Read the following to better understand the purpose of the message board, how to post to the board, and the rules of the message board (this is IMPORTANT).

	UGS members and visitors to have a forum in order to exhchange information via e-mail. (See Message Board Gateway)
	A means for UGS Administration and Staff to distribute updates and information regarding the Society.
	Discussion of Ukrainian genealogical issues.

	All posts should pertain to Ukrainian genealogy.
	Messages that do not pertain to Ukrainian genealogy but are deemd to be of interest to the list members must have the designation OT in the subject field. OT designates the message as OFF-TOPIC and allows list members to decide if they wish to view the message or not. Keep your posts on-topic as much as possible. The Board Manager will allow SOME leeway, but constant off-topic postings will cause your message to be removed.
	Absolutely no discussion pertaining to politics or religion will be allowed on this list, except where it has a direct bearing in response to a poster's query regarding their family history research. If it's not of genealogically of interest, take it to private e-mail between yourself and the other party.
	All posters and discussions will be respectful at all times. NO defamatory remarks about or to other posters. Only proper netiquette is allowed on this board at ALL times. EVERYONE gets treated with proper respect. Doing otherwise will be cause for you being reported to your ISP.

There is no requirement for subscribing in order to post to the message board. However, to fully utilize the Rootsweb message board features, it is highly recommended that users register.

	To post a message, just click on the POST NEW MESSAGE link. Messages posted on the board are instantly copied to both UKRGENSOCIETY-L and UKRGENSOCIETY-D mail lists
	Mail list members wishing to reply to any messages posted on the board must click on the URL link displayed with the message.
	All replies to message posted on the message board must be posted on the board itself; unless the particiants wish to take the discussion to private e-mail exchanges.

All messages posted to this message board are instantly copied in full to the allied list (UKRGENSOCIETY-L and UKRGENSOCIETY-D). When you see gatewayed messages on a mailing list to which you subscribe, and you wish to reply to the message, you should be aware that the poster of the message is most likely not subscribed to the list. Replies should be made on the board by going to the URL (address) in the gatewayed message. Your reply on the board will then be "gatewayed" back to the list as well.
If you can click on the URL to access the message you should do so, and others (mainly AOL users) who cannot should copy and paste the URL into the browser window. By replying on the board you ensure that the poster will see the reply to the message he posted and also that the thread of the message is preserved on the board for the benefit of future researchers who may find the messages in a search.