Featherweight Fanatics Guidelines

Last updated 9/27/96

Welcome to Featherweight Fanatics

The purpose of this list.

The purpose of this group is have a place to discuss the Featherweight sewing machine that is so popular among quilters. It is a place to ask questions, look for opinions, share knowledge and so on. While the main discussion on the list should be about Featherweights, discussions about other antique machines is also welcome.

The guidelines for this list are simple

  1. To post a message to the group, please send your message to FWFanatics@ttsw.com and no where else. Please, do not send list postings to my personal e-mail address.

  2. To subscribe to the list, please send you name and e-mail address to FWF@ox.ttsw.com with the subject "Subscribe".

  3. To Unsubscribe, please send e-mail to FWF@ox.ttsw.com and in the subject of the message put one word "Unsubscribe".

  4. This list is availble only in Digest mode. You will only be receiving one message a day containing all of the postings I have received in the past 24 hours.

  5. If you have to go on vacation and want to stop mail from this list, please send me a message at FWFanatics@ttsw.com before you go and then again when you get back.

  6. I will insist upon no flaming or general rudness. This list is meant to be a way to share ideas, instructions, knowledge, and questions about Featherweights and other antique machines among the subscribers. Please, use it as such. If you have problems with any individual or posting on the list, please e-mail me personally at Sue@ttsw.com

  7. Any problems, questions, etc, please send to me at Sue@ttsw.com This is a totally manual list, so I ask everyone to be patient with me.

  8. List archives are kept by the week and are available on the FW Fanatics home page, http://ttsw.com/FWF Archives are added to the home page as time permits.

  9. There is a $12 per year charge for Featherweight Fanatics after your free trial month. Sponsorships of the list are available for those with goods or services which may be of interest to FW Fanatic subscribers. Please e-mail Sue@ttsw.com for more information.

  10. The FW Fanatics www page can be found at http://ttsw.com/FWF Members are encouraged to send photos of their machines to add to our picture gallery. Please e-mail me at Sue@ttsw.com for more information about putting your "baby" online.

  11. To keep the traffic on this list from becoming overwhelming, all postings regarding the sale of any sewing machines, accessories, manuals, whatever should be sent to FWForSale@ttsw.com. These messages are collected during the week and are sent out as part of the Saturday digest. For Sale messages sent to the regular e-mail address will be deleted. The For Sale postings are NOT a SEPARATE list.

  12. If you are looking for a particular machine, accessory, or manual, send your posting to the FW Fanatics list, but be sure to put "WANTED" in the subject line of the message.

  13. If you spot a machine at an antique store, sewing store, etc and would like to alert other members of the FWF, please put "MACHINE SIGHTED" in the subject line of your posting.
Hope you enjoy the Featherweight Fanatics!!!
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