Hello all. It is so nice to see the number of postings increase as membership on Lactnet increases! I have enjoyed all the notes. It has come to my attention that a person might take the tone of the Introductory "rules of Lactnet" posting to be kind of harsh..or formal, especially those who first join and are not used to Usenet groups or other email lists. Let me first say that it is not intended to be harsh in any way. We want people to enjoy and benefit from Lactnet. The introductory note which you get when you join is meant to help you learn how to do stuff where LIstservs are concerned, and is meant to give all who join an idea of what is and is not acceptable to say or do when joined to a listserv group, specifically Lactnet. In our group, people have been lovely and have posted helpful informative messages. In my experience on other lists, or newsgroups, occasionally you might get someone who gets on a list specifically in order to SELL something to the list participants, or someone who is argumentative just for the sake of getting attention..etc. These arguments which spawn are called Flame Wars. If someone came on to Lactnet and posted a note saying that they were SURE formula was just as good as bf, and what was all the HOOHAH anyhow about breastmilk...and why do we need LCS anyhow, I am sure that you can all envision possible problems developing. Or for another example, if a formula manufacturer joined in order to try to sell us their particular formula, or argue for the merits of one product over another...with intent to sell any product, this might spawn some angry notes, and it also would interfere with the purpose of Lactnet...ie sharing and communication among breastfeeding people. Since LACTNET is open to everyone to subscribe, (anyone can join who has a computer and email capacity) we must guard against the odd subscriber who may be joining in order to cause trouble... .Hopefully, that will not happen. Right now, I am thrilled to say that we have about 16 subscribers, and it is growing daily. We are loving all the notes. Please let your LC friends know how to subscribe, and please let me take this opportunity to welcome you to LACTNET.. Kathleen ********************************************************** Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC Williston, Vermont USA [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************