Charte de soc.genealogy.marketplace

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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 14:30:12 GMT
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soc.genealogy.marketplace is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote
for creation by 401:32 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 21 Jun 1995.

For your newsgroups file:
soc.genealogy.marketplace	Genealogy services and products.

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

The focus of the group is on exchanging information on products
and services which the marketplace has available for genealogists.
Postings on topics unrelated to genealogy are not welcome.

*** THE FOLLOWING WILL BE ACCEPTABLE IN SOC.GENEALOGY.MARKETPLACE ***

 * Non-commercial (i.e. USER) endorsements or comments about
   good or bad products and/or services.
 * Commercial announcements of new releases of products and/or 
   services related to genealogy.
 * Short informative commercial product descriptions.
 * Short catalogs of information.  Longer catalogs may be
   summarized and an address given for obtaining more information.
 * Newsletter advertisements for family newsletters with legitimate
   genealogical purpose. 
 * Want ads for books or other genealogical items.

Email and ground mail addresses should be provided with all posts.

*** THE FOLLOWING ARE GENERALLY MORE APPROPRIATE IN ANOTHER GROUP ****

However, these topics may be appropriate if there is a cost involved
in obtaining the service or if the posts are made frequently.
Whether to post to s.g.marketplace or to a different s.g group will
be at the discretion of the poster, but the item may not be cross-
posted to more than one group.

 * Reunion advertisements.
 * Lists of resources available for downloading from other sites.
 * Notices of classes or seminars in genealogy or related fields.
 * Information about libraries or genealogical societies.
 * Information about libraries or genealogical societies.
 * Products and services which appear to be commercial even though
   the costs advertised only cover expenses.

*** THE FOLLOWING WILL BE UNACCEPTABLE IN S.G.MARKETPLACE ***

 * Offers of products or services which have been obtained
   illegally, such as copies of copyrighted materials.
 * Offers crossposted to any other soc.genealogy.* group.
 * Chain letters and other messages which violate Usenet rules.
 * Items not specifically intended for genealogy use.