Last Updated 12/01/94

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              M O D E R A T O R   G U I D E L I N E S

       Moderators of SeekNet conferences are given certain powers, but
 along with those powers comes responsibility. You are expected to be
 courteous, and tactful in dealing with any unpleasantness in your
 conference. Unless the infraction is a obvious, blatant disruption
 of the conference, A 1st and 2nd warning should normally be given a
 problem user before calling for his/her removal from the Network. Try
 and keep in mind lag time in some mail system transfers. Some Bulletin
 Boards do not transfer mail daily. A user may violate the rules a
 second time before he receives your first warning, so try and keep that
 in mind before rushing a second warning out. When giving warnings, make
 sure that your position as moderator of the conference is known, by
 using your moderator ID or SIG. Your SIG should clearly state your
 name, your conference name, and your position. For example:

                   Anthony Phillips
                   Admin. Conference Moderator

 Please do not sign your name using your Moderator SIG in a conference
 other than the one that you moderate. No one is permitted to Moderate
 more than one conference in SeekNet. Handles, Obscenities, and
 personal attacks by one user against another is a violation of SeekNet
 rules and should be dealt with by the moderator in a professional way.
 Unless the offence is blatantly obvious, a 1st warning should never be
 a threat of removal, but a courteous request the user stay within the
 guidelines of SeekNet. We will leave discretion to you just how many
 warnings are given, but Abuse of a moderator will not be tolerated on
 the Net. Anyone abusing a moderator will be removed from the Network.
       Moderators should have a working knowledge of the topic of the
 conference he wishes to moderate. Being a Moderator doesn't mean that
 you give up your right as a user of the conference just because you
 moderate. The ideal person will post at least periodically, and tries
 to make sure that discussions in the conference flows freely, without
 bickering or snipping. He may also want to stimulate conversation
 by the introduction of new topics of discussion in times when the
 traffic in his conference slows. One of your frequent duties may be
 in steering those off-Topic discussions, either back on-topic, or to
 a more appropriate conference. Another chore is to try and get users
 to keep quotes down to 9 or 12 lines max per message. Quoting an entire
 80 line message, and then writing a one or two line response, should be
 discouraged. User signatures are permitted, but should take up a
 maximun of three lines.
       Running a conference like a sergeant in a boot camp is not the
 SeekNet style. We have found that Moderators who treat people with
 respect, not always, but GENERALLY, gets respect in return. Direct
 yourself to facilitating discussion, not just policing it. But as we
 have stated, "NO" abuse of a moderator will be Tolerated. We encourage
 you to have your own style, because we're not interested in turning out
 cookie cutter moderators. So be yourself! New Moderators should
 Introduce themselves as the New Moderator, and settle in like it is
 his/her home. It Is! SeekNet Moderators should have access to the
 administrative conference, and should direct all official mail through
 it. Anyone wishing to Host, Moderate, or setup a SeekNet conference,
 should send private mail, addressed to Anthony Phillips via one of the
 addresses below.

                      BBS - (610)237-6628
                       FIDO - 1:273/412
                        SEEKNET - 120:120/0
                         INTERNET - anthony.phillips@seekers.com
                          RIME/PCRelay - SEEKERS (Site #5516)
                           SNAIL-MAIL - P.O. Box 691
                                        Darby, Pa. 19023

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