These are the original rules of this group below.  All new members are put under moderation.  People who have been members for a long time will also be put under moderation if they violate the rules below which I will admit we have not always even enforced.  We don't want to have to check individual messages, but if we have to, we will.

Some rules (September 2004)

1) No one wants to get tons of emails from people they do not know so we have to
set some limits
-- if you don't abide by the rules you will be banned from the group

2) Emails should only be about things of interest to local albanian community in
Massachusetts --
i.e., events, job openings, some special news on Balkans, occasional good jokes
(only good ones,
of course, don't overdo it or you will be booted from the group) etc... (events
going on elsewhere
OK, too, of course, if relevant)

3) Don't get into "discussion" of politics and other issues since you can do
that on your own
without copying the group -- announcements and articles OK, but not back and
forth endless
discussion

4) Try as much as possible not to send attachments since people on daily digest
can not read them
-- just cut and paste text directly into emails whenever message is text only



Mark Kosmo
617-372-0931 (phone)
617-262-2340 (fax)
markkosmo@...