Sending 'forwards' and other stuff!

[Guest guest]

Dear Susie and ers,

1) When I founded , I had to set simple ground

rules and parameters. This has proved beneficial. So,

one of the parameters is that NO FORWARDS CAN BE SENT,

if one trys this, the system deletes it.

2) Another rule is we stick to CMT issues and as we have

seen in well over 3 years now, there are a lot of issues

to share on.

3) I would also greatly appreciate it if NO VIRUS WARNINGS

are sent to the group, since we are well protected through

. If you have a need to send Virus Warnings, send to

your friends privately - OFF the list. Most are hoaxes. I

personally have some GREAT software that catches all sorts

of Virus cr-- and other junk mail.

4) PLEASE remember to put a topic in the SUBJECT LINE of

your post. Not everyone reads every post, this also is

considerate of our European members and others who may

have to pay for Net/Email time. When a message is sent to

it goes to all 621 members.

5) Anyone who has requested Awareness Ribbons this last week

just hang on. They are ALL going out today. Our Post Office

here had a fire and so I am making a special trip to mail ribbons

AND requested articles from another town.

6) I have been adding many of the CMT Articles to the Bookmarks

Section for easier access. Everything is alphabetical. I will

continue to do this; I will also try to post at least entire

abstracts, if not the entire article, which by doing this, also

becomes part of our wealth of archives.

7) Welcome to our new members who just joined over the weekend.

We look forward to hearing from you in a brief introduction.

8) When you reply to a post from someone, PLEASE cut and paste

only the part you are referring too. This saves time and space

and is appreciated.

9) All you have to do to send a message to the group is post it

to then put in your topic like " question

about feet " , write what you want to say, sign it (really helps

so we can address our reply in a friendy manner) and hit SEND.

10) As said, I started email discussions in September

of 1999. The first day, we had my friend and myself. We

wondered if anyone would come. We started a CMT discussion group

that would focus on our lives in a positive and upbeat manner,

where people with CMT could learn 'experientially' (meaning

learning from others experiences), where we could share, care,

encourage, and hope. has far exceeded our initial vision.

is no longer with us, due to a fatal heart attack at age

54, but I know she's smiling on all the great things happening

at and at the Foundation.

Thank you all for remembering our Positive and UpBeat

vision and being mindful of the simple rules of good manners as

stated in your Welcome Page.

~ Gretchen Glick

Founder/Creator/Moderator