[HumJanenge] HumJanenge Group's Regulations

GROUP REGULATIONS
Please read the following group regulations carefully, these regulations are enforced strictly and without discrimination

1) MESSAGE POSTS

• a) Message posts to be directly relevant to RTI / Right to Information. The focus is on RTI in general and not on specific instances affecting an individual member. The prime focus is on discussion of gray areas of the RTI Act 2005.
  
• b) No abusive language to be used in message posts
  
• c) No "Cross-Posting" (multiple copies of the same message from / to other egroups)
  
• d) All posts in English language only (or with accurate translation)
  
• e) No communal, sexist, racial, casteist etc message posts
  
• f) Fostering  brotherly feeling among RTI activists all over India and organizing concerted action through message posts.
  
• g) Posting of "news" reports on RTI by simply copy-pasting is banned. This is also a copyright violation issue which we (and googlegroups) take seriously. If a news report is important, post your views / concerns with  the LINK to the article.
  
• h) Posts to be kept short and focussed. Long scholarly arguments are  strongly discouraged.
  
• i) Posts in reply to be trimmed (by deleting the previous post so that only relevant portions which are at issue to be retained).
  
• j) Self publicity or publicity for NGOs (and their programs) is strictly prohibited.
  
• k) Address message posts to the group (and not to individual members)
  
• l) SPAM (spammers, and spam harvesters) is not tolerated.
  

2) FREQUENCY OF POSTING

• a) This group shall strive to limit itself to 300 messages per month. The list owner is empowered to take all steps necessary to achieve this.
  
• b) Of these 150 message are reserved to the list owner and about 10 "guru" members who shall be invited to assist the list owner. The list of "guru" members shall be widely publicised and updated from time to time
  
• c) Other members are allowed to post upto 3 messages per day (24 hours approx) and 10 messages per month.
  
• d) Members are requested to limit / control the frequency of their posts to this list and avoid personality based squabbles on this group.
  
• e) Please try to combine reply posts, and avoid the temptation of replying to posts immediately.
  

PMK
List Owner