Email Policy « Getting Past Your Past

Email Policy

April 4, 2008 by susangpyp

Reminder: if you want your email answered, please state it’s okay to answer on the blog. If not, it won’t be answered.

This is the new email policy as of April 2008:

As the blog grows in popularity I have to institute a new email policy.

I’m not just overwhelmed by the volume but some of the contents are disturbing.

Everyone is welcome to post in the comments section or to join the email group and post appropriately but this is the new policy for individual requests for help.

I have to keep myself safe physically, legally and psychologically so here goes:

New email policy as of April 2008:

I will answer these emails:

You and I already have an email relationship (as I do with several of my early readers). Relationship does not mean I’ve answered you once. It means we’ve emailed back and forth several times esp in the early days of the blog.

You are a coaching client

You are a former student (GPYP alum are always welcome to email),

You specifically say IN THE EMAIL: feel free to answer this on the blog

(all identifying/unusual information will be removed first). These emails will be answered on the blog only.

I absolutely will not answer these emails:

You are threatening to hurt yourself if I don’t.

You are the other half of a couple of someone who is posting on the blog/email group and want to give me your side of the story.

You are in high school.

(I may compile some emails from high school students and answer on the blog and I have answered a few high school students already but the long dramatic high school emails are really too much for me. My daughter is 14 and there’s only so much high school drama I can listen to in one week. Sorry.).

I’ve never heard of you before or I’ve only spoken to you once before and there is no explicit permission to use the email on the blog.

If you want an email answered, please let me know it’s okay to answer on the blog. I will usually email you and say, “look for the answer on the blog” but not always if I’m extraordinarily busy.

If you don’t hear from me, re-write and give permission to post on the blog (with identifying/unusual/unique facts redacted).

4 Responses to “Email Policy ”

on April 12, 2008 at 12:38 pm1 Karrine

I don’t really fit into any of the above ;) I simply want to invite you to share your blog with others on our directory of female written blogs. If youhave any questiosn feel free to contact me. Karrine
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on April 17, 2008 at 11:47 pm2 susan

Nice new website. I hope you aren’t receiving too many weird things from people because you do really do a great service for many of us.
on April 18, 2008 at 7:50 am3 susangpyp

Susan, you have no idea. I truly wish I could answer everyone but I realize that many times I have spent so much time in email that I didn’t get to post to the blog that day and I’m too drained to do so. So I still welcome private emails but will only answer those directly if they say, “Feel free to post on the blog with identifying information removed.” I had a private email that was the catalyst for reposting the MySpace Drama post. She didn’t give permission to post it on the blog so I didn’t do so and didn’t send a personal email but did post something I hope she can get something from.

But almost every day there is some wackiness in my inbox. Some days, it’s not pretty. :) I occasionally publish some of the wackier ones.

But for the most part it’s hurting people reaching out. But I have realized that I have thousands of daily readers so if I answer 5 emails attentively (I try to give each a good deal of attention), that takes me away from the thousands who might benefit from those replies. So I had to weigh it out. I still invite people to write me but please say I can post it on the blog so you get answered and get to give something to the readers. It works for both of us that way.

But thanks for asking!
on April 25, 2008 at 8:47 pm4 Noreen

Hi Susan, I’m new to this but wrote a lenghty note to you and hope that you’ll give some of your wisdom to me when you’re up for it and feeling better. I’m not sure where all the other posts that I printed off line this morning are now. I have to learn this sight. :-)