| Welcome to the okyeame network!!!! Okyeame is a private maildistribution
list with special interest in Ghanaian affairs. This network is made up of
Ghanaians around the globe who have access to email. Thelist of subscribers
with their affiliations is mailed periodically to all subscribers. To post
a message to all subscribers, addressyour mail to "okyeame@africaonline.com".
Any special administrativeconcerns should be addressed to "okyeame-approval@africaonline.com".
PURPOSE Okyeame is a free forum for discussion, debate, and the sharing and formulation of ideas that
concern Ghana. Postings can cover any topic of members' choice, including
politics, economics, culture, education, history, geography, religion,
architecture, medicine, development, etc. Postings may include news, opinions,
observations, humor, announcements, or requests. If it has anything to do with
Ghana, it can be discussed. Okyeame has no political, religious, or economic
affiliation,and draws its strength from the diversity of opinions expressed by
itsmembers, thus reflecting the full make-up of Ghanaians.
Members of Okyeame are free and encouraged to form committees or interest groups to accomplish specific
tasks, or to discuss subjectsthat are of mutual concern to them but not of general
interest to Okyeamemembers. The results of such sub-discussions are welcome to be
posted on Okyeame.
DUES There are no dues. The only costs associated
with Okyeame are those that modem users may have to pay their phone company to transmit
andreceive electronic mail over the phone lines. Okyeame itself has no dues, nofees,
no charges, no budget, pays no salaries, and funds no projects. In short, Okyeame has
no financial operations. Individuals and sub-groups are free to solicit voluntary
donations from other members of the list for particular projects they or another organization
are involved in.
SUBSCRIBING AND UNSUBSCRIBING
To subscribe send mail to with the following
command in the body of your email message:
subscribe okyeame 'e-mail address'
If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list,
you can send mail to with the following
command in the body of your email message:
unsubscribe okyeame 'e-mail address'
If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list,
(if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the
list itself) send email to .
This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need
to contact a human.
RULES:
The only rules that members should follow are those of simple etiquette,
network and otherwise.
1. Messages posted to Okyeame can be shared with any other Ghanaian, on or off
the net.
2. Private messages, whether from members or non-members, should only be
posted to Okyeame with the author's permission.
3. Personal attacks on individual members should be kept personal; send a
private message to that individual and deal with it off the net.
4. Do not post personal messages (specifically for one particular individual)
to the net. Use the Okyeame List for the purpose of initiating private contact.
5. Okyeame is for free debate; do not try to force your opinions on others.
6. Anybody who does not adhere to these guidelines will get ONE "unfriendly"
reminder from the postmaster. Subsequent violation will result in the removal
of the offender from the list.
7. If your mailbox gets full or your mail starts to bounce due to network
problems, you are automatically removed from the net since there is no
way to inform you of the situation. You will be reinstated if you send
mail to the postmaster after you rectify your problem.
8. Postings containing only one-liners such as "Well said", "I
couldn't agree with you more", etc. are NOT allowed on okyeame.
9. You can cut and paste a maximum of 1 (One) paragraph of previously posted
text on okyeame UNLESS you are doing an itemized reply, in which case you
are allowed to cut and paste only the relevant sentences.
10. If you want your friends to be connected, please have THEM send mail to
okyeame-request@mit.edu instead of you asking me to add them. They will
then be given instructions on how to proceed.
11. Subscription activation and deactivation messages are NOT allowed on okyeame.
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