ASDMM Administrative Notice
HeatherOK
ALT.SUPPORT.DEPRESSION.MANIC.MODERATED (ASDMM)
(contact email addresses are HeatherOK (heat...@sbcglobal.net)
What is ASDMM's Purpose?
Alt.support.depression.manic.moderated (ASDMM) is a news group on
usenet/uunet
whose purpose is the following:
To offer emotional support to people who have Bipolar Disorder (aka Manic
Depression). This is also a forum which offers support to the significant
others
of people who have Bipolar Disorder.
To offer acceptance, tolerance, encouragement, empathy, caring, and
compassion
to those who reach out for help.
To share thoughts, ideas, and information about the condition of Bipolar
Disorder and related or coexisting conditions (for example, depression,
alcoholism, eating, disorders). Other medical conditions may be discussed as
they often influence a person's coping skills and quality of life.
To discuss treatment options including medication issues as well as therapy
based methods.
To explore research efforts focusing on Bipolar Disorder and related
conditions.
To present differing opinions regarding the various treatment methods
(current
and past) and protocols available.
To offer shared experiences about living with Bipolar Disorder and lifestyle
changes, which have helped us, cope with the challenges of this illness
thereby
improving our quality of life and of those around us.
Subject matter FAQ's and other informational postings will be made on a
regular
basis. Some information may be posted on web sites with links posted on the
ng.
Readers should read the FAQ's and Administrative Notice before posting to
ASDMM.
Informational addresses are listed at the bottom of this document.
WHY MODERATION?
This is a moderated news group whose purpose is to keep the tone of the
posts
civil and respectful; to regulate unwanted spam; to discourage trolls and in
extreme cases to exclude them form posting erroneous, misleading, and
damaging
information (e.g. "mental illness does not exist"; "do not take any
medications"). In essence, our goal is to facilitate support for our
participants.
Off topic (OT) subjects such as humor/jokes should be identified in the
subject
header next to the title of the post. People can choose whether to read OT
posts
when they are identified as such, anyone attempting to post to ASDMM who
infringes on the rights of *others* by putting forward ideas that are
harmful or
hateful will be curtailed by the moderators. First with a warning (returned
message), and then with a temporary ban -- to be made permanent if
necessary.
ASDMM is an equal opportunity ng. As such, intolerance of others differences
will not be tolerated. Any form of intolerance based on race; gender, age,
disability, creed, national origin, sexual preference, lifestyle, or
religion
will not be tolerated. Period. Posting on religious issues, IF and only IF
it
comes out of a discussion is acceptable so long as it does not lead to the
degradation of other religious beliefs. Cults or belief systems that deny
the
practices of modern medicine or encourage people to abandon medical
treatment
will not be accepted in this forum.
Proselytizing on the newsgroup is not acceptable. Moderators will make all
reasonable efforts to contact the sender regarding a post if the guidelines
are
breached. An explanation will be given to the poster as to the reason the
post
was rejected. The sender then has the option of rewording the post and
re-sending it if she/he so chooses. Posters using false IDs or aliases, or
munging email addresses will not be contacted. Posts violating the
moderation
policy will be deleted.
The posting of suicide notes is generally not encouraged by ASDMM. If you
plan
on committing suicide and want to say goodbye before you go please take into
consideration the well being of the other members of ASDMM. We are generally
a
pretty fragile group of individuals (we are bipolar after all) and seeing
those
types of posts could be a major trigger for a fellow group member to act out
on
their own, and in that case nobody wins.
We ask that you contract with this group to WAIT to take action for 24
hours.
We ask that you post again within 24 hours and tell us how you are feeling.
Below are some things to help you do this. We ask that you read the suicide
FAQ
and at least two of the links posted there.
CROSSPOSTING:
Cross posting is only allowed to the parent news group,
alt.support.depression.manic. The reason for this is that when we approve a
post that is cross posted, we also approve posts for other moderated news
groups. This is not proper practice--so we must honor other moderated news
groups by deleting all cross posts to any ng, except ASDM.
Submissions of URL's (web links) to ASDMM:
The material ON a web page must conform to the general principals of ASDMM's
posting policy to have its URL accepted for posting to ASDMM. All URL's must
have a text description of the site, or the post may be returned, if
reasonably
possible.
Additionally, there are two parent news groups dealing with Bipolar Disorder
which are not moderated:
news:alt.support.depression.manic
news:soc.support.depression.manic
The moderated news group is:
news:alt.support.depression.manic.moderated
Posting Options
Stuff happens and people cannot always post from their accustomed news
server.
Most people have the option of using open news servers, signing up for news
service above and beyond your ISP news service, or using a free web based
news
service such as http://groups.google.com/. These are all options for when
your
usual news server isn't working.
With a moderated ng you have another option. You can submit posts via email
by
addressing an email to: as...@sbcglobal.net . The moderators will enter a
news group field and your post will be processed. This method should be used
in
the event you are having trouble posting.
Moderation Delays
A note about the time before you see your post. Remember usenet/uunet is not
a
perfect medium and as such there will be a delay before a post that is
submitted
to the group appears. This delay will depend on whether or not a
moderator(s) is
available at the time of the submission and/or if there is a problem with
the
post. If your post does not show up right away, please do not re-send it.
All
attempts will be made to have moderation schedules in such a way that the
delay
time for posting should be minimal. Remember, if you submit a post without a
valid e-mail address and there is a problem with it, we cannot contact you
and
the post will be delayed. If your address is valid, you will be contacted
and
you will then have the opportunity to re-submit the post.
Remember, usenet/uunet is not a perfect system and some posts will get lost
in
the ether. At any point in the chain, something can go wrong. With a
moderated
group there are more links in the chain, thus there can be more problems
withposts. If you are having trouble with posting, contact your support at
your
ISP first -- it is the first link in your chain. If you still have trouble,
contact the Administrator of this newsgroup -- listed below at the bottom of
this message.
Even moderators' posts get lost and have to be re-sent. Keep a copy of your
posts in the event that you need to re-send them.
TOPICS: Changing Headers When Necessary
If it is necessary to change the content of a thread, then it should be
appropriately renamed with a new subject header. We ask that the poster who
chooses to change the content of the original post will rename a new thread
thereby avoiding any confusion that may ensue. The moderators reserve the
right
to change subject headers when appropriate.
QUOTING
Original written material is generally copy-written. Before you quote
someone's
words, either from a web site (or a private e-mail), please get their
permission, or as an alternative to quoting, cite a link to their site.
Original
composition or paraphrase submitted to our newsgroup is public domain and
may be
quoted freely, although it is considered courteous to accurately acknowledge
the
author for the sake of clarity. Please quote appropriately when responding
to
messages. Snip material that is not relevant to your response and quote
enough
of the message you are responding to that others can understand the
discussion.
MESSAGE CANCELING
It is the responsibility of each poster to ensure that they want to post a
message. All effort should be made to avoid posting personal information.
However, mistakes are made. Thus, it is up to each poster to cancel their
own
messages, as the moderation system for this news group is not set up to
cancel
messages, except in extreme cases.
Keep in mind that once a message is posted, it is out in the world and
canceling
messages is like closing the barn door after the cows have left--in other
words
(IOW), Cancel messages are not honored by all news servers, so your message
could still be on some server in the world. We recommend canceling at
http://groups.google.com/ (see the help screen there), to avoid your message
being archived.
COPY RIGHT AND CONTACT INFORMATION
This document and the FAQ's posted on this news group are copy righted by
thefollowing persons: Lynda F. Cunningham, MSN, MA, A&GNP, RN CS Adult and
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Nurse Specialist Exercise
Physiologist,
Heather S., Nancy Leitner, Andy, Larry, Peter Amsel,
anon-...@anon.twwells.com, platy...@geocities.com, Ian Lewis, Mark,
B.Ralph
Clement, Jr. Ph.D and Hillaire.
Copyright 2000/2001/2002/2003/2004
This document and the FAQ's, may not be re-posted, reprinted or distributed
in
any way without the express written permission of the current moderator(s).
Once written permission is obtained, the following guidelines for use of
this
material are: You state explicitly that the information in the FAQ may not
be
entirely correct or up to date. That information should not be used directly
without first checking it out. FAQ information is only a guideline. Do not
change the content of the FAQ in any way but may reformat it to better
integrate
with your production media. Assure that credit is given as appropriate. You
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ASDMM email submission address (to submit ng messages via email):
as...@sbcglobal.net
ASDMM CONTACT address: heat...@sbcglobal.net