List members should be willing to receive a large number of message. We discourage private responses to authors of other messages. Not all members welcome private correspondence. Continuing to contact another member privately when that correspondence is not welcome could result in being unsubscribed. We have yet to ban a topic for discussion.
Members come from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, philosophies and geographical locations.
Members are free to introduce topics that are of interest to them even if they don't see any other threads on this subject. Members who demonstrate on an ongoing basis that they have failed to recognize and respect the purpose of the list will be warned. If they don't heed the warning, and their messages are disruptive to or distracting from the group purpose, they will be unsubscribed. Because the group is sometimes like friends around a kitchen table, members may be tempted to share very personal information. The members of the list have determined the rules and guidelines within the purpose and focus of the list.