E-DRUG: 2007: a new year, the same e-drug rules!
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Dear 3019 E-druggers (as of 1 Jan 2007),
At the start of the 13th year of E-drug, the moderators and staff of Satellife/Healthnet/AED wish you a successful 2007!
Some E-druggers wondered whether we had problems as no messages were circulated since 22 December. It is nice to see that you are missing the regular messages, but nothing was wrong here. I suspect you all had different priorities over the festive season.
Let me take this opportunity to remind all subscribers of some common issues:
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Rule 1: Remember the Human!
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Thanks for contributing to E-drug!
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Wilbert Bannenberg
E-drug moderator
wjb@wxs.nl