Gateway To Friendship has grown since our opening in March 2001. Our goal is to ensure that Gateway is a place of friendship, love, kindness, encouragement, support and fun.

Due to the high volume at times, it is important to keep your mailbox checked frequently.

Chat Egroups and the Chatroom were put into place for

MEMBERS ONLY
The rules listed below are:

MANDATORY and WILL BE ENFORCED!

Some of these rules might not need addressing as they are based on consideration, acceptance and kindness of others but we feel it's always wise to have specific rules in place to prevent disagreements or conflicts.

Please read the rules very carefully and if you have any questions or need clarification on any rule contact Debbie or Charo

1) Participation

(a) Daily posts are NOT required but a post weekly should be submitted. Weekly, the owners will check on members posts. Members that do not post two consecutive weeks, will be logged as a non-participant. Failure to post for the month will result in being removed from the group.
(b) Mail settings individual or digest are required. Only those that are on authorized Leave of Absence can be on No Mail or Special Notices.
(c) Any member that remains on bounced mail for a one month period will be removed from Gateway.
(d) Any member taking a Leave Of Absence is excluded from weekly posts for only one month. It is the members responsibility to notify the executive officers if extended time is needed.
(e) Non-replies to special requests of reply or no participation in EGroups will be unsubbed from Gateway.

2) Anything that is either sent to EGroup or in the Chatroom must be something that MEMBERS would be interested in. Basically this means being a considerate person who realizes other people's feelings can be hurt by some remarks.

3) Gateway to Friendship is NOT A RELIGIOUS GROUP.
This does not mean that none of us do not believe in God, but rather that we allow all members to have their own religious beliefs without fear of being harassed or put down for their beliefs.  No religious remarks that may offend someone else may be posted to any of the activities.

4) If you are in doubt whether your posting will offend anyone, then don't post it. Another option is to email the material to Gateway and get their opinion whether it should be posted to the group.

5) There will be no stalking, hacking, cursing, or other illegal activities in any of the activities whatsoever.
If this occurs-Your membership will be immediately dissolved from Gateway To Friendship.

6) Gateway To Friendship has many members who come from different parts of the world. All have different beliefs on different issues. Each member regardless of their beliefs are entitled to respect.

7) Please do NOT bring personal problems/differences with other members into EGroups or the Chatroom. If you feel someone has offended you, please bring it to the attention of the Owners only. Do NOT post where all can view. A private email with the members name and the problem that has occurred should be sent to Gateway To Friendship. I assure you the problem will be addressed and each member will be treated equally.

8) Many of us belong to numerous groups, but please remember that NO member is allowed to post in EGroups or campaign in the Chatroom for another group. If you wish to privately email invitations to join other groups that you belong to, that is acceptable. This only shows dedication to Gateway inside our gates.

9) We all like to share material that others have sent to us. If you decide to share with others in the same email-- at NO time should there be exposed email addresses in the To: or CC: line. We recommend you putting your email address in the TO: line and the remainder should be placed in the BCC. This not only protects you but each member of Gateway. If you submit a posting with email addresses shown-you will be emailed about it and if the problem continues-your postings will be moderated.

10) The above ruling should also include the cleaning up of an email that you are forwarding. Always remember to take off the email recipients from previous post and any excess information that does NOT pertain to the subject matter of email often found at the bottom such as information of another group.

11) Many members compete in competitions outside of Gateway. Under NO circumstances are you allowed to post to the group asking for support or votes. This must be done in private emails with that person's consent. If you should post a Please Vote for me in EGroups, you will be emailed warning that this is NOT allowed. If done continuously, then Gateway has no other choice but to monitor your posts and if even after being warned it continues-then you possibly could be removed from membership. Please don't put us in that situation. If you have your links attached to your signature, this will be tolerated as long as we are talking brief-one or two.

11) Gateway To Friendship does NOT subscribe to any mailing lists or newsletters. If you have a mailing list or newsletter that you feel other members would be interested in, please send the information to us as we have a section called Members Services. If you wish to inquire if any member would like to sub, please do this through private email but do NOT include any member to your listings without their consent.


12) To help limit email sizes-please limit the sizes of graphics you input. This helps keep member's mailboxes from filling up and having returned mail. Backgrounds, scrolling backgrounds, and embedded music is now allowed in Chat-EGroups. When using scrolling and/or music please watch the size of the email. We ask that you do not exceed 500KB - 600KB. If you aren't sure how to check the size, please email us through private email. If you frequently send in posts that are over this size, you will be moderated.


13) We all like to use the "high" priority & "low" priority so our posts stand out but please resist doing so. "Low" priority should be used only when sending in results to our Weekly Activities. "High" priority is only for Debbie & Charo to use when we need to get everyone's attention.


14) Participation in our weekly activities is encouraged and a copy sent to gatewaytofriendship@yahoo.ca is needed so Charo can enter them into our site for all members to view.

15) Personalizing sigtags is very considerate of those that have the ability to do so but please send the sigtag to them at their personal email address. You may post in Chat that you have sent it to them privately.

16) When posting to the group whether it be great news or the need of support, the members that replied to your input should be recognized in some way whether you post through the group or privately. If Gateway does not see others being recognized, a notice will go out to the member that posted questioning their form of reply. This is only showing common courtesy which I know we all appreciate when acknowledged.

You will be notified of any changes or updates to the rules.


These rules must be strictly adhered to and if they are broken then the Owners will decide together, what action will be taken by any complaints brought to the Gateway To Friendship.

These rules will be sent to you via email listed in your welcome letter when you have been approved for membership to Gateway To Friendship.

If you have lost yours or need to be refreshed or clear about the rules, please contact the Owners, Debbie & Charo

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