Dear Subscribers:

Gambia-L List Management would like to thank all those who gave advises
and suggestions concerning the recent episodes on the L. We have had a
series of online meetings among the management and have taken decisions
of re-subscribing those delist lately.

After weighing the pros and cons of the suggestion raised by Buharry, the
management came to the conclusion that it will be almost impossible to
implement this on a mailing list. It will be too bureaucratic and time
consuming. Even the recent online meetings among the list management has
been very slow due to the different time zones and the access to computers
by other members.


These are the Gambia-L revised rules.


1.  Postings on Gambia-L should not contain extreme insulting or offensive
language; pornographic material; notices of virus hoaxes; and chain letters.

2.  We're a diverse, worldwide group of several hundred people.  Our
emphasis is on sharing information.  Flaming and  personal insults (including
name calling, libellous statements) are out of place here.

3.  List Managers will, without warning, delist members who constantly
engage in name calling and insults.

4. A List Manager can remove a subscriber for violating any of the rules after
having informed other Managers and waiting for a response within a period of
24 hours from other managers.

5.  Requests for subscriptions/unsubscriptions should be sent privately to
Gambia-L managers at <[log in to unmask]>, or
through the St.John's web interface at
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html>.

6.  Personal mail should be sent privately, and not to the List .

7. Any subscriber who feels that his/her parent has been abused has to send
evidence to the List management that someone abused his/her parents
before responding in kind on the L because this might result in the delisting
of both the offender and the person offended.

8.  Complaints about conduct of other subscribers must be sent directly to
the Managers and not to the entire List. Management will then write to the
accused subscriber in private with a copy of the mail to the complainant.

8a.  The accused subscriber must, within 72 hours, respond to the complaint
with an apology and promise not to repeat the offence, or refute the
allegations against him or her.

8b.  In that there is a disagreement about the gravity of the allegation,
Gambia-L List Managers will vote on whether the accused is guilty or not.

8c.  If the offender is found by the majority of List Managers to be guilty of the
allegations, he or she must apologize to the person offended by his or her
posting within 72 hours.

8d. Failure to respond to an alleged offence or apologize after 3 working days
will result in removal from the List.

9. Forwarding responses or emails by someone who was delisted will result
in the delisting of the person who forwarded the mail, especially if it is to
insult or castigate others.

10. All those who threaten the existence of this List or otherwise impersonate
others by means of "spoofing" e-mail headers including addresses of other
subscribers, will be banned from resubscribing to Gambia-L.

11. An expelled subscriber may apply to rejoin the list three months after his
or her expulsion.

12. Applications to rejoin the list must be approved by a simple majority of
the management team.


Thank you for your cooperation.


Sincerely,

Gambia-L Management

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