LL-L "Administrativia" 2004.07.01 (02) [E]

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From: R. F. Hahn <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>
Subject: Administrativia

Dear Lowlanders,

A number of people have joined us since my last administrative message (June
16), and I would like to welcome them on everyone's behalf.  At the end of
this message you will find a list of their places of residence.

Please, please, pretty please, read and understand the rules and guidelines,
folks!  It's really important.

Rules and Guidelines:
Dutch: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regels
English: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules
German: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regeln-de
Limburgish: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regele
Lowlands Saxon (Low German): http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regeln
Russian: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules-ru

Even some people who have been with us for a while persistently ignore the
following rules:

(1) Keep subjects separate:
     Only one topic per posting!

(2) Stick to the subject title:
     Do not change the topic name in your responses.
     Just stick with the one we have, even if you think
     it doesn't apply or is silly.  I will change it if I think it
     needs to be.

(3) Edit quotes:
     If you hit the "reply" button and simply write your response before
     or after an unedited, complete quoted LL-L issue, please do not
     complain to me that I have removed the quoted text in the published
     version.  It is proper email behavior to quote only the portions that
are
     relevant to your response.

(4) Give credit:
     Let us know who the authors of quoted text portions are.
     If you just hit the "reply" button, it will automatically give
     "Lowlands-L" as the author.  That will not do.  You must be
     more specific, and you owe authors the courtesy of
     crediting them by name.

As our long-standing members will attest, I very rarely come down hard on
people, very rarely "throw the book" at them.  Needless to say that "very
rarely" does not mean "never."  I will in fact do so if someone keeps
breaking these rules consistently despite reminders, especially if I get the
distinct impression they do so on purpose, to provoke me in a "passive
agressive" fashion (which has happened).  I do know that some of you have
only very rudimentary computer and emailing skills.  That is all right,
quite a different matter.  I can work around that, still encourage you to
muster the courage to share your thoughts, knowledge and questions (also if
you think your "technical" and language skills are wanting).


TEMPORARY ABSENCE
Before you take a trip or for some other reason need to stop LL-L mail
arriving for a given length of time, please write to us
(lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net) to let us know the date you want mail to be
stopped and the date you want mail to be resumed. As some of our members can
attest, this has been working really well, certainly beats the old, crude
method of signing off and on again. Once in a while people find themselves
unsubscribed without notice. Some of them immediately suspect the worst:
that I have "booted them out" for some infraction or other. (I know this for
sure only about those that contact me.) Please do not jump to this
conclusion unless you have received prior reprimands and warnings (which has
occurred very rarely, not at all for well over one year). If you find
yourself disconnected from Lowlands-L, the reason is most likely that the
automated server has unsubscribed your address because of repeated
"bouncing," i.e., because your mail servers keep informing the list server
that you cannot be reached or is filled above quota. Most of the time this
is due to temporary disconnection. Sometimes the reason is that a
subscriber's junk mail filter (or "spam" filter) has not been "told" to
exempt Lowlands-L mail, which is why our mailings do not arrive in your
inboxes. So, if Lowlands-L mail stops coming, please first check your "spam"
filters and adjust them if necessary, and only contact me about the problem
if all of the above fails. Should you indeed be disconnected, please write
to me or resubmit an application
(http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=subscription). I'll be more than
happy to bring you swiftly back to the fold.

Again, dear Lowlanders, thanks for your support and cooperation and for all
those interesting contributions past and future!

Regards,
Reinhard "Ron" F. Hahn
Founder & Administrator, Lowlands-L
lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net
http://www.lowlands-l.net

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Places of Residence of New Lowlanders since June 16, 2004:



     Australia:
          New South Wales:
               Newcastle [1]
     Austria (Österreich):
          Vienna (Wien):
               Vienna (Wien) [1]
     Belgium (België, Belgique, Belgien):
          Western Flanders (West-Vlaanderen]:
               Izegem [2]
     Germany (Deutschland):
          Berlin:
               Berlin [1]
     Malaysia:
          Selangor:
               Kajang [1]
     Netherlands (Nederland):
          Northern Holland (Noord-Holland):
               Amstelveen [1]
     Panama (Panamá):
          Panama (Panamá):
               Panama (Panamá) [1]
     Philippines (Pilipinas):
          Manila:
               Makati City (Bayan ng Makati) [1]
     Romania (Româniă):
          Bucarest (Bucureşti):
               Bucarest (Bucureşti) [1]
     United Kingdom:
          England:
               Lancashire:
                    St. Helens [1]
          Northern Ireland:
               County Down:
                    Newtownards [1]
     United States of America:
          Pennsylvania:
               Exton [1]
               Pittsburgh [1]

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