<div dir="ltr">Hello Listservers:<div><br></div><div>I received an inquiry about the decision to move the Listservs to a members only model with respect to certain emeritus members such as retired attorneys, law professors, and others.</div><div><br></div><div>The Executive Committee had a lengthy debate about creating some sort of emeritus member status for the Listserves and ultimately decided not to proceed in that direction. There were a multitude of reasons for this decision. </div><div><br></div><div>First, the administration of such a process would be impractical. Creating an emeritus status for just the Listservs would require a host of technical changes to the login credentials to create a "Listserv only" login. Further it would require a manual process of checking whether those requesting emeritus status were members were in fact former members of the bar as well as deciding which statuses (there is no emeritus status with WSBA) would qualify for emeritus status. This process would grow exponentially as the year go by and more and more practitioners continue to retire. </div><div><br></div><div>The Executive Committee was also concerned that granting emeritus status to certain non-members could bring up questions of fairness over participation. While a number of section members expressed their support for the emeritus status, a number of members all expressed disapproval that non-members were able to gain member benefits. Moreover, there is no ready criteria for determining which Listserv participants qualified as emeritus and which did not. </div><div><br></div><div>Lastly, the Executive Committee reasoned that emeritus members could still participate in the Listserv simply by paying the $25 section membership dues. Emeritus members would not need to pay full bar dues, only the RPPT section member dues to be considered section members. While emeritus members participation in the Listserv could help section members who use the Listserv, the Executive Committee believes that the benefit of participating in the Listserv also runs to the emeritus member, connecting them to the world of active practitioners, and helping emeritus members stay engaged with the practice of law.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps to explain and clarify the Executive Committee's decision on this point.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Michael Safren</div><div>Web Editor, RPPT section </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 9:27 AM Paul Neumiller <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com">pneumiller@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Safren<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 18, 2019 10:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>; WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Update on Changes to the RPPT Listservs<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to provide you all with an update on recent changes to the RPPT Listservs (both the Probate and Trust and the Real Property Listservs). <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The RPPT Executive Committee voted to move the Listservs from an open subscriber model, where anyone could subscribe and participate in the Listserv to a members only model, where only RPPT section members could participate in the Listserv. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This transition will be accomplished via a two fold change. First, the online resources to access the subscription email addresses, archives, and Listserv guidelines, rules, and etiquette have all been moved behind the member login page
on the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwsbarppt.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C11d0c8e40ee148e1d4e308d6ac2e2778%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636885711561184044&sdata=l1jhOgmQ9eJgcHS10t%2FkXkcgc86otozy8QYJixpb4d0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
wsbarppt.com</a> website. This Listserv resources page can be found by clicking on the For Members tab and require your RPPT login credentials. This will prevent non-members from accessing the Listserv.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The second change will be to ask subscribers to re-validate their subscription by going back to the Listserv page to re-subscribe, which will require login credentials that only section members possess. Many of you may have already received
notices asking you to re-subscribe or to re-validate your subscriptions. If you have not yet re-validated your subscription, please keep an eye out for an upcoming message inviting you to re-validate your subscription. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope that these changes will improve the Listerv experience for users and that Listserv members will experience only minor disruption as we implement these changes. If you experience any problems with the Listserv, please let me know
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