Dear Readers:

recently a reader has persisted in posting a financial solicitation despite the policy announced here:

http://rypn.sunserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19964

Posts not in conformance with this policy will be deleted as soon as a moderator sees them. Please don't respond to them, as all responses will be deleted along with the main post.

Thanks,

Erik Ledbetter
RyPN Board of Directors

RyPN Readers:

I absolutely support the current policy and how it is enforced. If RyPN wants to establish a special section on solicitations, then that's fine w/me. I'll simply not look at those postings.

However, I do not peruse these pages to read or want to see solicitations for this worthy project or that (and these solicitations can get out of hand in a hurry). I read interchange to catch up on latest news and what's going on in other preservation groups like mine. In addition, I would be curious to know whether these solicitations are really worthwhile in raising significant amounts of funds. I make a special exception for the B&O Museum disaster, which was a disasted of national implications was was definitely worthy of support by us all.

Thanks!

If I may gently point out, if this is a policy it should be included on the Interchange "Guidelines" page. I for one did not recall this policy and may have missed the post in Aug 2004.

Chris, it was formalized and announced yesterday, 2/23/06, not back in August 2004.

I have not had time to update the Guidelines yet but will try to do it this weekend.

Appologies. Read your join date, not the post date (DUH!)