Warning. Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be unsubscribed or banned from this group or reported to their "postmaster" and/or Service Provider.

We would like to let all our members know that this site supports a free speech atmosphere, but also supports the rights and feelings of its fellow members. You are free to post about virtually anything, as long as it is not an inappropriate or vulgar topic, and you do not spam or flood our boards with useless posts, however if you have something you want to talk about, feel free to post it in an appropriate manner.

Please note that despite our liberty of free speech in this forum, you are required to treat each of our fellow members with respect, and this includes NOT posting of any personal attack or material intended to hurt or offend any fellow members in any way. Due to the complexity of this topic, all situations will be judged on a case by case basis, and will be dealt with by a private message from a moderator upon first offence. However, advertisements for pornography or any other unsolicited messages as well as messages from "join-spam-and-leave" members will NOT be tolerated and will be reported to the authorities upon the first offence. 

Please post via:

• bogota-expat@googlegroups.com
• http://groups-beta.google.com/group/bogota-expat/post

Links or pointers to websites relating to group content are welcome, but must not be repeated more than once a month. Duplication of copyrighted material from websites or other sources is forbidden, with the exception of duplication of an excerpt from the source material for discussion purposes only, in accordance with the doctrine of "fair dealing" in copyright law. Such duplication must be credit the original source by providing a link to the original source.

The sharing of files relating to that of piracy, 'warez', 'backups' or other such activities are forbidden. Discussion of copying files which are commercially available (that is, not legally freely redistributable) is 'discouraged'. Discussions about the morality and legality of such actions tend to become quickly inflammatory, and should be avoided.

Posts must be readable as plain text but not restricted to plain text. HTML posts are "not" prohibited.

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Cross-posting in general is discouraged.  

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You are free to post to the group regarding any eBay listings. These posts subjects should be formatted to begin with the abbreviation '[FA]' or '[FS]'.

Adverts of no more than four lines, which are part of the poster's regular signature, and which are not the main reason for the post, are allowed.

Owners of web sites with information relevant to the newsgroup may post, no more than once every 3 months, an advert for their site, providing that the site is not used to sell, nor advertise for sale, any goods or services. The site may contain "banner"-style adverts if it is beyond the control of the site's owner to remove them.  

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