This is the National Cooking Echo. It is a non-region specific
conference dedicated to all persons interested in cooking and/or food
related topics. The National Cooking Echo may not be gated without the
Moderator's permission.

1.  Topics may be broad, but the common theme shall remain cooking. This
     may include recipes, appliances, utensils, cook books, food history,
     etc. The discussion of the benefits of herbs for medicinal purposes
     is off topic, as are the benefits or recipes of any illegal or
     controlled substances. Discussion of brewing and distilling alcohol
     is not allowed; however, consumption for which the primary purpose
     is other than intoxication is a specifically permitted topic.

2.  Avoid excessive quoting. Try to quote just enough of the message so
     the person you are responding to understands the reply. Try to
     change the subject line when it no longer applies to the message.

3.  The number of recipes per message should be limited to one, or two
     short recipes such that the message body is of a reasonable size.
     The inclusion of recipes, whether or not related to the topic of
     the message body, is not mandatory but encouraged. Please make an
     effort to properly attribute quotations or other creative content
     to their original or at least an intermediate source.

4.  DON'T get personal! Personal attacks (Flames) and profanity are
     unwelcome in this conference and will not be tolerated.

5.  NO religion, theology, doctrine or biblical references are to be
     discussed or debated. No political debates will be tolerated. No
     racial, ethnic or religious slurs will be tolerated. Headers and 
     taglines are subject to the same rules as the message body.

6.  The official language of the echo is English. Please do not post
     messages, recipes or anything else in any other language without
     a proper translation into English as part of the same message.

7.  ONLY the Moderators will address off-topic traffic or any other
     violation of decorum or these rules.

8.  Handles and/or aliases allowed if they are a normal part of your
     BBSing. However, you must post your real first and last name at
     the end of the body of your message if it does not appear in
     the header. Maintain only one presence on this echo; i.e., if
     you post with multiple names from multiple BBS accounts, make
     sure to sign your posts as noted above.

9.  As stated in rule 6, the only language of the echo is English.
     However, there are many foreign words which are common in cooking
     terminology. For this reason, occasional and limited use of the
     extended character set (i.e. high ascii) is allowed in messages and
     recipes ONLY in appropriate context, e.g. foreign words. Degree
     symbols and currency signs are frowned upon because of the lack
     of a standard translation by readers used by many members. High
     ascii fractions are not allowed because some BBS software
     transforms them into whole numbers.

     The use of the extended character set (ascii codes 127 and above),
     the control characters (ascii codes 31 and below), or ansi escape
     code sequences for artistic purposes is NOT allowed in messages or
     signature blocks.

10. The Cooking Echo is a plaintext echo. HTML coded text, other
     "rich text" codes and/or inserted pictures are not allowed.

11. NO advertisements of any kind (including BBS ads) allowed, with the
     following exception: ONE advertisement of new cooking related
     software is allowed. You may NEVER advertise ANYTHING to sell in the
     echo.

12. The total number of messages per day posted by any single member
     should be limited to 20.

13. Any change in Moderators will be done by the current Moderators.

14. All official moderations will contain wording that distinguishes
     them from ordinary traffic.

15. The Moderators may at their sole discretion appoint temporary
     assistant Moderators whose action within the echo only shall
     carry the full weight of official moderation.

16. These rules are subject to change at any time. The Moderators
     will give timely notice of such changes; their word is the 
     final authority, not subject to question.

Finally, no discussion of moderation is to be done in the Echo.
Queries and commentary should be directed to the following address:

ncemoderator@gmail.com
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