ADMIN: Rules of the Game: Winning at Vegetarian Slimming

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Do you know, we don't seem to have had any formal guidelines by which to

work as far as this list is concerned. So, nothing daunted, your intrepid

moderators have come up with the following 'rules of the game' for us all ;=)

Obviously, they will be going out to all new members too and I will place a

copy in the Files.

 

Please won't you read through them - that way we know everyone is on the

same page!

 

Many thanks.

 

RULES OF THE GAME: WINNING AT VEGETARIAN SLIMMING

 

Every now and then we all need a bit of a reminder about posting to lists and

about Vegetarian Health and Slimming in particular. Just so we all know,

here's some `rules' by which we play the game:

 

1. TRIMMING MESSAGES: Please trim so that all previous messages are

deleted or retain (for sense or to alert one particular member) the part to

which you are replying. If you are on *Digest*, please take special care to

trim!

 

2. SUBJECT LINE: Please match subject line to content of the message.

When deviating from the original topic, change your subject line accordingly.

When responding to *Digest*, be especially careful to change the subject line!

 

3. OFF-TOPIC MESSAGES: Off-topic posts should have OT in the subject line.

Please keep the number of OT posts down to a dull roar.

 

4. DISALLOWED POSTS: Here are the no-nos.

 

a. No anti-vegetarian (or anti-vegan) remarks or discussion of topics offensive

to vegans or vegetarians.

 

b. No comments, remarks, jokes, etc., offensive to other minority groups.

 

c. No spam - including commercial messages, appeals for money or goods,

chain letters, virus warnings, political messages, etc.

 

d. No flames (personal attacks) or `shouting' (all-capital-letter POSTS LIKE

THIS)

 

e. No `language' likely to offend or which is unsuitable for family viewing.

 

f. No cross-postings from other persons or lists without written permission of

the originator of the post. No cross-postings from this list to others without

similar permission.

 

g. No attachments - the list is set to disallow them in any case so that

will strip them from all posts automatically.

 

5. POSTING RECIPES:

 

a. Put RECIPE in the subject lline in addition to the name of the recipe.

 

b. Edit recipes to remove any and all references to non-vegetarian content,

including such meat byproducts as gelatin. Eggs and dairy are allowed.

 

c. Post only recipes that have been tested by the person posting. (We can all

copy recipes from the net or from cookbooks; we want the tried and true here.)

Comments on the recipe, including variations, are most welcome.

 

d. Post all recipes first to the list, not directly to the Files, so that

members can

read them at leisure.

 

e. It is assumed that most, though not necessarily all, recipes will follow the

theme of the Vegetetarian Health and Slimming list and be examples of

healthy, low-fat vegetarian cooking.

 

6. MODERATION AND BANNING: New members are moderated until they

have sent a few posts. Any member who sends disallowed posts will be put

under moderation or banned. If in doubt about content acceptability, please

send your prospective post with a query to the moderators at

vegetarianslimming-owner

 

7. WEB FEATURES:

 

a You are welcome to upload Photos, Files and Links (on topic and suitable

for family viewing) to the Vegetarian Health and Slimming web page: http://

vegetarianslimming/ and/or to initiate an

appropriate on-topic Poll.

 

b. You may want to add your Homepage link and the link to email lists/groups

( or other) you own or moderate in the appropriate folders at the top of

the Links page, noting those which have non-vegetarian content and bearing

in mind suitability for family viewing.

 

c. Photos and personal links are removed when you leave Vegetarian Health

and Slimming.

 

8. YOUR PROFILE: Please ensure that your Profile is also

suitable for family viewing. You can adopt an alternate one for the purpose of

this list.

 

8. SETTINGS: There is a button for Edit My Membership on the top right of the

Vegetarian Health and Slimming web page

vegetarianslimming/ If you don't wish to receive list posts in your mailbox,

please set your preferences to Special Messages rather than No Mail so that,

in an emergency, Moderators can contact everyone without difficulty. (You will

note that you can also make other changes.)

 

9. MEMBERSHIP: Membership is currently open. Instructions for

discontinuiing membership are at the foot of each email.

 

10. PROBLEMS: Any queries or problems, please refer to the moderators at

vegetarianslimming-owner

 

Thanks for reading this. Please keep it in a safe place so that you can refer to

it if needed.

 

 

Vegetarian Health and Slimming Moderators