-----Original Message----- From: Pat Traynor <tray@jps.net> To: GENIRE-L@rootsweb.com <GENIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 16 August 1998 9:59am Subject: Suggestions for the betterment of the group. >Some rules to live by, reminders, suggestions from other groups, etc., etc. > >One to one arguments, disagreements and disputes of a personal >nature must be conducted through private e-mail and not through >public discussion. > >Politics are banned. Politics of the past can be explained in >order to understand how it affected our ancestors, but don't add >too much of your own personal feelings about it. > >If a person has sent you a private e-mail you may not forward it >to a public discussion group without the prior consent of the >person who sent it. > >Be tolerant and polite towards others. Resist the urge to join >in on a flame thread. Spare us from having to see that sort of >message. > >Don't repeat a long message in its entirety. Just a few lines of >it for reference. We have alrady seen it once. If you don't know >how to shorten a post you are quoting, ask someone who also uses >your E-mail program. > >Don't post a huge family tree. Just the names should be enough >to find someone interested in them. > >When you reply to one person, via the group, put their name at >the beginning, else we can't tell who you were writing to. >We wonder at times if a message was writen to us personally, and >we should answer it, or if it was intended for another person, >and should ignore it. > >When inquiring about a place name, don't forget to include the >county, if you know it. It will help us to look it up for you. > >Don't assume that your E-mail was received by someone, and then >get angry at them for not replying. >Don't assume that a "Thank you" was NOT sent. It may have been >mis-directed or lost in cyberspace, or who knows what else. >If it is important to you to receive an acknowledgement, then ask >them if they got your message. > >Don't blame all of a group for the shortcomings of a few. >ALL Americans are not "Ugly Americans". (I am rather good- >looking, actually) 8-) > >If we do have some bad traits, it is probably due to our Irish >genes! (Remember now, don't reply to this type of message, >obviously designed to incite, via the group, but only by private e-mail). > >"Stealing what a person has written is plagiarism; Stealing from many is >genealogical research." >