[MD] Administrator announcement

[Horse]

All MD-ers

This forum is rapidly descending into a pointless mess and I intend to 
do something about it.
We have a list of rules which you can find at:

http://www.moq.org/md/index.html

please take the time to read what is there and adhere carefully to what 
it says - especially the 4 posts a day rule!
You all signed up for theses rules when you joined and it's now time to 
start sticking to them.

Also, don't try to play silly semantic games with the wording or answer 
5 posts with one of your own etc. etc..
In other words please abide by the spirit of the rules as well as the 
words.

If you can't access the above page or can't be bothered or whatever I 
have reproduced what it says below so there's no excuse.

Horse


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*MOQ_DISCUSS - Charter and Rules*

The MOQ_DISCUSS mailing list exists to provide a general and 
free-ranging forum for the discussion of Robert M. Pirsig's Metaphysics 
of Quality.

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conducted in in a civilized and reasonably courteous manner. Members are 
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after reminders and warnings have been issued and reasons given. This 
will hopefully be an extremely rare occurrence.

The Charter and Rules of MOQ_DISCUSS are subject to addition or 
modification under the guidance of the list administrator. Any additions 
or modifications will be posted to the list with reasons given.

MOQ_DISCUSS RULES

1) As a minimum requirement for joining the MOQ_DISCUSS mailing list 
members must have read /LILA: An Inquiry into Morals/ by Robert M. Pirsig.

2) All topics and discussions must be relevant to the Metaphysics of 
Quality in general or some particular aspect of /Zen and the Art of 
Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values/ or /LILA/.

3) Each member should limit the number of posts they submit to a maximum 
of four per day.

4) Members should reproduce only the relevant parts of any previous 
message to which they are responding.

5) Contributors should reproduce the Subject line of the 
thread/discussion to which they are replying.

6) Where possible, posts should be restricted to plain text - no HTML, 
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as a file transfer or document exchange service. Use FTP or the Web (put 
your file/document on the Web and mail the list its URL).

8) Members should refrain from swearing, using offensive language and 
personal attacks on other members. Abuse, in any form, will not be 
tolerated.

Horse
horse at darkstar.uk.net <mailto:horse at darkstar.uk.net>
MOQ_DISCUSS Administrator


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