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- From: macman@bernina.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener)
- Subject: rec.scouting FAQ #0: Welcome to rec.scouting
- Message-ID: <scouts-about_726117273@bernina.ethz.ch>
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- Sender: macman@bernina.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener)
- Organization: Pfadi Glockenhof, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:14:39 GMT
- Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
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- Archive-name: scouting/0_introduction
- Last-Modified: 1992/12/24
-
- Welcome to rec.scouting, the newsgroup for boy and girl scouts,
- cub scouts, venturers, rovers, scout leaders and all people
- interested in scouting, worldwide.
-
- In this group, we discuss issues relevant to scouting activities,
- and the administration of scout units, sollicit advice from other
- netters on what to do in certain situations, and generally seek and
- provide support and encouragement with respect to scouting.
-
- This is a group intended for both scouts and leaders. Although
- postings from leaders predominate, scouts and cub scout groups are
- encouraged to use this group to exchange ideas and to set up a
- contact with other groups in other places around the world.
-
- This document introduces new readers to the prefered Etiquette
- for rec.scouting and to the compilation of files of Frequently Asked
- Questions (FAQ).
-
- If you have a useful item that hasn't been included in this FAQ,
- please do all of us the favour. Write it up and post it on
- rec.scouting. Drop me a copy too to make sure that I include it
- in this file.
-
-
- This file is in digested format, like all rec.scouting FAQ files.
- If you're using nn as newsreader, type 'G %" to split the digest into
- individual postings. In bn or rn, typing control-G should cause the
- reader to skip to the next posting within this file.
-
-
- -- Danny Schwendener macman@bernina.ethz.ch
- Wolfsmeute Nidau/Glockenhof, Sihlstr. 33, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
- m.h.c. Troop 14, San Francisco
-
- --------------------------------------
- From: macman@bernina.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener)
- Subject: Etiquette Guidelines
-
-
- *** ETIQUETTE GUIDELINES ***
-
- Most of the guidelines here are the same as in news.announce.newusers.
- However, they bear repeating from time to time.
-
- o Please do not "flame" (insult) anyone in this newsgroup.
- Flames belong in private mail. Discussions will naturally
- bring disagreements, however, rebuttals should always be made
- in a rational, logical and mature manner in public.
-
- o rec.scouting has a strong worldwide scope. Many readers are
- outside of your country and will not understand terms which are
- proper to your own scouting organization. Please keep this in mind
- when setting up an article or a reply and include some basic
- background information so that everyone can understand.
-
- o Please limit the amount of material included from previous
- postings as much as possible, and try to be concise.
- However, make sure that you include enough of the original
- post so as to make your follow-up sensible.
-
- o Please re-edit your Subject and Newsgroup lines before sending
- a follow-up. Replies in the third round rarely have a direct
- relation to the original subject.
-
- o The bottom line: post intelligently, and make this newsgroup
- worthwile to read through.
-
- --------------------------------------
- From: macman@bernina.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener)
- Subject: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Compendium
-
-
- Rec.Scouting has a compendium of answers to frequently asked questions.
- As for all FAQ files, the idea is to free Usenet from cyclic issues
- and give room to new topics.
-
- The answers have been grouped into different files according to their
- topic. There are currently eight FAQ files available:
-
- #0: Introduction to Rec.Scouting and to the FAQ files (this file)
- #1: Skits, Yells & Creative Campfires
- #2: Scouting around the World
- #3: Games (split into two parts for size reasons)
- #4: Unit Administration
- #5: Silk Screen Techniques
- #6: Cub Scout Leader Hints
- #7: Fund Raising Ideas
-
- The FAQ files are posted in regular intervals (one file every three
- or four days) on rec.scouting and news.answers. They can also be
- retrieved through anonymous FTP from ural.ethz.ch (path: rec.scouting/).
-
- If you think that an important topic has not been covered by the current
- FAQ set yet, please let me know.
-
-
-