What is a ListServe you say? A ListServe is an email group where anyone who is a member of the group sends in a message to one email address and the message is forwarded to all the members of the group. It does not require access to the web or other internet services. Just your email. To Join, please read the Rules of the ListServe below, and join at the bottom.

At the present time, we have hundreds of members on the MRFfriends ListServe. We have some fairly strict rules on how the ListServe is governed because of the desire to keep people's email accounts clear of debris. With so many people, it would be easy to deluge your e-address with worthless things to such a degree that I have found it to be necessary to do this.

The Rules of the ListServe are posted to everyone monthly. No one can say they haven't had the opportunity to read them. Please stay familiar with them.

This ListServe is totally, 100%, Moderated. What this means is that no message is sent to the ListServe without approval. In some cases messages will be "Rejected" by a Moderator on the basis of one of the rules of the ListServe. It will be sent back to the writer for corrections to make it more in compliance with the Rules. If this is not met with, the message will not be sent to the membership of the ListServe.

However, the addition of Off Topic messages that are sent with a subject line beginning with "OT:" are allowed from time to time. These messages while not specific to the MRF, are of a helpful value to the Membership of the ListServe, i.e. job hunts, house hunts, .... These will continue to be allowed and receive support.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send a message to MRFfriends-owner@yahoogroups.com.

1. Topic is information pertinent to MRF. PLEASE try to stay on topic. Ask yourself: Is this post of interest to the general population (i.e. including people who are NOT festies)? If so, then the post is probably *not* appropriate for the MRFfriends ListServe. Conversely, if it would be of interest ONLY to festies, then the MRFfriends ListServe is the place to post it.
2. No bashing, slamming, or bad-mouthing of other people.
3. Sign each of your posts with identification of yourself with your full real name and your festival persona.
4. This is not a place for sharing your favorite recipe or joke or for spreading virus warnings. Most things that are forwarded over and over again are not of a genuine nature anyway. View the following sites for reference:
   Urban Legends
   http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/
   http://urbanlegends.com/
   Virus Hoaxes
   http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
   http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp

5. If you have a problem with the posting of another person, do not reply to the ListServe about such. Send the ListServe Owner a message at MRFfriends-owner@yahoogroups.com and it will be taken care of.
6. When replying to the ListServe, remove old messages so "reply to-reply to-reply to" doesn't get immense. Trim old reply lines to be specific to your message. Try to avoid using excess bandwidth. If you do not trim the previous message, all of it will be stripped off the new message.
7. Follow general rules on Netiquette. For a description of such, please visit: http://www.24hoursupport.com/index.php?page=tip_netiquette.html
   or if you don't have web access, ask the ListServe Owner and a copy will be sent to you.
8. Do not just reply to old messages and add "me too." We don't need that information.
9. No flame wars.

Violation of the rules can result in
being suspended from the ListServe.

Who can be a part?

1. Contract employees of MidAmerica Festivals.
2. People who work closely together during the MN Renaissance Festival, i.e. Actors, CKC, Games, Safety Services, and Crafte Folke, (as in those of us who support one another during the run of the Faire).
3. No drunken, thong wearing patrons looking for the after hours orgies.
4. Patron Friends are always welcome.