The skunkworks list brings together the technology community in Kenya and beyond. The subscribers to the list have diverse background. Participation in the list, like participation in any community, requires a common basis for communication.

These basic rules of etiquette hopefully will help keep our communications civil and useful.

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**** What constitutes inappropriate posting? ****

-> Personal Attacks, discrimination based on race, tribe, age, or anything really are frowned upon and not allowed.

-> Obscenities are not allowed.

-> Thread hijacks are not allowed.

-> Spam is not allowed. Unsolicited marketing of products is not allowed.

   Products can only be mentioned in response to requests for information/products/service

-> We have people of many different backgrounds on the list. What may seem as idle humor to one, may be offensive to another, we need to be cognizant of everyone's diversity. 

-> A professional tone would help. 

**** What is proper etiquette when composing new messages ****

-> Not everyone on the list uses a high speed connection to read mail. If you need to include the contents of a file, it would be prudent to put that information on a website somewhere (use the Skunkworks Bulletin Board ((http://my.co.ke/phpbb) for instance) and paste the URL within your message.

-> Please format your message so that it is legible, and PLEASE DO NOT SHOUT!!!!!

-> Many of us do not have English as our first language, so let us avoid criticizing each other for spelling or grammatical errors.

-> For OFF TOPIC messages, please use the Skunkworks Bulletin Board (http://my.co.ke/phpbb). The list is meant for technology related discussions, so anything else is OFF TOPIC.

**** What is proper etiquette when replying to existing messages ****

-> Please include relevant text from the original message. Condense the message to a size that does not lose the gist of the original message.

-> Consider using some means to identify which text came from the original message from your text. Many of us prepend the “>” to the original message, which makes it more legible.