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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Dear all,<BR><BR>Thank you for your
valuable posts to this list. In regards to the "</FONT><FONT size=2><EM>What is
wrong with you people??</EM></FONT><FONT size=2>" thread, kindly revert to
personal email to continue this discussion, as it no longer relates to a
specific article or the 'LCM Articles' mailing list's general purpose. Feel free
to CC/BCC individuals and list members while excluding the </FONT></FONT><A
href="mailto:lebanon-articles@mit.edu"><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>lebanon-articles@mit.edu</FONT></A><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Verdana>.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Verdana>Given the exponential surge in
volume of posts lately, many subscribers are choosing to suspend their
subscription and quit the list. As you may be well aware, the size of this
distribution is in the order of many hundreds and not tens of subscribers. It
consists mainly of LCM members, alumni, and friends of Lebanon and the club all
over the world. This may be a good time to reiterate the guidelines adopted by
the list to retain the quality and relevance of posts to LCM
Articles:</FONT></FONT>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This is not a forum. Extended
to-and-fro discussions soliciting input/responses from multiple individuals
should be taken to one of the many forums available online nowadays or conducted
via personal email among the circle of those interested.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">-<FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This is not a news alert service.
Pure news reports/articles are strongly discouraged, as they add no value to the
subscriber. News eventually reaches everyone with or without the list. If
timeliness is a concern, there are numerous news alert services out there that
can be customized to the specific interest(s) of their subscribers. (We
recommend using this list to use this list to share
creative/original/premium/paid content, editorials, blogs,
etc.)</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">When sending a specific
question/comment regarding a certain post, please contact the sender directly
via personal email outside the list (no CC/BCC of the entire list is
necessary).</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Posts do not necessarily reflect
the opinions of those who post them. One may post something he/she found very
controversial or blatantly wrong, for example, and worth the attention of the
list. Responses should hence address the content itself with no explicit
presumptions about the sender and his/her intentions.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">-<FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">To the extent possible, please
make explicitly clear whether a post is a personal contribution, forwarded,
scraped off the net, etc... Listing the source and/or providing a link to the
content online would be very helpful.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">-<FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">If you intend to reach only the
Lebanese students at MIT and members of the LCM, please post to <A
title=mailto:lebanon-members@mit.edu
href="mailto:lebanon-members@mit.edu">lebanon-members@mit.edu</A>
instead.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">You can always share your post
with the moderator at <A title=mailto:lebanon-owner@mit.edu
href="mailto:lebanon-owner@mit.edu">lebanon-owner@mit.edu</A> beforehand for
feedback or request that the moderator posts it on your
behalf.</SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Please note that there is a
separate LCM list created for the purpose of discussions: <A
href="mailto:lebanon-discussions@mit.edu">lebanon-discussions@mit.edu</A> is
accessible at <A
href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-discussions"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-discussions</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana size=2>. List subscribers have expressed interest in receiving and
partaking in discussions spun off other LCM list
posts.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P></SPAN></SPAN>
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archives are publicly available here:<BR></SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">You can
fine-tune your subscription preferences here (to receive a daily digest of all
posts, for instance):<BR><A
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face=Verdana size=2><BR>Thank
you,<BR>L.<BR><BR><BR>___________________________<BR>Loai Naamani<BR>President,
Lebanese Club @ MIT<BR></FONT><A href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon"><FONT
face=Verdana
size=2>http://web.mit.edu/lebanon</FONT></A></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>