Who can
join
DMNK?
Any individual
living in the Denver Metro or surrounding areas (including Colorado
Springs, Boulder, Golden, Monument, Castle Rock, and Ft. Collins)
who is over the age of 21 and has never parented may join. Step-parents,
empty nesters, adoptive parents, and single parents whose children
live with their other parent are not eligible to join. We welcome
couples and singles, and we do not discriminate on any basis other
than age (you must be 21 to join) and non parental status. If
you're not in our area but still wish to join, please email the chapter
coordinator. All of our members
are childfree. Most of us chose that lifestyle, some have yet
to make a decision, and still others did not have a choice.
We
do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age (over 21), ethnicity,
cultural or linguistic background, marital, social or economic status,
political, sexual or religious orientation, or physical or mental
ability.
About our group:
Our members range
from twentysomething to fiftysomething, single and coupled. While most
live in the Denver area, many live in Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort
Collins, and other surrounding areas. Our official membership and announcemnt
list is the Denver No Kidding Yahoo! Group. All official group communication
and event announcements are posted to that email list. When you join,
you may decide whether you receive e-mails from the group individually,
in a daily digest, or a weekly digest. All DMNK events must
be posted to the Yahoo group email list. Please visit our events
page to learn more about hosting and attending events.
Rules and
Guidelines:
DMNK doesn't have
a whole lot of rules. Our few policies are geared toward keeping
the group childfree, keeping our members safe, and encouraging community
and common courtesy. We ask that members treat all other
members with courtesy and respect at all times.
When posting
to the group email list or the message board, please follow these guidelines:
Keep your language
civil and clean, and avoid inflammatory language and insults. Our
email list is used primarily for planning events, but it is also a
place for childfree adults to find community. Inflammatory posts
will not be tolerated.
It's OK to vent
a bit about your experiences with parents and children if you wish;
but we're not about child hating or parent hating. Please do
not use our email list or message board as a place to vent insults
to anyone: members, parents or children.
We want all of our
members to feel that they are welcome in our community, so please
remember that all official DMNK events must be open to all members. You
may limit the size of your party by announcing in your invitation
that you will take the first ten, fifteen, or however many respondants
you wish, or simply email the group to cut off RSVPs once you've reached
the desired number for your event. It is our purpose to meet new childfree
freinds, so if you wish to gather with select members of DMNK whom
you have already met at official events, you are encouraged to do
so, but these events must be planned outside of the group and are
not considered to be DMNK events. We do not host events that are limited
to women, singles, couples or any specific demographic other than
childfree adults.
DMNK is not a singles
club. Like all of our valued members, singles are of course welcome
and encouraged to host and attend events that are to their liking,
but in keeping with our non-discrimination policy, we do not have
singles-only events.
DMNK is not a dating
service. Posts seeking dates or other relationships of a romantic
or sexual nature will not be tolerated. They will be immediately
deleted from the message board and the member who posted will either
be warned or banned from the group, depending on the situation. Anyone
who posts an email of a sexually explicit nature will be immediately
banned from the group. Anyone who responds to posts fitting the above
categories does so at their own risk and should execise extreme caution
regarding giving out personal and contact information or meeting strangers
alone.
How to
join:
We have no dues
or fees, but our chapter is responsible for paying an annual chapter
fee and paying for web hosting and our domain name, so modest donations
are accepted. (A dolloar or two when you attend an eventis sufficient.)
To join, click on the link below, or go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/denver-nokidding/.
When you get there, click the "join this group" button at the top of
the page and follow the directions. If you already have a Yahoo!
ID, use that; if not, you'll need to create a new Yahoo! ID and password.
Once you've joined, you're welcome to post to the email list or participate
in the polls. If you have any questions or problems, please email
the chapter coordinator at denvernokidding@yahoo.com.
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