman at sppm-complaints@cmhc.com.  On a monthly basis, the
ombudsman will post to sppm a summary of feedback received.  If you
would like your feedback to remain confidential, please let the
ombudsman know this; your request will be honored.

Election of Moderators and Ombudsman:

The current moderators and ombudsman have been elected by readers of
spp.  One year after the inception of sppm, a second election of
moderators and ombudsman will take place.  Thereafter, these elections
will occur every two years.

Elections will proceed as follows.  A voting committee will be created,
composed of the ombudsman and two other individuals selected by the
moderators.  These individuals will not be among the moderators
currently serving.  This voting committee will oversee moderator and
ombudsman elections, which will be held simultaneously.

The election process will begin with a three-week voter registration
period.  Sppm readers who would like to vote in the upcoming election
will be asked to send a simple e-mail to a bot.  During the same
three-week period, sppm members will also be asked to send their
nominations for moderator and/or ombudsman to the voting committee.

After this registration/nomination period, the voting committee will
promptly contact the nominees, and then post a list of those who
accepted nomination.  After this, two weeks will be set aside for
moderator and ombudsman campaigning (at all other times, such posts
will be considered off-topic).

After these two weeks have passed, the voting committee will post
moderator and ombudsman ballots, together with voting instructions.
Only those who have registered will be eligible to vote.  The voting
period will last two weeks.  Each voter will be allocated five votes
to distribute among the candidates as he or she sees fit, with no
fractional votes allowed.  Votes will be sent by e-mail to an ad-hoc
listserve (designed to ensure accurate counting by the committee).
The committee will collect and count the votes, and then post final
voting results.  Registration, ballot, and nomination announcements
will be repeated at approximately one-week intervals.  All
election-related material should be posted only to sppm.

Replacement/Removal of Moderators and Ombudsman:

The ombudsman or a moderator may occasionally wish to leave office
before his/her term is up.  He/she may also be removed by the procedures
described below.  If either of these circumstances occur, the vacant
seat will be filled by a vote among the remaining moderators and
ombudsman.

If complaints against a moderator are substantial, it may become
necessary to remove that moderator from office.  Sppm members can
institute a recall election of any moderator by gathering 10 valid
e-mail addresses of authors who have contributed to sppm and who
believe a recall election is justified.  This "petition" should be
sent to the ombudsman, who, after confirming the validity of the
petition, will form a vote-counting committee, post a ballot, and
then post the final results.  If 75% or more of sppm voters agree
that a moderator ought to be removed, he or she will be; the ombudsman
will notify the owner of the post distribution program to remove that
moderator.  It is possible to unseat an ombudsman by a similar
procedure, although in that case the petition should be directed
to a moderator, who will assume the duties just described.  If a
moderator or ombudsman survives a recall election, no further recall
petitions of that moderator or ombudsman will be entertained for six
months.

Disclaimer:

Please be cautious about accepting any advice you might receive on sppm.
The quality of advice varies tremendously, and there is no way to verify
either the credentials or the competence of anyone posting to this
newsgroup.  Those who self-treat based upon information posted in sppm
do so at their own risk.  Moderators are not responsible for any direct,
consequential, or other damages resulting from information or
misinformation posted to sppm.  Moderators do not check articles for
accuracy, nor do they guarantee or warrant the information provided on
the newsgroup for any specific purpose or use.  No warranties, expressed
or implied, are made.

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sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated is a moderated newsgroup which passed
its vote for creation by 171:34 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on
13 Aug 1997.

Group submission address:  sppm@cmhc.com
Moderator contact address: sppm-moderators@cmhc.com
 (Nancy Alvarado, John Grohol, Rolf Lindgren, John Price, Silke-Maria Weineck)

For your newsgroups file:
sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated	Practice of psychotherapy. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the vote result announcement:

Overview:

Sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated (hereinafter "sppm") exists as a
forum for the discussion of psychotherapy.  Anyone with an interest in
such discussion is welcome.  This would include practitioners of all
types (psychologists, psychiatrists, marriage/family counselors, social
workers, etc.), students of therapy, and therapy clientele.

Appropriate and Inappropriate Posts:

Some examples of topics appropriate for discussion in sppm include (but
are not limited to) the following:

- a particular type of psychotherapy (e.g., cognitive-behavioral,
psychodynamic), or a comparison between two types.  There will be no
restrictions on the types of therapeutic modalities that are
appropriate for discussion -- save for treatments that seem to have no
obvious connection to psychology (e.g., palm-reading, crystals).  The
latter will not be accepted, unless a clear, plausible connection to
psychology is made.

- a particular psychological disorder (e.g., depression, eating
disorder)

- a particular psychological theory (e.g., object relations theory,
learning theory), as it relates to the material of therapy

- research relevant to psychotherapy

- psychopharmacological (drug) or other biological treatments, as they
relate to psychotherapy

- diagnostic issues

- therapist training and supervision

- ethical issues faced by therapists

- trends in practice (e.g., emerging or alternative modalities)

- the relationship between psychotherapy and other fields of inquiry
such as philosophy or religion (as long as the discussion remains
focused on psychotherapy)

- career issues (e.g., establishing a private practice, coping with
managed care)

- business related directly to psychotherapy (e.g., employment
opportunities, equipment for sale)

- case studies (if and only if client anonymity is ensured)

- announcements and reports of meetings, conferences, and newsletters,
including those put out by self-help organizations (please consider
posting or cross-posting these to sci.psychology.announce, however)

- requests for information about a specific problem.  However, those
looking for exchanges characteristic of a support group should seek out
an actual support group, as sppm was not designed to serve that
function.

The following are inappropriate for sppm, and posts containing them will
be rejected:

- personal attacks, including allegations of professional misconduct
(the latter should be brought to the attention of the appropriate
authorities)

- discussions which wander far from the topic of psychotherapy
(including spam)

- cross-posting to groups outside of the psychology topic area, unless
the reason for crossposting is evident (e.g., cross-posting to a sci.med
group when drug therapy is being discussed).  Responses may be made to
the same groups or a subset thereof without further justification.

- gross violations of netiquette.  These may include, for example,
excessive repetition -- defined as more than 90% quoted material, or
posting more frequently than once per month an article with more than
90% unchanged text (moderators may change these value in the future, if
they find them to be unsatisfactory) -- or chronic misattribution of
quoted text.

Relevant Addresses:

Submissions: sppm@cmhc.com.  Articles posted to the newsgroup will be
automatically routed to this address.

Administrative/rejection appeals: sppm-moderators@cmhc.com

Ombudsman/complaints: sppm-complaints@cmhc.com

Overview of Moderation:

Moderation will be designed to uphold the charter.  It will be carried
out by a panel of moderators, in concert with a bot.

Articles submitted to sppm will first be screened by the bot, and then,
if necessary, passed on to a randomly selected moderator.  In order to
facilitate rapid posting, reduce moderator workload, and minimize
moderator intrusion, individuals who are able to meet charter guidelines
in a reliable fashion will be placed on a "green list."  This green list
will be supplied to the bot, which will automatically (without moderator
review) post articles by individuals on the list.

The bot will take one of two actions:  1) post the article to sppm, or
2) pass the article to a moderator.  Posts from authors on the green
list will be automatically posted to sppm, without further review.
Posts from authors not on the green list will be passed to a human
moderator.  The bot will send an e-mail notification to each author
(with a valid e-mail address) whose post is routed to a moderator.

The Green List:

It should be noted that, when one is not on the green list, this does
not mean one is prevented from posting to sppm; it merely means that
one's submissions are reviewed by a moderator.  It should also be noted
that the implementation of the green list may be delayed a while beyond
the CFV approval date, as the bot is still being designed.

At the inception of sppm, the moderators will compile the green list.
Afterwards, new sppm posters will be added to the green list if they
meet two criteria: 1) they have posted at least three acceptable
articles to sppm, without a rejection, and 2) someone advances their
name to the moderators for consideration (anyone may do this, including
the moderators, the ombudsman, or the person him/herself, and the
process may become automated in the future).  This initial
green-lighting will occur automatically for any poster who meets
these criteria.

If an individual on the green list posts an article which violates the
charter, that person may be given a warning, provided that at least four
of the five moderators agree that a violation has occurred.  If, within
a period of a month, that same individual again violates the charter,
he or she may be removed from the green list, provided that at
least four of the five moderators agree that the post in question is a
violation.  Any person may call to the moderators' attention an
objectionable post.

After being removed from the green list, a person is eligible for
reinstatement to the green list after two months of uniformly acceptable
posts.  In addition, a minimum of three articles must have been
submitted since the date of removal from the green list before one is
eligible for reinstatement.  Again, any person, including the individual
in question, may submit the eligible person to the moderators for this
consideration, and a simple majority vote will restore him/her to the
list.

Acceptance and Rejection of Posts:

When the bot routes a post to a randomly selected moderator, that
moderator will approve or reject that post.  In no case will he or she
edit any part of the post, including the newsgroup line.  All rejected
posts, including cross-posted ones, will be returned to their authors
intact (assuming that author has a valid e-mail address).  A brief
explanation of the rejection will accompany the article.  The author
may then revise and resubmit the article, appeal the rejection, or
submit the article to another forum (e.g., spp).

If you wish to appeal the rejection of a post, please write to:
sppm-moderators@cmhc.com.  One may also contact any individual moderator
or the ombudsman (see below for addresses).  When an article is
appealed, it is sent to all of the moderators.  If at least one of the
moderators believe that the article is acceptable, then the article
shall be posted.  Thus, unanimity will be required to sustain a
rejection.  This should ensure a loose moderation style where minority
interests are protected.

Ombudsman:

The ombudsman provides a means by which sppm readers can give feedback
about the performance of moderators and oust one if necessary.  The
ombudsman's primary duty will be to receive complaints (or praise) about
the moderators' performance and to communicate with the moderators about
this.  Comments and complaints about the moderators may be sent to the
ombudsman at sppm-complaints@cmhc.com.  On a monthly basis, the
ombudsman will post to sppm a summary of feedback received.  If you
would like your feedback to remain confidential, please let the
ombudsman know this; your request will be honored.

Election of Moderators and Ombudsman:

The current moderators and ombudsman have been elected by readers of
spp.  One year after the inception of sppm, a second election of
moderators and ombudsman will take place.  Thereafter, these elections
will occur every two years.

Elections will proceed as follows.  A voting committee will be created,
composed of the ombudsman and two other individuals selected by the
moderators.  These individuals will not be among the moderators
currently serving.  This voting committee will oversee moderator and
ombudsman elections, which will be held simultaneously.

The election process will begin with a three-week voter registration
period.  Sppm readers who would like to vote in the upcoming election
will be asked to send a simple e-mail to a bot.  During the same
three-week period, sppm members will also be asked to send their
nominations for moderator and/or ombudsman to the voting committee.

After this registration/nomination period, the voting committee will
promptly contact the nominees, and then post a list of those who
accepted nomination.  After this, two weeks will be set aside for
moderator and ombudsman campaigning (at all other times, such posts
will be considered off-topic).

After these two weeks have passed, the voting committee will post
moderator and ombudsman ballots, together with voting instructions.
Only those who have registered will be eligible to vote.  The voting
period will last two weeks.  Each voter will be allocated five votes
to distribute among the candidates as he or she sees fit, with no
fractional votes allowed.  Votes will be sent by e-mail to an ad-hoc
listserve (designed to ensure accurate counting by the committee).
The committee will collect and count the votes, and then post final
voting results.  Registration, ballot, and nomination announcements
will be repeated at approximately one-week intervals.  All
election-related material should be posted only to sppm.

Replacement/Removal of Moderators and Ombudsman:

The ombudsman or a moderator may occasionally wish to leave office
before his/her term is up.  He/she may also be removed by the procedures
described below.  If either of these circumstances occur, the vacant
seat will be filled by a vote among the remaining moderators and
ombudsman.

If complaints against a moderator are substantial, it may become
necessary to remove that moderator from office.  Sppm members can
institute a recall election of any moderator by gathering 10 valid
e-mail addresses of authors who have contributed to sppm and who
believe a recall election is justified.  This "petition" should be
sent to the ombudsman, who, after confirming the validity of the
petition, will form a vote-counting committee, post a ballot, and
then post the final results.  If 75% or more of sppm voters agree
that a moderator ought to be removed, he or she will be; the ombudsman
will notify the owner of the post distribution program to remove that
moderator.  It is possible to unseat an ombudsman by a similar
procedure, although in that case the petition should be directed
to a moderator, who will assume the duties just described.  If a
moderator or ombudsman survives a recall election, no further recall
petitions of that moderator or ombudsman will be entertained for six
months.

Disclaimer:

Please be cautious about accepting any advice you might receive on sppm.
The quality of advice varies tremendously, and there is no way to verify
either the credentials or the competence of anyone posting to this
newsgroup.  Those who self-treat based upon information posted in sppm
do so at their own risk.  Moderators are not responsible for any direct,
consequential, or other damages resulting from information or
misinformation posted to sppm.  Moderators do not check articles for
accuracy, nor do they guarantee or warrant the information provided on
the newsgroup for any specific purpose or use.  No warranties, expressed
or implied, are made.

