August 28, 2005
Restarting
We have set up a new web presence. The purpose of this BLOG is to allow a widely dispersed group of rural activists to pursue the issues and actions necessary to fulfill our mission, which you can read on every page.
We also feel that it is necessary to separate these functions from the ongoing, free wheeling discussion that takes place on the ruralgreen listserv at Yahoo Groups, which you can join by clicking on the "discuss" link at the bottom of the page. Such un-moderated discussion is great and we have chosen not to apply moderation rules to the discussion list.
On the other hand, this BLOG will be moderated to some extent. While we want all of the input that we can get, when the discussion goes beyond the intended purpose, then some gentle action will be taken, such as suggesting moving the comments to the discussion list. At the same time, we have installed some filtering software so that spammers using automated comment form search engines will not be able to overload the blog with invitations to gambling sites or medication sources.
Over the next week, we will gradually fill out some additional content and tune the templates so that the site is easier to use and not a lot of work to manage. Feedback on this is welcomed.
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