Welcome to the AnnounceMints wiki! Monika was kind enough to give us some starting point:

General Requirements

• All submissions are reviewed and edited, if necessary, to fit the format and tone of the listserv (admin function for back-end user)
• Submissions may be approved or denied if submission criteria are not met (admin)
• Submissions are sorted into five categories, based on content:
  • Events
  • Administrative announcements
  • Jobs
  • Volunteers and research participants sought
• Formatting and content presentation should be consistent and predictable across all postings
• Events should be listed in chronological order in compiled posting; list other announcements by first-time posting first, then second-time, then third, within each category respectively
• Postings may include embedded hyperlinks but not attachments

Answers to some other previously posed questions

We do not need validation of enrollment status, though occasionally I manually check enrollment if a request seems to be out of line.

Also, to answer your question from yesterday, embedded links from the "table of contents" list to the items themselves as well as links within the items for more information would be super useful. I would say no to attachments, and the final formatting should probably also be free from much random embellishment (I wouldn't want people to pick their own font and color and whatnots for their individual posting items). While there is always a desire to highlight one item over another, there isn't a way to justly decide what to highlight, so it seems best to not highlight any.

Further info in FAQ style

1. Who may submit posting request

   • Graduate students, graduate student organizations, Graduate School, university offices and departments

2. What may be posted

   • Events, services, resources and opportunities offered by or specifically targeted to graduate students

3. Types of postings

   • Events
   • Administrative announcements (new courses, deadlines, CFPs, changes in policy/procedure, etc)
   • Job opportunities (on-campus assistantships and wage positions for graduate students)
   • Calls for volunteers and research participants
   • Upcoming events (advertise 1-2 weeks out, possibly longer if requiring early registration)

4. Frequency of postings

   • A single item may be posted up to three times in a row. At the time of submission, indicate request to post item
     • 1
     • 2 or
     • 3 times

5. Deadline for submissions

   • Friday at 5pm before the Monday on which the posting is to appear

6. Posting details:

   • For all posting requests, must include requestor’s:
     • Name
     • Email
     • VT affiliation (grad student, student org, faculty, staff)
   • In addition, depending on type of posting the following details are required (if applicable):
   • Events
     • Title
     • Day of event (Monday, Tuesday, …)
     • Date of event (MMM dd)
     • Time of event (start time mandatory, end time optional)
     • If recurring event, indication of pattern of recurrence
     • Place of event (usually room# and building)
     • Short description of event (limit to 800 characters (spaces included)
     • Link to more information or registration, if applicable
   • Jobs
     • Name of hiring department
     • Type of appointment (GA, GRA, GTA, wage)
     • Minimum qualifications required
     • Short description of duties (limit to 1000 characters w/ spaces included)
     • Start date or period of appointment (e.g. 2013-14 AY)
     • Application deadline
     • Link to application form or required materials, if applicable
     • Contact name, email or phone, or link for more information
   • Call for research subjects/volunteers
     • VT department or lab conducting the research or needing volunteers
     • Short description of research project or event
     • Qualifications/prerequisites for participation
     • Compensation, if any, for participation
     • Link, if available, for more information
     • Contact name and email (or phone) for more information or participation
     • Deadline, if any
   • Administrative announcements
     • Short description of item (limit to 1000 characters (spaces included)
     • Contact name and email or phone for more information
     • Link to more information, if any