Basic ManchesterK Rules

All messages sent to ManchesterK will need to be approved by the moderators - this is to ensure that it is totally appropriate. We will try our best to ensure that messages are passed on as soon as possible. It must be remembered however, that everyone already gets a lot of email anyway, so we would ask that posts be as concise as possible. The moderators reserve the right to reject or amend any email which they consider to be inappropriate for distribution to ManchesterK members.
Unless it is absolutely relevant, please remove any portions of previous emails sent to you if you decide to pass a message on to ManchesterK. The moderators reserve the right to change the final content of any messages prior to publication.
If attachments are sent in with a message, the moderators will check that these are of an acceptable size and may reject the message if this is not the case. However they should not be more than 1Mb.
Most messages are free to send in. However a charge may be made whenever people wish to place a message containing one of the following categories:
- Any revenue making message, examples are business related, tuition etc
- Any sort of recruitment
- Property sales & rentals
- Sale of large items e.g. a car or several items in 1 go
- Repetitive ads of articles for sale

If a charge is applicable, you will automatically be asked to enter your credit/debit card details when placing the advert.

Guidelines

Unless there is an exceptional reason, all messages sent by members should have the full 'real name' of the sender either

actually in the email address, or
alongside the email address or
in the body of the message.

Some people feel this information should be provided for the benefit of all members. Failure to disclose a sender's full name may cause us to reject the message.

We will try to enforce this but we may well miss some - do forgive us!

Unless a message is absolutely clear in its meaning it will be rejected or deleted. We cannot be held responsible for any delays this may cause.

Passing on messages for third parties will NOT be encouraged, especially if these parties are not members of ManchesterK. This rule will however be exercised at the moderator's discretion.

If members request recommendations then by all means reply to them, but don't actively recommend other people as a posting direct to ManchesterK. Instead, people you wish to recommend MUST be asked to contact us directly and provide suitable references. Even if we receive suitable references, this is still not an indication that we would endorse the use of their services.

Cleaners or Au Pairs may be requested - If they are recommended by members, a small admin charge will apply, either to be paid to us by the cleaner or the member.

Members wishing to sell tickets for events must state the face value of the tickets to avoid other ManchesterK members from unknowingly being misled.

If you are selling, or giving away an article, then please have the derech eretz to deal with people in a business-like & fair manner.

The same derech eretz should also apply to people who require something.

Please have the courtesy to email people to say that you've either found something else, or that the item the person has is unsuitable. A 30 second email would make a world of difference!

Tradesmen

With regard to dealing with tradesman found via ManchesterK:

It is up to you to check the following:

Whoever you let into your premises is suitably qualified for the work he/she will be undertaking
The person(s) undertaking the work is/are fully insured for public liability.
They provide a suitable receipt and guarantee

In addition:

When people use a tradesman recommended by another member would they please ensure that their conduct towards the tradesman does not compromise the existing relationship betwen the tradesman and the member recommending them.

Time Critical Messages

If you have information of a time critical nature eg a levaya, shivah or a serious warning that needs to go out quite urgently, please call either Lawrence on 07984 268 549 or Debbie on 07946 173 945 as soon as possible. This MUST always be done with these and we will try to accommodate your needs if we are able to. Failure to verbally inform us in reasonable time may cause the information not to be sent out at the correct time. Whilst we will make every effort to comply with your wishes we cannot be held responsible for any disappointments.

Reading ManchesterK Messages

We spend quite a time trying to ensure that all messages are 'cleaned up' before they are distributed so that members can make a quick decision as to whether to read them or not. Indeed we don't always approve every message that is sent in.

Please do not feel that you HAVE to read all of the messages - or even any of them!

Childminders on ManchesterK

We would remind any member looking for a child minder, that they should only use a registered child minder - and enquire as to whether the child minder has a "CRB" [Criminal Records Bureau certificate - which will show any convictions] and if so, ask to see it.

If a childminder is registered they will have an Ofsted registration certificate, which must be displayed. Parents should ask to see this document as well as the CRB.

Any genuine childminder will have no difficulty in providing documentation
- and will understand the reason for the request.

If a member is looking for someone to deliver or collect their children to or from a school or kindergarten, apart from advising the Director of the School or Kindergarten of any such arrangement, they should take up references on the person concerned, from that person's Rabbi and other people who know them.

You are also advised to ask to see a Driving Licence [and take a photocopy] and to record the Registration Number, colour and make of any car they drive and ask to see the Certificate of Insurance and ensure that it relates to that person [or at least their family] and that particular car.

You should also make sure that you know exactly where your child is to be taken.

If in doubt, do not give your child into the care of any person, until you are completely satisfied that you have made all the necessary enquiries.

Please note that ManchesterK has no control over who responds to any message and cannot themselves either take up references or check the capability - and suitability - of any such person or take any responsibility for any consequences, however arising.

The childminder advice was give to us by:
Mr P J Rabin of FARMAR MILLER RABIN GORDON Solicitors
Tel: 020 8381 3339
Mobile: 07956 285 267

Password Guidelines

The following are the basic rules that should be used when creating a password. We do not guarantee that they will prevent a hacker guessing a password nor can they prevent loss of identity but they are common sense solutions to an ever increasing risk. In the modern world there are many people who are trying to steal your identify, with more and more commerce on the Internet, increasing the complexity of your password may help defend against attacks. No guarantees but try the following where the system permits.

1) Password should contain a combination of ALPha-Numer1c and Puncuat!on (letters, numbers and symbols) with upper and lower case

2) the longer the better, at least 8 characters, an easy to remember phrase phrase for example "G0odY0mt0v" has zeros in pace of "o" see rule 3

3) none of the words can be found in an English or Hebrew transliterated dictionary. For example w0rd spelt with a zero is not a dictionary word but hackers are wise to this.

4) try and use different password for different websites. Nothing to stop use of the name of the website in the password but intersperse the name with punctualtion or numbers

5) do not write down the password on a piece of paper that is stuck to the computer. If you must keep a hard copy hide it away seperate from you computer equipmnet.

6) Do not use social clues to you password such as pets name, family name or common derivative of your name, website name where its readable. So if you name is Elizabeth try "b3Tty" but certainly not "Betty".

And one final tip

7) remember to change your passwords fairly frequently especially on bank or other secure personal sites

Hackers are looking for easy targets so purely readable names, that resemble your user name and are short are easy to guess, if dictionary words are used then hackers have software that tries every dictionary word available and finally the hackers use what is called brute force where they sequentially go through every letter, number and punctuation combination. They will find the password eventually but a good secure system would recognise an attack of this nature.

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