EMERGCOM ECHO RULES   
      
   Last modified June  6, 2011   
      
      
   BY  posting  in this echo you agree to abide by these posted   
   rules. They are posted on the first day of every  month  for   
   your convenience.   
      
   We  welcome  you to the emergcom echo and hope you find this   
   forum helpful in your public service radio endeavors.   
      
   THe purpose of the emergcom  echo  is  to  assist  volunteer   
   radio  operators with discussion of techniques and equipment   
   that  can   be   of   benefit   to   emergency   anddisaster   
   communi-cators. Though its primary focus is on amateur radio   
   emergency and  disastercommunications  discussion  of  other   
   radio services is permitted.   
      
   We    invite    interested    volunteer   and   professional   
   communicators to participate in emergcom and ask you to take   
   note of a few simple rules as follows:   
      
   1.  THis is not a place to advertise buy/sell trade items or   
   wants. Take it to the other echoes  which  are  appropriate.   
   POsters  of  pyramid  schemes,  advertising 900 numbers etc.   
   WIll not be  warned  even  once.  CHain  letters,  get  rich   
   schemes  etc. are not welcome here! YOu can immediately lose   
   your access to this echo. NO discussion, no second  warning.   
   multiline  signatures  are  also  unwelcome.  High  ascii is   
   permitted so long as it is necessary to convey proper  names   
   of individuals, etc.   
      
   2.  English   is   the   official   language  of  this  echomail   
   conference. We understand that for many ENglish is a  second   
   or  third  language however, and expect participants to show   
   some tolerance and not parse posts by those individuals  who   
   don't natively speak the language for errors.   
      
   3. KEep discussions friendly. Debate issues and don't attack   
   personalities. HOpefully  we're  all  here  to  improve  our   
   ability   to   be   of   service  to  the  public  during  a   
   communications emergency.   
      
   4. Our primary focus is radio communications in emergency or   
   disaster  situations.  We  don't want a "ham vs. cb" or code   
   vs. no  code  debate  raging  here.  SUch  debates  are  not   
   welcome. THough the echo moderator is a firm believer in the   
   utility  of  continuous   wave   international   morse   for   
   communicating when all other modes aren't as useful there is   
   no desire to have the code vs. no code debates running here.   
   every  mode  and/or  technique  has its place. DIscussion of   
   techniques or radio services is not off topic so long as the   
   focus    is   on   providing   emergency   and/or   disaster   
   communications. Discussion of strengths  and  weaknesses  of   
   various  modes  will  not be considered off topic so long as   
   the discussion is friendly and sticks to facts and carefully   
   considered opinions.   
      
   5.  Echo  participants  who cannot follow these simple rules   
   will be warned once  via  fidonet  netmail.  IF  that  fails   
   he/she will be warned in the echo. This moderator prefers to   
   handle such  warnings  via  netmail  however.  IF  a  public   
   warning  is warranted because netmail doesn't work then I'll   
   post to the offending  thread  and  ask  that  it  be  taken   
   elsewhere  or  remain topical. TO keep moderation out of the   
   public echo, the moderator asks that  a  poster  warned  via   
   netmail  respond  to  the  message  indicating  that  it was   
   received.   
      
   Upon a second occurrence the operator of  the  system  where   
   you  read this echo will be asked to curtail your access. IF   
   the  offending  party  is  a  sysop  his/her  feed  will  be   
   contacted.  sysops  hosting  posters  who  warrant moderator   
   attention will be contacted via fidonet netmail and advised.   
   If  a  sysop does not offer users netmail access we ask that   
   he/she notify the offending users of our communication. Upon   
   a  second  offense  the  moderator  will  see to getting the   
   user's access cut. we want you to continue  to  participate,   
   and  we  would  really  rather  not  be  in  the business of   
   policing fidonet traffic. Please note  that  most  moderator   
   postings  to  the echo will be clearly identified. Otherwise   
   the moderator will participate in the echo  using  his  real   
   name.   
      
   6.  NO  gating  of this echo outside fidonet without express   
   moderator approval.   
      
   7.  IMportant for sysops: CHeck your configuration.   
   Posts from you or your users should show a valid FIdonet   
   address in the header or origin line.  BOth would be nice,   
   but one place is mandatory!  Any poster who has access should   
   be able to automatically reply via netmail to a post in the   
   echo.  THis helps keep off topic chatter off echoes, as well   
   as enables the moderators to deal with undesirable conditions   
   in the echo.  THIs one isn't negotiable, no gray areas.   
      
   8. YOur moderator has a  zero  tolerance  policy  for  spam.   
   Anyone  providing a gate or other automated posting facility   
   from an internet listserv or usenet forum should endeavor to   
   block  all  postings  which  are  not relevant to the stated   
   purpose of the echo. IF this cannot  be  done  reliably  the   
   system  operator  providing  such  a  gateway will be warned   
   once. UPon a second occurrence the moderator  will  endeavor   
   to  institute  a  feed cut. Anyone wishing to provide such a   
   gateway  should   first   contact   the   moderator   before   
   instituting  such  a  gateway.  YOur  moderator suggests you   
   monitor such a listserv or forum for a sufficient period  of   
   time  to  assure  yourself  that  therewill  be  no need for   
   moderator action resulting from such a gateway.   
      
   7. THe moderator will appoint additional  moderators  as  he   
   sees  the  need and subject to their willingness to serve in   
   that capacity. LEave moderating to the  moderator  and  duly   
   appointed  co-moderators. Take rules debates and discussions   
   to netmail or email, not in the echo.   
      
   The echo tag emergcom is copyright 2007 by Richard  WEbb.   
   Please  address  comments or questions to the echo moderator   
   at 1:116/901.  The  moderator  can  also be reached via internet   
   email at elspider@bellsouth.net   
      
      
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