HOME OFFICE ECHO RULES
 A note to SysOps and Members about this echo, the HOME_OFFICE.
 THE HOME_OFFICE ECHO is an open, on-going *Public* forum for the
 exchange of ideas, questions and opinions regarding facets of home based
 or cottage business.
 1. All messages should relate to the topic of the home office and its
 various offshoots; office equipment, coffee, relaxation, exercise, etc.
 Off-topic threads will occur but PLEASE(!) keep them to a minimum.
 Threads discussing topics covered by other ECHOS should be moved
 there.
 2. Messages posted in this echo are the property of the message author.
 Please request and obtain their written permission prior to publishing
 them.
 3. As experienced, knowledgeable and helpful as the members of the
HOME_OFFICE ECHO are, any and all information is *personal opinion* only and 
not to be taken as any type of legal, financial (including accounting) or 
medical advice.  Acting on any information obtained is at your own risk.  It 
is suggested that you obtain proper legal, medical and/or financial counsel 
prior to acting.
 4. All Users are to maintain a FRIENDLY attitude to all other Users in
 the way that they enter and respond to messages.  Take those "flames" and
 burn them elsewhere. PLEASE!
 5. Since this is a business and professional echo, please refrain from
 using an alias, save those for the other echos that allow them.
 For those who are noting this for the first time CROSBY!, the founder of
 and ex-moderator of HOME_OFFICE, uses his real name, *not* an alias,
 honest!
 6. Since networking is encouraged, DO feel free to share your
business interests, questions and thoughts.  Ask for or offer help, advice or 
opinion - but remember to keep all topics germain to business. AND PLEASE, NO 
DIRECT ADVERTISING OR SOLICITATION OF YOUR BUSINESS.  If an opportunity 
arises to allow for an exchange of business between you and another 
participant, that's great!  But, please, TAKE YOUR PRIVATE BUSINESS OUTSIDE 
THIS PUBLIC ECHO.
7. The use of Internet or Usenet style multi-line sigs is prohibited. Also, 
excessive tag or origin lines are discouraged.  The sysop's, who carry this 
echo on their systems, pay to move the mail around and do not need the extra 
baggage.
8. No religious or political discussions, taglines or signoff sentiments 
here.  Please!  There are other echos better suited for that.
9. The HOME_OFFICE ECHO prohibits the dissemination, advertisement, 
solicitation, endorsement, discussion or debate of "chain- letter" business, 
MLM, or other income opportunities. Please take such topics to more 
appropriate echos.
10. Remember that this is a PUBLIC forum.  Please refrain from posting 
private messages.  Please conduct your private business by phone, US mail  or 
FIDONET's Private Netmail.  (Ask your SYSOP for more information, if you are 
a dial-up user.)
11. Attire is to be sweats, underwear or nothing at all. Afterall, that's one 
of the advantages of a HOME OFFICE, isn't it?  Business suits will be allowed 
if you promise that you are on the way to see your banker.  :)
12. If you feel the urge to be negative and cynical PLEASE(!) take it 
elsewhere.  AND, Please refrain from posting consumer or service complaints 
or perpetuating such threads with your personal experiences. (If you 
recommend against a product for a legitimate reason by all means say so. But, 
do not regale us with your bad service complaints!)
13.  Access to this conference is limited to systems with valid Fidonet 
nodelist addresses. If you are a sysop and you are not a member of Fidonet, 
the conference is to be flagged as read-only.
14. Moderation duties are shared by Rick Samuels and Sue Matthews. Please do 
not send complaints about rules violations through the echo. If you have 
complaints with another participant in the echo, please send netmail directly 
to the person responsible, with a cc to the moderators. Complaints about 
moderation, the actions of other participants, etc. are considered OFF TOPIC 
in the echo.
If you think the moderators are slacking off, and want to offer your wisdom, 
please do it via netmail rather than posting in the echo.
15. Most importantly, enjoy yourself and be open to share information so we 
can all learn and prosper.
 ENJOY!!!
 Thank you for joining us in the Home Office.
 Sue Matthews and Rick Samuels
 the Co-Moderators of the HOME OFFICE echo.
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