[[TranslatedPages]] [[PageOutline]] = May First/People Link Lists and Feeds = May First/People Link has several email lists and RSS feeds to help you keep up-to-date on what is happening both politically and technically with the organization. == Common channels for members == Below is a description of the channels that we encourage all members to join. * The All members list includes everyone with an email account on the May First/People Link servers. While a member of May First/People Link you cannot opt-out of this list. This channel is used infrequently to convey technology emergencies and critical information about membership involvement (e.g. announcements of the annual membership meeting). * Messages are sent to the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/service-warnings Service Warnings list] when a major technology change is being planned or when we experience a severe problem. You may also [https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/service-warnings/ visit the mailman archives] or subscribe to the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/rss/service-warnings.xml RSS feed]. All member contacts are automatically subscribed to this list. Members may opt out of the list, but are strongly encouraged to have at least one represenative of your organization monitoring this list at all times. * Messages are sent to the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/service-advisories Service Advisories list] (sometimes several times a day or as infrequently as once a month) whenever we are encountering a technology problem affecting a large number of users or when we are planning maintenance that will impact a large number of users. You may also [https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/service-advisories/ visit the mailman archives] or subscribe to the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/rss/service-advisories.xml RSS feed]. Members who indicate a Tech contact when joining will have their tech contact email address automatically subscribed to the service-advisories list. * The [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/lowdown lowdown list] is the newsletter of May First/People Link, with emails sent one or twice a month. All primary contacts are added to this list automatically, but may opt-out if they choose. Everyone with an account on May First/People Link (and non-members as well) are encouraged to join this list. You may also [https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/lowdown/ visit the archives] or [https://lists.mayfirst.org/rss/lowdown.xml Subscribe to the RSS feed]. * Live chat. We are often available via [wiki:chat IRC] == Channels for the info hungry == The channels below are part of our commitment to transparency, however, for most members these channels may be more transparency than you are interested in. * Messages to the [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/support-broadcast support broadcast list] are sent every time someone posts or modifies a ticket in our [https://support.mayfirst.org support system]. You can also access this information via [https://support.mayfirst.org/timeline?milestone=on&ticket=on&ticket_details=on&wiki=on&max=50&daysback=90&format=rss RSS]. This email list is not archived because all the data sent is available [https://support.mayfirst.org here on the actual support web site]. * If you susbscribe to either [https://lists.mayfirst.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/server-email-alerts Server email alerts] or [https://lists.mayfirst.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/server-sms-alerts Server SMS alerts] you will receive either an email or an SMS text message if a service or server goes down (and that server or service is not hosted on our email list server). SMS alerts are shorter and tailored for devices with limited characters per message. Archives are available for [https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/server-email-alerts/ email alerts] and [https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/server-sms-alerts/ sms alerts] (although they should contain the same messages, formatted differently. == Signatures == All official communications from May First/People Link will be signed by one of the following OpenPGP User IDs (or from a user whose OpenPGP id has been certified by one of these OpenPGP user ids): {{{ User ID: Jamie McClelland Key ID: 5F2E4935 Fingerprint: 1CB5 7C59 F2F4 2470 238F 53AB BB0B 7EE1 5F2E 4935 User Id: Alfredo Lopez Key ID: 3654E397 Fingerprint: 45C5 691F A868 985D 3BC6 DFD8 359F 223B 3654 E397 }}} Please note: just because an email is signed by someone who is certified by us doesn't mean it's an official May First/People Link communication.