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Charter of uk.local.ayrshire

(Not Moderated)

uk.local.ayrshire is for the discussion of issues relating to the Ayrshire area, which includes all the mainland and island towns and villages included in the old County boundaries and now identified as East, South and North Ayrshire.

The area has a population in excess of 281,540 according to govt. surveys. Contributions are welcome from people who: Live, study, work or have an interest in the area, culture, history, sport, festivals and other attractions or plan to visit the area.

Advertising

Advertising is forbidden except for:
Suppliers of relevant local goods and services may post a pointer to their website or an invitation to request details. This may not exceed four lines and can only be posted no more often than once every two months. The subject line should read "ADVERT".
Participants in discussions may include references & URL's to their Ayrshire related business in their .sig. Announcements of community & arts events, comments on local political policies, environmental issues, support requests, opportunities for education, training and advancement or any other information that is of direct relevance to the people of Ayrshire are welcome.

Cross-Posting

Messages posted to this newsgroup must not be cross-posted to more than a TOTAL of four uk.local.* newsgroups; these may be geographically adjacent or overlapping, or connected by the subject of the post (e.g. "moving house from Kircaldy to Kilmarnock").

Note that the advertising of widely-available goods or services is *not* relevant in this context, and that most uk.local.* groups have restrictions on advertising, or prohibit it. Cross- posted adverts, where allowed, must meet the requirements of the charters of *all* groups involved.

Format

All posts must be in plain text; HTML and other types of formatted text are forbidden. Posting URLs of relevant Internet sites, where appropriate, is encouraged. With the explicit exception of PGP signatures, all encoded binaries are forbidden. Forbidden binaries include, but are not limited to: pictures, sounds, word processor documents, executable programs and "business cards". You are invited to read a guide on the World Wide Web at http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html for further information on how to configure your newsreader to post to uk* newsgroups.

Warning

Anyone posting advertisements, binaries or other material contrary to this charter may be reported to their ISP or postmaster.

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uk.local.ayrshire	Ayrshire, Scotland

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