Digital BW, The Print

Putting a brief statement concerning the purpose of the list and 
responsibilities of the members is a very good idea and might solve many 
problems before they arise. That way we could get away from playing 
amateur lawyer - which we are probably rally bad at - and get back to 
talking about photography.

I'm one of the moderators on a yahoo list and our standard operating 
procedure is to review the request for joining. We send them an Email, 
ask them to briefly tell us who they are and why they would like to be 
on the list. We usually approve the requester, but we have caught some 
trotters who have no interest in what the list is about.

Truman

Robert Morrison wrote:

> Wow...that about says it...thanks guys.  Should we put a brief 
> statement to
> this effect in the joining instructions for the group...just to make sure
> that new members "get it".
>
> Robert