Important information about the Living, Retiring, Traveling and Doing Business in the Philippines Yahoo Groups List

Introduction

Dear Members,

I am not comfortable at all with these "dictatorial," rules, below, at all. It is not my style and not to my liking.But from experiences with this List and large ones, it is the only way, I feel, we can serve the majority of the members successfully and continue to grow.

*Application of Rules*

These mandatory rules were adopted after seeking the moderators wise advice and guidance and accepting almost all of it.I feel they are reasonable rules, harsh thought they may seem, and in the best interest of serving the List's purpose. It's purpose is to help you and encourage you to consider the Philippines as a place to live, retire, travel or do business here, and be happier, and at the same time help the Filipino people by bring in foreign exchange and better, happier guests for the Filipinos to enjoy.

If you can't accept the rules below, of the privately held list, now is the best time to resign or make the decision to read, but not post to the List. This list is not for everyone.No list is.

Since I am the owner of this group, I take full responsibility for the my actions, the actions of the moderators and all List management. Please understand, *this is a privately held group,* not a democracy. And understand, this Group's rules, policies, and restrictions are not applicable to me, nor to the moderators at my pleasure. The moderators help me with the Group. They, like me, are volunteers and work hard and spend their valuable time to provide this service to you and the Filipino people. This list is operated at a financial loss. And it will probably stay that way.

The moderators and I retain the right to delete, edit, comment, reject post, moderate, ban, reinstate members, or whatever else we feel may apply. And we are not required to provide notice or justification, though often we do and welcome replies and suggestions at LinP1Mods@yahoogroups.com. I also reserve the right to post commercial messages on the list and commercials on the website and list. No one else has that right.Request for paid advertisements, will be considered. And I reserve the right to change these rules when I feel necessary and *without notice.* The decisions of the moderators prevail, right or wrong.

Rules of The List

* To keep the order necessary to provide you with the information you need we need some rules and guidelines as below: * Please stay "on topic."For example, if you want to talk about golf, that is for the a golf list. But if you want to talk about golf in the Philippines, this is the place.Off topics posts are a list killers. Do not post them.*

* This is a non commercial, free list. This is not a place to promote yourself or your business, or that of your business associates or friend's businesses. Advertisements can be purchased on the website, only. Signatures blocks and e-mail addresses with commercial domain names or that in anyway indicate your businesses expertise are not allowed. *

* Flames and profanity are not allowed.If you disagree, attack the position, not the person, please!If you attack the person you will be removed or banned, whether your position is right or wrong.*

* No Filipino or any other nationality, race or religious group bashing is acceptable.*

* Post like, "Good post," "Thanks," "I Concur,"or "Okay," are not welcome as posting to the group as a whole. Please don't post them in the interest of cutting down the mail load. You may however, send an email directly to any member you wish to thank, or otherwise correspond with. *

* This is not an introduction service, bride, husband or marriage service. We don't sell or give out or ask for any names of Filipinas or Filipinos nor can you.*

* Questions regarding laws and regulations related to living in the Philippines are welcome.But almost all of the advice you get will be lay, not professional advice. View it as such. And no one, lay advisor or professional attorney is permitted to give advice on how to violate or circumvent any laws or regulations. Keep in mind not only lay advisors can be wrong, but professional ones too. *

* Request for donations, even for good causes, are banned.*

* Jokes are not welcome, unless they are Philippine related. Humor is welcome. But this is not a joke list.*

* LINP3 is a wholesome group. LINP3 contents will be suitable for anyone interested in the Philippines, man, woman or child.*

* Links to porn sites or site that link to porn sites or International Introduction Services, sometimes called MOB services are not allowed.*

* On the LINP3 group we don't discuss Sexually Oriented Adult entertainment. This includes 'girlie or bikini bars', sexually oriented massage parlors, or business that otherwise facilitate prostitution, illegal in this country. *

* When one of the moderators or I say a topic is banned or off topic, that is the end. If you wish to comment or question a Moderator's action, send your response directly to the moderators, and not to the full LINP3 group. Use email address, LinP1Mods@yahoogroups.com as indicated below, under "Contacting the Moderators. *

* All posts to this List becomes property of Living in the Philippines and its owner, Don A. Herrington.*

Contacting The Moderators

There are a number of circumstances when you should send an email directly to email account LinP1Mods@yahoogroups.com ,*not* as a posting to the full LINP3 Group. Your email will be distributed to the Moderators and me, but not to the full LINP3 Group. Again, send an email directly to the Moderators at LinP1Mods@yahoogroups.com.

1) If you wish to respond to a Moderator's Action or Ruling. Moderator actions and rulings are not to be discussed on the LinP group itself.

2) If you need help with your Membership, such as an email problem, or wish to explain your resignation.

3) If you wish to bring a situation to the attention of the Moderators, such as potential Rule violations, off topic post, commercial spam, problems with other members, posting on certain topics, and such.

4) If you have a question, suggestion, or comment regarding the LinP group, or its rules and policies. Thank you for your valuable time, friends.And thank your for applying these important mandatory Group Rules and "Commandments" to your posts. Your compliance will make the List a more valuable service to you and others interested in living, retiring, traveling and doing business in the Philippines. Continued....Stopping E-mail Overload