Guidelines for Meadowlark Content (and gmca-discuss)
                      Approved, July 2000
	           Revised January 26, 2010

Items Appropriate for Inclusion
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1.  Official business of GMCA

2.  Notifications from the City of Palo Alto or other local
    government entities

3.  Notices relative to the CC&R's and ARC

4.  News about Greenmeadow residents or members

5.  "For sale", "babysitting", and other non-comercial want-ad style
    items submitted by Greenmeadow residents or members


Items Not Appropriate for Inclusion
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1.  Defamitory material or material that includes personal attacks

2.  Obscene material or material in poor taste  (Please remember that
    the Meadowlark is read by family members of all ages, including
    children.)

3.  Copyrighted material without the copyright owner's consent.
    (Exception:  Brief quotations from copyrighted works)

4.  Commercial advertising

5.  Solicitations for charities or other non-profit organizations

6.  Any other material that has no relevance to GMCA, the Greenmeadow
    neighborhood, or its residents.


Application
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1.  These guidelines will be applied by the Meadowlark editor(s).  In the 
    case of the email group, they are applied by the moderators of the 
    group.

2.  When the editor or moderator is uncertain, or where there is an unresolved
    dispute with the submitter, the editor/moderator will consult the GMCA
    president.

3.  At the president's sole discression, unresolved matters may be
    taken to the full board.


Other Handouts
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When material is presented for distribution to the neighborhood
separate from the Meadowlark, it must meet these criteria:

1.  It must meet one of the first three criteria for inclusion in the
Meadowlark.

2.  Its timely delivery must be such that it cannot be included in
the Meadowlark, or the amount or form of material (such as voter
information) must preclude its inclusion in the Meadowlark.