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Guidelines for Posting
Membership agreement:
Membership to the BRAINTMR list, a Special Interest list, or any "braintrust.org" list, is
voluntary and does not carry a
guarantee. If a member cannot abide by the membership agreement, the
rules and guidelines, or for any other reason, the member has the right to
request removal from the list at any time. The moderator may remove any
member at any time for not adhering to the agreement, or the rules and
guidelines listed below.
By joining this group, a subscriber must agree that, when discussing
personal or medical issues about themselves or a loved one, that these
issues and experiences are based on fact.
In order to protect list members from possible fabrication, the
moderator may use discretion in suspending the membership of anyone who
may be presenting a fictious person or experience on the list, pending
voluntary authentication of the story in question.
Disclaimers
Any information posted to the BRAINTMR mailing list regarding diagnoses or treatments, etc.,
reflects ONLY the opinion of the individual posting the message. Any information pertaining to your
health should be reviewed with your personal health care professional.
No liability, explicit or implicit, shall be extended to the owners, maintainers, or
sub-contractors of this list or mailing list location for messages posted to the list.
While email messages sent to the BRAINTMR's List are original works of authorship,
fixed in a tangible medium, copyrighted to the author, they are potentially vulnerable to misuse.
The list owners make no assurances of the accuracy and/or relevancy of the information
posted to this mailing list or to information referred to by messages to this list.
* In other words, give to and take from this list at your own risk.
You may experience interruptions in the delivery of your BRAINTMR mail. Outages on the
internet, problems with your internet service provider or your e-mail account(e.g. mailbox full, new
host name, etc) may cause an interruption. Internet outages or e-mail delivery failures are common and
are not the responsibility of the list maintainers. Your subscription may be terminated automatically or
you may be removed manually if there are delivery problems to your e-mail account. If your subscription
has been terminated because of the delivery errors, you must resubscribe to resume receiving mail. If the
problem is with the internet however, just wait, the mail will probably show up. Internet outages can last
several hours or may last several days (if it is a U.S. holiday). DO NOT PANIC. If you have questions about
missing BRAINTMR mail, contact braintmr-request@mit.edu.
Golden Rule
THINK BEFORE YOU POST!!!
Always double-check your "To:" line to insure your message goes where you intend!
Make sure your SUBJECT line describes the content of your message
Send non-medical or non-support questions and other administrative concerns to
braintmr-request@mit.edu, NOT TO THE LIST.
General Rules, Conventions Netiquette
Keep on topic:
Messages posted to BRAINTMR must be related to the topic of brain tumors.
Makes posts original, limit message quoting:
Messages which are repostings of material that can be found elsewhere on the internet are discouraged.
Humor must be original. Eg: No lists of clever sayings, bumperstickers, etc. When replying to a message keep
quotes from the previous message to a minimum.
Place no advertisements or solicitations:
Commercial advertisements are not allowed in this group. Participants may post reviews of consumer products
or services in which they have no financial interest. Requests for financial contributions for individuals or for groups are
not allowed. Exceptions must be very special circumstances and have the consent of the list administrator.
Maintain Courtesy:
Accent the positive:
When posting messages, please comment on ideas and make positive suggestions. Please, do not personally
criticize other participants.
Refer flames to the facilitator:
If you are personally criticized, please do not respond directly to the list; instead, bring the matter to
the attention of facilitator by sending private email to mailto:samajane@braintrust.org. If people respond to
"flames" publicly, then other parties may exercise their right to respond, and soon the discussions become
out-of-control disputes or "flame wars". Please bring concerns to the facilitator.
Private flames that might discourage public postings are also banned from this group. Do not report private
flames by posting publicly; instead, forward the troublesome messages to the facilitator at braintmr-request@mit.edu.
Use proper topic keywords in "Subject" line of the message header:Post your messages with appropriate topic
keyword(s), as described in the scheme listed at the end of this message. Also, when replying to messages please
don't automatically use the original message's "Subject:". Instead, review your message and alter your "Subject:".
If your message contains key ideas that are not captured by the original Subject:, be careful to insert new topic keyword(s)!
Use brief quotes only: (no periodicals or long documents) DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS. Attachments such as
word processed documents or graphics appear like this: IJLJJJNKIHIOU(U()((HHUYFEY(*ROFIHOHFFHONCN for page after page
for many subscribers. This is very unpleasant. Do not send attachments of any kind. Instead offer to mail out copies
of your document or picture PRIVATELY to people who respond to your offer.
Include your e-mail address at the end of your message so that people may distinguish it more easily in
your message and can use it to compose a response directly to you. Use the format: mailto:samajane@braintrust.org "mailto"
allows some people to email you very easily.
Postings to mailing lists are original works of authorship, fixed in a tangible medium copyrighted to author.
You may wish to attach a statement to this effect preceding or following your message.
Respect the dignity of the contributors: Do not use the BRAINTMR forum or messages in ways that disrespect
or exploit the subscribers.
You may not post any copyrighted material on the list without written permission from the copyright holder.
However, you may quote messages posted to this list when you are replying to the list, as long as you indicate whom the
quote is from. For any other use of messages from the BRAINTMR list, you must contact the copyright holder.
By subscribing to this list, you agree to these conventions. Violators of these rules may be warned or placed
on editorial review and could ultimately be suspended.
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