A Reminder About Our Blog Commenting Guidelines
Since comments on our blog will ramp up during bargaining, we thought now would be a good time to remind folks of our commenting guidlines.
The AFSCME Local 328 blog is intended to be a space where members of our bargaining unit can have productive and respectful conversations with one another and with union leadership.
The comments on our blog are one of the best ways our union has to get feedback from and communicate with our represented employees, and we appreciate hearing from you! Our practice is to allow unrestricted comments (including those that are critical of our union or voice a contrary opinion) with minimal barriers (e.g., without requiring registration), but we have found it necessary to implement a few basic commenting guidelines:
Please provide an actual name when you make your comment. If you’re not comfortable with your full name being visible with your comment, just a first name is fine. Anonymous usernames (especially those that are snarky or patronizing) make the space less friendly, and can cause the accompanying comments to seem inauthentic to readers. We want to foster open conversations, and believe that actual names will help with that.
Please provide a verifiable email address (your OHSU address if possible) when you make your comment — this will only be visible to our moderator. While our blog is open to comments from all, we must ensure that it is actual members who are leading the conversations. Non-members are more than welcome to comment, but we want to know that they’re commenting in good faith. In addition, we sometimes need to communicate with a commenter before we can release a comment from moderation — without a way to do this, there’s a risk that a comment will go unpublished.
Please do not submit comments that share misinformation, express bigotry or could be considered libelous. We will not host such comments and will need to reach out to you to resubmit a revised version of your comment before it can be published.
Please be patient. Our blog is moderated, so your comments will not appear instantly. We do our best to review and publish your comments as soon as possible, but commenters should be aware that it may take a day or two before your comments are visible, especially on weekends and holidays.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.