Welcome to the North American Soccer list [NAS].

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But for those who want the barest of information, here it is:

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nas@americakicks.com
-- Please be responsible and follow list guidelines. If in doubt don't send it.

or:

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0.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 General List information
1.1 What's the purpose of this list?
1.2 How do I (un)subscribe?
1.3 How do I post?
1.4 Is there a website on US soccer?
1.5 Is there a list archive?

2.0 List content and inside jokes.
2.1 What are the list rules?
2.2 Do NOT post scores in the subject line; In fact...
2.3 Sometimes this is more then a list, it's a community.
2.4 Okay, I don't get enough from just this list, are there others?

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1.0 General List information

1.1 What's the purpose of this list?

This list is for the discussion of all things pertaining to soccer in North America. Though at times it seems that all of the postings are about US soccer, all discussions about North American soccer including postings about Canadian and Mexican soccer are welcome. Discussion can range from the National Teams, MLS, World Cup, USISL, amateur, youth, CONCACAF, Gold Cup, US Open Cup, college, coaching and on and on. If it pertains to soccer chances are it will be discussed on this list. Besides that, this list is not directly affiliated with any business or organization. Though Sam's Army is a good group to join and any business that promotes soccer is to be commended...

1.2 How do I subscribe or unsubscribe?

You can send email to:
nas@internetsoccer.com
or you can post from the webpage at:
http://nas.americakicks.com/post.htm

1.35 How do I get a Digest version of the list?

Send a message to:
imailsrv@americakicks.com with the following in the body of the message:
set mode digest nas

To return to standard mode, send a message to:
imailsrv@americakicks.com with the following in the body of the message:
set mode standard  nas

1.4 Is there a website on US soccer?

1.5 Is there a list archive?

2.1 What are the list rules?

Soccer. The list pretty much polices itself. Things to refrain from are personal attacks, racism, language and generally a bad attitude. No spam email will be tolerated. Some soccer related business information is okay, such as tournaments, but remember that it must be kept to the barest minimum.

Here are some suggestions in no particular order:
o Think before you post.
o Please follow the generally accepted netiquette guidelines; such as quoting only pertinent information when replying, profanity and if the posting should be sent to a smaller set of individuals instead of the whole list.
o Think before you post.
o If you really have to send a *flame*, compose it and wait 24 hours. Usually in that time a person can think of a nicer way to get their point across.
o Think before you post.
o Personal attacks shouldn't be. If you have a beef with someone take it to direct email.
o Know when to send private email rather than replies to the list.
o Think before you speak. Act like adults, not children
o No pissing contests will be tolerated.
o Use OT "Off Topic" when necessary in the subject field
o Keep "politics" OFF! NAS PLEASE
o No Attachments to the list
o Please watch sending duplicate posts to the list before sending your email
o Please read the list before replying to avoid duplicated topics, or news items
o Breaking the NAS rules will result in private warnings from one of the moderators
o Excessive breaking of rules can result in being banned temporarily or permanently

Other things to keep in mind:

Please do not post in html to the list. This is very easy to setup in your email program under preferences.

If you have a long URL to post, add << and >> around the URL. This helps many mail programs to open the web page correctly just by clicking on it.

Do not use or turn off "out of office" replies in your email program. If you are going on vacation or will be away from some time please temporarily unsub from the list. But please come back now, yah hear!

NAS (North American Soccer): Can include posts about soccer in the US, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico, etc. Although 90-95% of list content is based on US Soccer.

Use OT for "Off Topic" in your subject field if your post does not deal with Soccer in North America. OT posts are more than welcome. But as a courtesy to other list members who do not care to read OT messages this will be helpful for them in deleting unwanted messages.

Trouble makers will NOT be tolerated on NAS in any way. If you need to be smart ass, flamer, or troll go elsewhere. This rule is enforced with full list moderation.

Please use common courtesy when posting. Use the same judgment as if you were speaking to someone face to face. Use of rude comments, racial slurs, club hatred, excessive vociferous language or gutter talk will not be tolerated.

NAS, can be a high volume mailing list at peak times (US qualification, Work Cup, etc.) and is normally a medium volume list. If you feel overwhelmed by the volume of emails change your subscription to the the NAS Digest. This does however make it harder to stay on top of current issues and respond to threads in a timely manner, but may fit your life-style better. All list changes can be made from your email program or NAS webpage. Please see: http://nas.americakicks.com/

If you have any troubles please email a list moderator or the List administrator. admin@americakicks.com . PLEASE not not send messages to the list like "HELP: Get me off this list" or "Moderator...how do you stop this thing"

If you have any technical questions about the list, or need to report problems or downtime, email one of the moderators or the list administrator. admin@americakicks.com .

Use your delete key. If you have no interest in a subject/thread, simply use your delete key. Do not use bandwidth to bitch about it.

Please edit your messages. Lines and lines of babble and text are not helpful in keeping threads going and save on overall message size and bandwidth. Please edit and delete text that is not being referred to in your replys. Much appreciated.

Spread the word about NAS. Our community includes presence from all the major cities in the US (MLS and A-league, WUSA, D3, PDL, etc.) and all over the world (i.e. Germany, Norway, UK, Holland), press, coaches, doctors, fans, experts on television/net, youth soccer, MLS, A-League, USSF, Sams-Army, etc.

ALL off list communication will be kept OFF-LIST. If you have a complaint with a moderation request, or a NAS administrator you can take it to the NAS board by emailing this address: NASsuggest@americakicks.com

Any private personal communication between NAS members/non-members will be kept in private domain or the offenders will be occurred warnings leading to suspensions.

Suspended NAS members may not post under a new alias.

News links/URL's will be posted to the NAS list if of great importance or breaking news pertaining to North American and US Soccer or OT or interesting general soccer stories. All other links will be posted daily at: http://www.sams-army.com in list fashion on the front page.

2.2 Do NOT post scores in the subject line; In fact...

If you need to post the score, add an R in the subject line, i.e.;
Subject: [R] I know the score, I know the score!!!

Also, don't give hints in the subject line that tells people who won (Subject: UNC does it again). This is a critical issue on NAS for members who tape games to watch later, be careful to not ruin it for other members.

2.3 Sometimes this is more than a list, it's a community.

The bottom line for all of the preceding questions is that the nas list is a lot of people that enjoy soccer and want to see it thrive in North America like it does in the rest of the world. So, subjects may get off topic. That's okay as long as it's kept to a short time thread. NAS is a community. In fact it's quite a large community. If there's something on the list that you don't like, don't worry, chances are it will go away (-8 The bottom line is that there is quite a lot of traffic on this list. You don't have to read all of it and most list members don't. Liberal use of the delete key is a good thing. And of course if the list gets too painful, you can always subscribe to seeing a daily list of the subjects...

2.4 Okay, I don't get enough from just this list, are there others?

Hmm, you can always have two subscriptions to the list (-8 Basically, the Sam's Army website has information on a lot of soccer mailing lists and websites. If that isn't enough, most search engines will bring up quite a few soccer sites...