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- Application and Membership. The NGC has the sole discretion to reject applicants or to remove current members who do not meet or appear to meet the membership criteria.
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- Partisan political announcements
- Ideological groups
- Self-promoting business interests
- Starting a new message. Include a subject heading for easier identification and archive search. Do not “piggyback” on to an existing topic.
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- Name
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- Contact information (email and/or phone number)
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