From: dfreemans@live.com   
      
   I guess I should also add here that, if it were up to me,   
   there would be several improvements to the group, than   
   how it had been before I started, and how it had been   
   after I started:   
      
   1. In the FAQ section "Group convention", subsection 3.1,   
   it should be clearly stated that the first step for a Newbie   
   is for them to add a reply-post to the FAQ with their name   
   IF they want members of the group to look for and post   
   anagrams of that name, and as to whether they want both   
   flattering anagrams and insulting anagrams or just the   
   one or the other, AND then if there is no such reply-post   
   added to the FAQ and yet some new person appears at   
   the group, no group member should ever post an insulting   
   anagram of that new person's name unless that new person   
   has personally insulted that group member first, and no   
   group member should ever post any anagram of that new   
   person's name unless a request or assent is made at some   
   point by that new person.   
      
   Instituting these policies and procedures would make the   
   group much more attractive and pleasant to newcomers.   
      
   2. If and when the group is able to attract a newcomer   
   that wants to stick around, every member of the group   
   should for at least the first month compliment any good   
   or great or superlative anagram of that Newbie. Then   
   after that first month if the Newbie is still posting   
   any anagrams that are not good or great or superior,   
   every member of the group should for at least an   
   additional month point out those inferior anagrams to   
   the Newbie and explain why they are inferior AND   
   show a better variation or style or whatever the   
   issue is.   
      
   Instituting these policies and procedures would   
   certainly be best for both the Newbie and the group,   
   for a better experience had by all.   
      
   3. After these first two months for the Newbie, if   
   the Newbie is still posting more than a few inferior   
   anagrams, at least the group would know that they   
   gave a reasonable amount of kindness attention and   
   time to the Newbie and so they are not at fault at   
   all, and then it would be best to just ignore the   
   Newbie - do not add to their threads, do not   
   mention them on other threads, then in time they   
   might either stop posting or else finally improve.   
      
   Instituting these policies and procedures would   
   definitely be best for both the group and the Newbie.   
      
   AS IT WAS, since none of these sane civil loving   
   policies and procedures were in place before I started   
   and since I started, not only has my group experience   
   been in many ways and at many times unpleasant, but   
   there has not been a single newcomer to the group in   
   more than four years, and there is no telling how   
   long it had been before there had been a newcomer   
   before newcomer I came on board!   
      
   Plus, let's keep in mind that there were major problems   
   at the group before I ever appeared in it, such that   
   the best people who used to be at the group started   
   their own website anagrammy because they got tired of   
   dealing with the people at the group who would not   
   follow the rules!!!!   
      
   Yes! That is what I say! Let's get some sane civil   
   loving RULES - the above POLICIES and PROCEDURES -   
   established for this group, rather than let it   
   keep running wild with purely competitive arrogant   
   criminal creeps!   
      
   Amen!   
      
   Debra Dee Freeman   
   A.A REDEEMER? D.F., NEB.   
   A.A REDEEMER? F., BEND. [Can't wait to get around that bend!]   
      
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