About ATFE and Moderating

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Dear ATFE,

 

I want to take a moment to reply to some of the things we have been reading

about the group moderators, and fill you in on where we stand, our

intentions, etc.

 

One thing that liberates ATFE is what appears to be a hands-off policy on

discussion here. We try very much to allow adult conversation within the

community. And we trust that people will think before they post, and

consider the ramifications of their actions.

 

Our subject is broad, but our core group is a reasonable size

for stimulating debate. We have tried to create a place that is both

welcoming to the newbie, and that moves discussion of the industry forward.

Behind the scenes, we are actively engaged, and moderating takes a good deal

of time and effort. And it's a strictly volunteer job.

 

Another thing that sets ATFE apart from the other groups is that we

acknowledge that we all have emotions, or a bad day. We have 4 owners, who

are *also* listmoms or moderators. This difference allows us to keep things

going, and know that we are all committed to one another in a very real

way. As one is dealing with crisis, the others step in, and so on. It

keeps the group coming back to it's core.

 

Through the ups and downs of any group's life, we remain committed to the

effort.

 

Below are our rules for posting, which you all got when you joined, along

with other helpful info. We value your membership, and hope you will take

time to read this again.

 

Thank you,

Liz, Jeanine, Stacey, and Christina

ATFE Owners and List Moms

 

 

Rules for Posting:

 

 

 

1. ATFE is a totally is a non-commercial group. This means NO promotion

or advertising of ANY commercial products, suppliers, or educators on the

email list. If you have a question about purchasing oils please request

replies off list or check member’s signature lines.

 

2.

 

· We do *NOT* support or recommend oils sold on a MLM basis or from

those who claim to *cure* disease or illness in any promotional literature

or web site

 

· We *DO* support suppliers who provide relevant and adequate safety

information.

 

 

 

If you are a supplier or educator, you may add a four line signature to your

emails that includes a link to your web site.

 

 

 

Please Snip Excessive Quotes And Change Subject Heading

 

When replying to posts please try to snip anything that is not relevant to

your response, along with the ads that automatically attaches to the

bottom of all posts. This helps those on digest and keeps the archives easy

to search and read. If, as often happens, a subject you are responding to

drifts into discussion of a different subject or oil, please remember to

change the subject line – again this is to help structure our archives into

a searchable data base of information. ( only searches subject line so

- for instance - *Basil* discussed under a *Jasmine* thread would not be

found!)

 

 

 

3. No Flaming

 

Disagreements with other members’ opinions are fine and can be educational,

but let’s not get personal or nasty. The moderators will end any thread

deemed to be personally attacking another member. If a member continues a

thread after a moderator has ended it, the member will be prevented from

posting for a *cool down* period. Re starting a closed thread after *cool

down* will result in being d from the group.

 

 

 

4. Respect The Privacy Of Other Members

 

Please do not pass on information from this group to non members, blogs, and

other lists/groups or include such information on a web site. This is a

violation of members' privacy and of 's TOS (Terms of Service) and will

result in you being d from the group.

 

 

 

5. Copyright

 

If you find something on the net that you would like to share

with the group, PLEASE give a link to the web site rather than copying

and pasting content from it.

 

Most webs pages today hold a Copyright and reproducing from them not only

violates Copyright law, it also upsets (who have been known to come

down very hard on groups for copyright violation).

 

If the web address is too long to copy, use *http://tinyurl.com/* to cut

it down to size.

 

We will delete all posts containing copyrighted material.