Connect and network with other DIFM members through our electronic mailing list.
To join the DIFM listserv, please follow these steps:
**Important! Please include your full name and ADA # in the message box when you request membership**
Click on the hyperlink below to join the online discussion group for DIFM Members
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/DIFM_Listserv/
The DIFM Listserv page will appear, click on “Join This Group” located above our logo
Sign in with your Yahoo ID/email-or if you don’t have a Yahoo ID, Sign up for one and then JOIN
Your membership will then be sent to the group owner for approval
Before joining the discussion forum, please read the
Online Discussions Netiquette and Terms of Use
DPG/MIG Netiquette Guidelines
DPG/MIG members who participate in the DPG/MIG electronic mailing lists (listservs) are expected to abide by the Netiquette Guidelines in all communications.
The summary of the netiquette guidelines are as follows:
a. The netiquette guidelines are intended to preserve the professional and educational purpose and intent of the DPG/MIG electronic mailing lists.
b. All statements on the listserv must be kept professional and personal statements or exchanges that are designed to injure or provoke another party must be avoided.
c. Personal and non-professional exchanges may be, depending on their nature, inappropriate and any members who engage in these type of exchanges will receive a verbal warning. Members who have concerns should contact the DPG/MIG rather than engage in any form of discussion on the DPG/MIG list serv.
The following topics and subject matter are unacceptable, must not appear in messages on the lists, and may in some instances constitute violations of the ADA Code of Ethics:
a. Discussions of price, fees, or reimbursement amounts (which, as noted by ADA's Legal Counsel, may create the risk of antitrust exposure to the ADA and to participants);
b. Abusive, threatening, defamatory or libelous comments;
c. Pornographic, obscene or sexual materials or references;
d. Inappropriate comments or references with respect to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or ethnic background;
e. Religious solicitations;
f. Profanity;
g. Illegal or unethical practices; or
h. Advertising, promotions, or endorsements of commercial products or services.
Please pay particular attention to the guidelines regarding anti-trust violations (no discussion of fees/salaries), the exclusion of advertising, and the forwarding of postings from one listserv to another (outside of your own DPG), as these discussions are not permissible.