Welcome to alt.med.fibromyalgia.recovery.info (moderated) (AMFRI)
Administrative Notice--please read before posting (updated 1/05)
PURPOSE OF ALT.MED.FIBROMYALGIA.RECOVERY.INFO (moderated)
Alt.med.fibromyalgia.recovery.info (moderated) is a meeting place for
those
looking for sup****t and information that may lead to a remission of or
relief
from the fibromyalgia syndrome. It is a place to share questions,
information
and ideas; discuss problems in search of a treatment or lifestyle changes
that
may offer relief; debate differences of opinion based on experience or
research;
explore new therapies and protocols and examine the merits of old ones;
seek and
offer solace and emotional sup****t, and otherwise share triumphs and
trials in
lives that are affected by fibromyalgia.
A FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions Sheet) will be posted weekly, along
with
this Administrative Notice. Newcomers note: many of your initial questions
can
be answered here in detail from a wealth of information that may not
appear in
response to a post requesting general information or information on a
thread
that has recently expired. You can access the Dejanews/Google Archive at
http://groups.google.com/can
.
Suggestions to improve or amend the FAQ's should be sent to the moderators
at
the address below.
MODERATION POLICY
We ask that you keep it civil, even when you disagree. If you feel
particularly
passionate about a message you are about to post, please take a moment to
review
your words before posting. Written language, especially when used in the
impersonal jargon of controversial health care tends to sound dry,
callous, and
even haughty--easily interpreted as impolite or insulting. Most of us are
ill
and can easily take things the wrong way. All the same, please remember
that it
is the content of the posts in this newsgroup that we hope to benefit
from--tone
is somewhat irrelevant to the dissemination of information.
AMFRI is a moderated group. That is to say that a moderator(s) will apply
a test
of relevancy and minimal courtesy to all posts received. If a post does
not pass
that test, it will not appear in the newsgroup without first having been
returned to its sender with an explanation and the implicit invitation to
revise
it and re-post.
CROSSPOSTING:
Crossposting is only allowed to the parent news group,
alt.med.fibromyalgia.
The reason for this is that when we approve a post that is cross posted,
we also
approve posts for other moderated news groups. This is not proper
practice--so
we must honor other moderated news groups by deleting all cross posts to
any ng,
except amf.
Trolling
With that in mind, however, personal attacks and insults will not be
tolerated.
If you suspect something you wrote might be construed as a personal attack
or
insult, remember this guideline: When in Doubt, Take it Out. Reword it.
Otherwise, it may be returned to you for revision prior to appearing on
the
group. Trolls (people repeatedly submitting personal or inflammatory
attacks),
after they become recognized by the moderators, will be filtered.
SUBJECT TITLES (THREAD TOPICS)
Topicality of posts is very im****tant. Posts should be under appropriate
subject
titles. If they are not, the subject title of the post may be revised, or
a new
thread may be started to reflect the topic of the post. Moderators may
change
thread subjects if necessary.
VENDORS/SPAM
Advertising is no longer allowed on AMFRI.
All SPAM will be filtered or deleted.
It is acceptable for members to recommend products or services, they must
not be
selling them. Posts must fully explain the product or service being
posted.
Any post claiming the poster or someone the poster knows has been relieved
or
cured of fibromyalgia by an unnamed product and only an email address to
reply
to will be deleted. Any vague post asking others to "contact me" for more
details regarding a cure, treatment or modality will be deleted.
Complaints of unfair business practice on the part of anyone posting in
AMFRI should be re****ted immediately to the administrator or
moderator, and all subsequent posts from unscrupulous vendors will be
filtered.
As of 2/1/99, any vendors found to be sending unsolicited private e-mails
to
individuals posting on this newsgroup will be barred from posting in the
future
and re****ted to their ISP. Members must notify the Administrator.
gnn4ever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
written material is generally copy-written. Before you quote
someone's
words, either from a web site (or a private e-mail), please get their
permission, or as an alternative to quoting, cite a link to their site.
Original
composition or paraphrase submitted to our newsgroup is public domain and
may be
quoted freely, although it is considered courteous to accurately
acknowledge the
author for the sake of clarity.
Posting Options
Stuff happens and people cannot always post from their accustomed news
server.
Most people have the option of using open news servers, signing up for
news
service above and beyond your ISP news service, or using a free web based
news
service such as www.google.com. These are all options for when your usual
news
server isn't working.
With a moderated ng you have another option. You can submit posts via
email by
addressing an email to: amfrisub@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
. The moderators will enter
a
news group field and your post will be processed. This method should be
used in
the event you are having trouble posting.
Moderation Delays
A note about the time before you see your post. Remember usenet/uunet is
not a
perfect medium and as such there will be a delay before a post that is
submitted
to the group appears. This delay will depend on whether or not a
moderator(s) is
available at the time of the submission and/or if there is a problem with
the
post. If your post does not show up right away, please do not re-send it.
All
attempts will be made to have moderation schedules in such a way that the
delay
time for posting should be minimal. Remember, if you submit a post without
a
valid e-mail address and there is a problem with it, we cannot contact you
and
the post will be delayed. If your address is valid, you will be contacted
and
you will then have the op****tunity to re-submit the post.
Remember, usenet/uunet is not a perfect system and some posts will get
lost in
the ether. At any point in the chain, something can go wrong. With a
moderated
group there are more links in the chain, thus there can be more problems
with
posts. If you are having trouble with posting, contact your sup****t
at your
ISP first -- it is the first link in your chain. If you still have
trouble,
contact the Administrator of this newsgroup -- listed below at the bottom
of
this message
Even moderators' posts get lost and have to be re-sent. Keep a copy of
your
posts in the event that you need to re-send them.
MESSAGE CANCELING
It is the responsibility of each poster to ensure that they want to post a
message. All effort should be made to avoid posting personal information.
However, mistakes are made. Thus, it is up to each poster to cancel their
own
messages, as the moderation system for this news group is not set up to
cancel
messages, except in extreme cases.
Keep in mind that once a message is posted, it is out in the world and
canceling
messages is like closing the barn door after the cows have left--in other
words
(IOW), Cancel messages are not honored by all news servers, so your
message
could still be on some server in the world. We recommend canceling at
google.com (see the help screen there), to avoid your message being
archived.
COPY RIGHT AND CONTACT INFORMATION
This do***ent and the FAQs posted on this news group are copy righted by
the
following persons:
Ronald Martin, Nancy Leitner
Copyright 1999/2000/2001/2002/2004
This do***ent and the FAQs, may not be re-posted, reprinted or distributed
in
any way without the express written permission of the current
moderator(s).
Once written permission is obtained, the following guidelines for use of
this
material are:
You state explicitly that the information in the FAQ may not be entirely
correct
or up to date. That information should not be used directly without first
checking it out. FAQ information is only a guideline.
Do not change the content of the FAQ in any way but may reformat it to
better
integrate with your production media.
Assure that credit is given as appropriate.
You send me a free copy of the {book/cdrom...}
Other contributors to these do***ents include: Jane Livingston, Julie W.
Linda
Solomon, Jack Vance, Jill RC Moore, Jules, Bob Akins. Michael Baugh, Duane
Schroeder, Dreamsmythe, and Lady Freedom.
Contact Information
Administrator may be contacted at: gnn4ever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
email me, remove the Z.
administrator/creator/moderator
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