Netiquette Suggestions for our group

Hello everyone, we hope the spring weather is allowing you to get out and hike more, and we'd love to hear your trip reports, all about what worked, what didn't work equipment-wise, and please share with us the great outings you are experiencing. 

Here's the Netiquette info we usually send out each month.
       
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  PLEASE BE POLITE, even when you disagree with a post. Deliberately impolite posts will cause a member to be immediately banned from this group. 
                         
  STAY ON TOPIC. Our group is a discussion group about lightweight backpacking. All other subjects are off topic.
                     
  TRIM YOUR REPLIES; 
   Please remove unnecessary information from your posts, such as 
headers and footers. When quoting from a previous message it is usually only necessary to include the e-mail address of the original poster and those parts of the text that pertain specifically to your reply, not the entire message. This streamlines your answer. A good rule of thumb is to try not have the material you quote be longer than your reply. We realize this isn't always possible. :o)
                      
  Daily Digest subscribers, please be careful not to re-post the entire digest with your reply. 
                                                      
  KEEP SUBJECT HEADERS UPDATED;
  When you start a new thread or when the topic drifts, you can click 
the "Start Topic" button at the top right of your screen. This will 
allow you provide a new header so your thread will be distinct from other threads. 
                
Before hitting "send", please take a minute to read and
edit your post to be sure it is a useful, positive and polite addition to our discussions.                                      
               
> Thank you for being a part of Yahoo's Backpacking Light group! Posting your questions, experiences, thoughts and observations brings  valuable information to other lightweight and ultralight hikers.   
                                                      
    We wish you excellent and safe lightweight hiking! 
    John O'Mahoney, Honorary Listowner (deceased)
    Mark Verber, Moderator,
    Steve Reed,  Moderator,
    Jim Marco,  Moderator
    Don Ladigin,  Moderator