## July 23 edit - This Facebook description will change soon once changes to the group there are implemented. ##
Facebook does not make this info easy to find, so I reproduce it here. The description applies only to the Burma Monitor group _on Facebook_. A few supplementary guidelines appear from time to time in group postings and in my comments on postings. For example, group members may expect a Facebook 'friend' request from me. Accepting is optional, but makes group administration much easier.
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Online news, commentary, and other sources dealing mainly with contemporary Burma/Myanmar. Includes a portion of the materials in Burma Monitor research blog at http://burmamonitor.blogspot.com but does not include the link directories, feeds, or pre-set searches there. The full blog reader on it have the most complete and useful coverage.
This group is intended for postings in English and those who rely on English for getting information about Burma. A large proportion of members of this small new group does _not_ read Burmese. After many complaints, including 'Burmanization' by persons of Burmese nationality, and after non-Burmese readers leaving the group, the following new language policy for postings has been adopted. Language Postings in Burmese by members should be sent to _other_ large, active groups like Freedom Burma. Many other groups, open and closed, follow Burmese-only or mainly-Burmese posting policies and practices. The main current admin here in Burma Monitor _may_ make a _few_ highly selective Burmese postings daily. Others' Burmese postings will be deleted and such persons may be removed from the group without notice.
Members are also expected at least to scan posting headlines and not duplicate postings since these annoy other members, especially those who do not know how to Edit Settings lon the grouppage and turn off email notiifications. Some accidental duplication is inevitable, but known duplicates will be removed as quickly as possible.
Cross-posting and sharing Burma Monitor postings with other Facebook groups is permitted. No special permission request is required. Members implicitly agree to this policy.
All members may 'add' or 'invite' non-member to the group. However, an admin retains final authority to approve requests to join.
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