>  It's not the FidoNet or Parrot Echo that's confusing; it's my local
>bbs. I'm more used to the bigger on-line services which don't make
>finding messages quite so difficult. But that's fine; I'll learn.
Bbses don't have the same standards for organization as the bigger
services do, so that does tend to lead to confusion sometimes. Just hang
with it--you'll find things on the smaller bbses you'd never see on a
big AOL or Prodigy-type place!
>in size from a little bratty greycheek to a Moluccan cockatoo but my
>favorite of them is my Timneh grey. They are all now enjoying a garden
>room which we built on just for them.
I'm SO jealous! I'd love to have a room with more than one window for
the birds to share. Ah well, NEXT house! 
> How do you go about moderating this group?  Are there any rules to
>follow?
By now, you should've seen the echo rules float past. If you didn't,
holler and I'll repost them. They're fairly simple--in a nutshell they
are: be nice and polite to each other, don't swear or attack, only one
for-sale ad allowed per month per user, and don't waste bandwidth with
off-topic messages.  Of course the REAL rules are a bit more complex and
wordy, but the idea is there.  Basically what *I* do as moderator is
to act as hostess, monitor traffic, and "police" unacceptable messages
via netmail. Warning--DO NOT become a moderator if you think it's
relaxing; it WILL eat up all your spare time! 
--Kathy
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