MICROFINANCE BEST PRACTICES GROUP ON LINKEDINhttp://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3040764&trk=anet_ug_hm

GROUP COMPLIANCE POLICY – FINAL VERSION

INTRODUCTION

THE MICROFINANCE BEST PRACTICES GROUP WAS NOT CREATED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES BUT AS A TRIBUNE TO PROMOTE THE ACKNOWLEDGED, PROVEN, REAL LIFE IMPLEMENTED BEST PRACTICES TO BE UTILIZED FOR REPLICATION PURPOSES !!

RULES

1. The members of the MICROFINANCE BEST PRACTICE group MUST fully comply to this group policy, to the BEST PRACTICES DEFINITIONS utilized by this group as well as to the LinkedIn terms and conditions , i.e. “User agreement” (http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=user_agreement&trk=hb_ft_userag ).

2. The participation of any MICROFINANCE BEST PRACTICE group member to any posted discussions MUST be based on mutual respect and consideration towards each others' expressed opinion.

3. Group members’ discussions, comments, news, etc. MUST FULLY COMPLY with this group policy and MUST BE STRICTLY RELATED BOTH with the purpose for which this group was created, i.e. presenting / sharing / exchanging REAL LIFE, IMPLEMENTED and PROVEN MICROFINANCE BEST PRACTICES (work experiences, thoughts, papers, manuals, procedures, systems, models, practical case studies, web-links), as well as to the need of having A STRUCTURED FRAMEWORK REPRESENTED BY THE CREATED SUB-GROUPS AND THE RELATED TOPICS PERTAINING TO A RESPECTIVE SUB-GROUP. Therefore the posting of discussions/comments/news etc. that are theoretical by their nature are not encouraged.

4. Creation of discussions, posting of comments, news, etc are welcomed as long as long as they are STRICTLY ALIGNED to the structured framework promoted by this group. This means that discussions must be created ONLY within one of the sub-groups and the related topics assigned to the respective sub-group.

5. Discussions and comments posted by the group members must be STRICTLY related to the TOPICS ALLOCATED WITHIN EACH SUB-GROUP. It is not allowed to post the same comment into several sub-groups. The comments must be well articulated / founded and aligned to the role/mission of this group, i.e. sharing / exchanging LIFE, IMPLEMENTED and PROVEN MICROFINANCE BEST PRACTICES.

6. The group members will need to be VERY CAREFUL in WHAT SUB-GROUP, or in WHAT DISCUSSION within a respective sub-group, they will start a NEW discussion or post (new) comments / questions. BEFORE starting a new discussion within a sub-group, or BEFORE posting a new comment within an existing discussion of a sub-group, ANY member should FIRST READ ALL THE EXISTING/PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE SUB-GROUP AND/OR ALL THE COMMENTS/QUESTIONS WITHIN AN EXISTING/PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, in order to AVOID unnecessary and annoying REDUNDANCIES / REPETITIONS / OVERLAPPING. Failure to comply to this rule will result in the deletion of the new overlapping / redundant discussion or of the new overlapping / redundant comment/question.

7. The members of this group must avoid posting sterile discussions/comments /polemics which, in any way, DO NOT relate to the role/mission of this group, i.e. sharing / exchanging REAL LIFE / PRACTICAL CASE STUDIES / IMPLEMENTED MICROFINANCE BEST PRACTICES.

8. The posting of commercial / spam discussions/comments/news, etc. , or the sending of spam emails /messages individually sent to the group members, promoting fake microfinance or charity fundraising campaign or the selling of products and services that are not directly related to the purpose of this group are STRICTLY PROHIBITED..

9. The uploading of free documents (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, pdf, etc.) or the posting of web-links where such free documents can be downloaded, should be made WITHOUT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=copyright_policy&trk=hb_ft_copy ), and in full compliance of the role/purpose of this group..10. The utilization of information, opinions, papers, manuals, procedures, systems, models, practical case studies, presented by the MICROFINANCE BEST PRACTICES group members, for the purpose of writing books, articles, research papers, news, etc. or for the purpose of reposting them on other websites, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED and SUBJECT TO INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAWS, UNLESS the written consent of both the group owner and of the member/ members that originally posted the respective information is obtained and a written copyright agreement is officially concluded.

11. It is expected that, within the boundary of their free time and their areas of specialization, the group members with microfinance experience and expertise to fully adhere to the principle “Give/Share FIRST, Take AFTER” and consequently, to have a reasonable active involvement in the sub-group/s discussions of this group, thus facilitating the EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION and the generation of LEARNING INFORMATION for those group members that have less or no microfinance experience but are keen to educate themselves in the microfinance field. The respective group members’ active involvement may be subject to periodic review that may lead either to periodic recognition awards (“Best sub-group contributor” ) or to blocking and removal sanctions.

12. This policy is applicable to all the sub-groups of this group.

13. In the future this compliance policy may be subject to changes in order to fully reflect the group and subgroup developments, the purpose of this group, the group’s logo (“JOIN-SHARE-LEARN-APPLY”) and the interest of its group members. Such changes will be notified to all group members in due time.

14. MEMBER/S THAT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE ABOVE RULES WILL BE BLOCKED AND REMOVED FROM THIS GROUP.

15. MEMBERS THAT NO DOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY ARE FREE TO LEAVE THIS GROUP.

George Staicu – Founder & Owner of Microfinance Best Practices group Senior banking and microfinance consultant