Hello Middlesex County Researchers, As you know new "wrinkles" come up from time to time that I have to deal with. Recently I received an "advertisement" for a Genealogical forum to be held for a fee by a non-profit organization. I've discussed this with some other listowners and found out their policies. As of today the new policy for this type of "advertisement" will be: The "advertisement" must be for a non-profit organization promoting a Genealogical event. It must be specifically aimed at the Middlesex County Genealogist. It must contain the following information: Name of Organization Address of Organization Phone number of Organization Location of Event Purpose (including date, time and topics) Name of Contact person Email address of Contact person Fee, if any MOST IMPORTANTLY - the "advertisement" for the event cannot be directly posted to the mailing list. It must be sent to me, as list administrator, for approval. When approved I, not the submitter, will post the message to the mailing list. Anyone who posts an advertisement to the mailing list will be subject to being locked out of the mailing list. I believe that I have covered most bases to protect the users of this mailing list from any unnecessary mailings. If anyone has any further suggestions please send them to me in a private email. As for any paid researchers, please send me the information and I will post it on the Middlesex County Genealogy Web Site. One further note, as you are aware of the Middlesex County Mailing list, as with all Rootsweb Mailing lists, is now a closed mailing list. This means that you have to be a member to post to it. This new policy of RootsWeb has saved you from four spam attempts in the past two weeks. The best one was from a World Famous (self proclaimed) Psychic. My question was, if she was a World Famous Psychic, why didn't she know the list was a closed list and her spam wouldn't go through. : ) Thank You for your cooperation, Glenn G. Geisheimer, Iselin, New Jersey: glenng@castle.net Owner: NJMiddle,NJEssex, Co-Sysop Baden-Wurttemberg Mailing Lists Essex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/ Middlesex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmiddle/ Personal Genealogy Site: http://www.castle.net/~glenng/index.html Virtual Newark, NJ: http://www.castle.net/~glenng/newark/newark.htm