At 11:09 PM 9/20/2002 -0400, Derick Hartshorn wrote: >List administrators are encouraged to share this post with their lists. > >To: Mr. Derek Nichols >Re: Issues of Integrity > >Your offer to represent Martin county, (NCGenWeb Project ) North Carolina >is indeed appreciated. ><snip> Derick's post was inappropriate and it would be inappropriate to forward it to other lists. Derek Nichol's posts were included without his permission and he has complained. RootsWeb's AUP says: "Post only material you own. When you post to RootsWeb.com, you must either be the copyright holder (that basically means you wrote it), have written permission from the copyright holder, or the material must clearly be in the public domain." I've included the full RootsWeb AUP at the end of this message. This list will be managed in accordance with that AUP. 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