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#0, To join this Forum Posted by jameson on Nov-29-02 at 09:48 AM LAST EDITED ON Dec-13-02 AT 11:52 AM (EST) To join this forum This forum is protected and moderated. The Terms of Service are linked to the lobby - click the link at the top of the page. Members register by email using real name, address and phone. I don't share that information with anyone - - but if you libel someone, and the lawyers call, you own your own words. (Don't think it isn't the same elsewhere - - the protected forums all capture IP's) Members also support the forums financially. The membership fee is $50.00 a year and that helps pay the bills. Membership is from January 1st through December 31st. (I am not a dedicated bookkeeper, I am taking the easy way out.) If a member joins then leaves, there is no refund. If a member joins and breaks the rules (attacks other posters, disrupts the group, knowingly posts misinformation in what I feel is an effort to discredit the group) they are deactivated and again there is no refund. Why should members pay? Well, it doesn't seem right for my husband to take on the cost for EVERYONE's addiction. But there has been another advantage. Flamers and troublemakers are hesitant to send in $50.00 just to come on and post vile - - they are quickly deleted and they lose the money. We don't have that problem anymore. Is it too much? I don't think so. It is less than $5.00 a month - - the cost of 10 McDonald's meals. All the posters have homes, electricity, computers, Internet access... if they use the forum every day for just 50 days, entertainment at $1.00 a day, I figure they got a bargain. Members are welcome to join us in all discussions, no POV will be deleted. I do insist that the threads remain focused on the subject at hand and that the discussion remain civil, but NO ONE is censured because they disagree with anyone else - - just do it nicely. To join, email me at jameson245@aol.com Checks are to be made out to jameson and mailed to jameson PO Box 5333 Hickory, NC 28603 Membership will be up in just a few weeks. Because of the current state of affairs, I will not be deleting any present members until the end of January - that way they can see what the NE book is - - then decide if they still want to be a part of the group. #1, RE: To join this Forum Posted by Guppy on Dec-09-02 at 07:53 AM In response to message #0 A little info for those who are thinking about joining. Generally, when the public forum is open, the majority of the posts will be made there. For the most part, the protected forum will be quiet until circumstances beyond jams' control force her to close the public forum. Those circumstances arrive in the form of vulgar, fact-free posts, blank topics, and assorted other off-topic garbage that is too much trouble to keep up with. At that time the focus shifts back here, and everyone can post without being disrupted by the childish behavior of those who want to silence a particular viewpoint. That, at least, is the way I see it.