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Please take a few minutes to read over how the FMPSC works and if you see some task that you would like to do, or if you think of some other way to help out, let us know!!
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Frequently wallabies recommend certain sites on the 'net. About 5 years ago the wallaby who was trimming the WALL thought it would be good to make the links in the posts a direct link to the specific url. About 3 months later, she thought that it might be also be a good thing to list these links at the top of the WALL. With new links being added every week, the listings at the top of the WALL soon became bigger than the posts. A new page was set up with all of the recommended url's. Soon the new page was organized into categories. The next logical step was to set up pages for the individual categories. That led to the FMPSC as we see it today. 

Since we all have fibro and cannot count on being well enough to participate at any given time, it was decided that the site would be managed and maintained by different teams if possible. Teams allow individuals to be active when they are able and, without guilt, to take time out when they are not able. We hope to have many different teams to make up the larger FMPSC team:

the Page teams
the Link teams
the Mail team

We welcome volunteers to make the page/s they maintain unique and individual. However, wallabies who volunteer can expect to add items to their pages that they may not personally agree with. The FMPSC wants everyone to feel welcome. We recognize that wallabies come from all over the world, have various life styles, hold different political, religious and other views and bring a wide variety of experience with them.  Therefore, the FMPSC does not allow any statement, link or graphic depicting violence or indicating a preference for any one country, religion, race, creed or sexual orientation.

Page Teams Members keep the various pages current with up-to-date information. Volunteers do not necessarily have to know html to be part of a team. The team members who do not know html are valuable to the team through brainstorming about the appearance and/or content of the page, gathering information for the page, etc.

For instance, if there was a team of 4 for the Suggested Reading site, and 1 volunteer knew html, there would still be 4 folks looking for and collecting suggested reading material. If the actual person who maintains the page is tired, out of energy, etc., the rest of the team could be saving links to be added when the html person is back, or forward to the blteam for addition.

Action Page Links to politicians, snail mail addresses of politicians, petitions, any action that we can take to promote awareness of FMS, or protest actions of doctors, politicians etc. This team would put appropriate information that they come upon as they roam the net, or put appropriate information here that appears on the Wall. The team would also check the timeliness of each item on a bi-monthly basis e.g. petition out of date, or link no longer works or gov't changes. Also ensure that the source of the petition wants their email address listed or just that of the organization.

Contests Contests to be run intermittently... set up contest page, accept and post submissions, set up the voting process, announce winners. Eeach team will decide whether or not to offer prizes. Prizes should not be costly for the team, nor should they cost the winner anything. It is perfectly fine to not offer a prize. Only one contest at a time should be run to save space and confusion on the main Wall. 

Information Provide  links to current, timely, general information about FMS, alternate remedies, doctor referral information, abstracts and recent studies, other support and information sites, medications and more. Volunteers will be responsible for checking the links for active status and removing those no longer working, and adding new links as found or suggested by fellow fm'ers. 

Support Links to sites that provide support for fm or chronic pain, sites like the wall, shn ... these would include sites specifically for young fm folks, male support groups, gay and lesbian support sites,  family and friends of fm folks, etc... 

Misc. links To miscellaneous sites that are not necessarily connected to fm... include such sites as: check if warning email is hoax or see only good news or get a coupon for a hug, opportunites for home learning etc.

Arts Site for displaying wallaby arts... poetry, prose, canvas art, computer art, camera art, and crafts. the team would be responsible for managing the size of the displays, keeping in mind that our space is not infinite, thus removing older displays to make room for new. The team should not pass judgement on any one piece and may not censor what is submitted. only something that is pornography or oppressive may be rejected. the individual who submits such an item should be notified (in an honest and caring way) of the reason for the rejection.

Fibro friendly recipes Recipes that are tasty, inexpensive and easy to make. 

Home pages Provide links to the home pages of wallabies,  check links  regularly to ensure none out of date. The home pages need not be FM-related, but pages that fellow wallabies have created and wish to showcase their various interests, hobbies, families or home-related business. 

Photo pages Photos of wallabies, check email addy's regularly to ensure none out of date 

Events and Conferences Provide current information on FM/MPS conferences around the world, provide information for registering for these events, what their purpose is and posting photos submitted that were taken at various events. This could be a major conference of various FM societies or a group of wallabies that met within their own state. 

Suggested Reading  Maintain the list by adding new items found, these can be books, periodicals, pamplets, medical journal articles. Check links for online sources and articles often to insure they are still valid. Check validity of the offered choices ie: no crack-pot faith healers just selling snake oil to "cure" fm. Should add current, valid research and support reading only. 

TheLinks Team will check pages for out-of-date links etc.

The Mail Team In the event that there are too few volunteers we would welcome a person or team to sort through the mail for the various pages and forward the messages to the appropriate individual.

If you see some task that you would like to do, or if you think of some other way to help out, let us know!! Please email us. 

Thank you for your interest in helping to keep the Wall by and for the fm'ily. 
- The BLTeam (Anne, Bonnie, Dee & Louise)