On the asd site, a button on the side bar:
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Charter.htm

Subject:  Charter and Info alt.support.diabetes

This newsgroup is for the emotional support of persons with
diabetes mellitus, their families and loved ones.
Specifically, this group is not intended to duplicate the
information in misc.health.diabetes, and not intended to
dispense medical advice about the disease.  Nor is this
group intended to duplicate the group alt.food.diabetic,
which discusses recipes for those with diabetes.

There are currently 15.7 million persons with diabetes in
the USA (according to the American Diabetes Association) and
140 million persons worldwide with diabetes (according to
the World Health Organization).  The WHO expects the numbers
to more than double to 300 million in the next 25 years.

It is not intended that this group would carry commercial
messages, binaries or HTML.  alt.support.diabetes is not
moderated.

This is the Charter.  It is intended that this newsgroup
will not have a separate FAQ, an extensive multi-part
Diabetes FAQ exists at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/diabetes/

[Webmasters Note: The following was added to the Charter in
2000. It was written by Alan (Wolf) Roark.]

What is ASD?

The main mission of alt.support.diabetes (a.s.d), though
not the only one, is that of the fellowship and support of
diabetics, their friends and loved ones. The group was
founded with the belief that moral support is an extremely
important part of living with diabetes, hence, the title of`
the group.

A.S.D is a public forum. There is no membership. All are
welcome to post here. "Lurking" is also accepted, but we
encourage any and all that have an interest in diabetes
issues to 'speak up'. Simply introduce yourself and jump
right in.

By charter, we are not here for medical advice. Specific
medical questions will often be asked and responses will
generally be given as suggestions or from personal
experiences. Any advice given here should not be considered
as professional, and should only be followed after
consulting your medical team.

We are also here to help educate. By sharing what we have
learned, either by experience or by internet, we hope to
help others learn to cope with diabetes.
Alt.Support.Diabetes is a non-profit group. We do NOT
advocate or support any particular product. Any testimonial
for a specific product or company is purely the opinion of
the individual poster. We frown highly on "spam". It is the
intention of this group that there should be no commercial
intervention. But because we are an unmoderated forum, there
is no way for us as a group to keep advertisers from posting
to the group.

Abuse of the Forum

Since there is no moderator, this forum is uncensored. We
believe in the freedom to say what is on your mind. We do,
however, request that the topic be of concern to diabetics.
This is not to say that diabetes is the only issue discussed
here. We talk freely about almost anything. Those post that
do not specifically concern diabetes are labeled as "Off
Topic" and should be designated as such by the preface of
"OT".

We ask that posters refrain from obscenities, vulgarities,
name-calling, and any other actions that would be considered
out of place in a public place.

"Spam" is extremely unwelcome here, but it will show up. Any
claims of 'miracle cures' or easy weight loss plans are
quickly investigated and debunked. Harassment is NOT
tolerated in any way! Those that wish to cause disruption,
either in the forum or by e-mail, are asked to move on.
Repeat abusers will be reported to their ISP.

HTH

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
--
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
Latest:What to Eat Until You Get Your Meter.
and Cambodia
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html