What_Is_Field_of_Mugi?

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Field of Mugi is a free Internet membership website for present, future 
and past working mothers and other women willing to support working 
mothers.  

In the following, we would like to introduce how the site was set up,
who is the webmaster of the site, and how the site is operated.

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Field of Mugi is a free Internet membership website for present, future 
and past working mothers and other women willing to support working 
mothers.  

We are sharing information on not only working and mothering, 
which are working mothers' common interests, but also on such themes as
living and working abroad, pursuit of business career, hobbies,
housework, family affairs, personal computers, etc.

At the same time, we are trying to create a place where
each member can achieve what she wants to do, such as making Wisdom of 
Working Mothers (Useful Tips for Working Mothers) and planning attractive
new sections (Masterpiece of the Month, Let's Poll!, etc.), and so on.

The moment you become a member, you can participate in fun
community activities among members in forum, chat and off-line meetings.
Daily average of the members making access to the forum is about 
300 to 500 for both Field of Mugi and its Japanese version.  

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Field of Mugi is a personal site hosted by a working mother
whose handle is Mugi.

The site is operated by about 30 volunteer SYSOPs including Mugi. 
They are working mothers whose professions range from system engineering, 
medicine, web designing, illustration to consulting.ĦĦThey operate 
this site with their professional skills and expertise and encourage
each member to contribute to management of the site. 

Please refer to THIS for the profile of each SYSOP. 

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Field of Mugi was first inspired by PATIO, run by active members
in @nifty's "working mothers' forum".

Members steadily grew in numbers since the site started in fall 1997
as membership forum, security-enforced by password protection.
In spring 1998, a group of SYSOPs started to manage the site.
Members began to increase just by word of mouth
and search engines, and the site has recently been introduced
and quoted in mass media.

We have started various projects to contribute to the society
the wisdom we have accumulated.
The present purpose of Field of Mugi is not only to provide a
communication space for chatting and gossiping. We would also
provide a space for self-realization for present and future working
mothers.

For the details, please refer to the History of Field of Mugi,
written by Mugi.

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Field of Mugi claims the following as "the goals of Field of Mugi".

 * We will create the Wisdom of Working Mothers where present, future and
   past working mothers and other women willing to support working mothers
   can share experiences and knowledge.
 * We will think about what we can do to contribute to the societies 
   including our workplaces and local communities.
 * We will make a community where we can encourage and inspire each other
   and grow together in the principle of give-and-take.
 * We will refrain from any commercial activities.
   SYSOPs keep the above in mind and strive for improving Field of Mugi

  every day, always being keen on members' opinions.

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You can join Field of Mugi for free.  There is no membership fee.
The members have absolutely no obligation but to follow the rule
of common sense.

The operational budget for Field of Mugi comes from expenses left 
over from off-line meetings and donations (up to 1,000 yen per person 
annually) from well-meaning members, and we use the most cost efficient
ISP. Please note that donation is never mandatory. 

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Please  follow the rules below beause where to contact differs 
according to what you would like to ask.

 *For any comments, requests and inquiries about this site:
Please e-mail SYSOPs(staff@mugi.com).

Note: Since this is a mailing list system, please doĦĦnot send 
any HTML type files, attachment or files over 40KB.

 *For any inquiries to the webmaster Mugi:
Please e-mail Mugi(kazuyo@mugi.com) directly.

 *When making inquiries, members MUST include the follwoing information:
1. Your name
2. Your user ID
3. Your registered e-mail address
4. Your handle

 *For links:
Please feel free to hyper-link AS LONG AS the link would be made
to the top page of the site.

Please refer to THIS for details.