Croeso i AmeriCymru. The Americymru network was created for a number of reasons:-

Firstly we seek to provide a social network for the Welsh, persons of Welsh descent and Cymruphiles all over the world . It is intended that the network should be a place where members can share their experiences of Wales and engage in friendly debate in our forums. The network has many features which allow people with a shared love of Wales to communicate and share photos, videos, links, blogposts etc and we will be adding new features from time to time. We also extend a warm welcome to our  cousins from other Celtic nations.

Secondly we seek to promote Wales in the USA as well as the Welsh-American community and other communities of the Welsh 'diaspora' in Wales. It should be stressed that we have no political agenda in so doing but merely a desire to help familiarize our members and readers with the best of traditional and modern Welsh literature, music and culture. For this reason we encourage the use of the site as a 'shop-window' in most instances.

Ceri Shaw - Editor and General Dogsbody

Gaabriel Becket - Graphics Guru, Crafts & Features Editor

Lorin Morgan-Richards - L.A. EVENT Coordinator and Welsh Arts Blogger

SwanseaJack - 'The Once and Future Mel' Cartographer in Chief and Spreadsheet Guru

William Parry - Kilt Graphics, Tom Jones Reviews & Impersonations

Brian Y Tarw Llwyd - Exalted Grand Poo Bah and Chief Ale Taster

Mona Everett - Polar Plunging Princess

Anyone wishing to assist us with our work should apply to americymru@gmail.com. We will be happy to outline your 'duties' ( largely ceremonial ) should you seek to be included on our editorial board. All work on the site is voluntary and we deeply appreciate all contributions. There are openings for content providers and regular features editors. We are happy to write recommendations for editors who are  seeking paid employment and an extra reference is always handy in troubled times like these.

• Any public forum has to have rules so here are ours. They're just common sense really. We have no desire to be censorious so please keep it friendly and respectful.
  
  

  
  1. No Harassment or Hate Speech.

  
  

  You may not use this network to harass or  denigrate  private individuals or groups of people identified by race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or disability.

  
  

  2. No Illegal Activities.

  
  

  You may not use this network to infringe the intellectual property rights of others or to sell products that cannot be legally sold and shipped within the United States. You may not distribute information that promotes or primarily describes illegal activities.

  
  

  3. No Violent or Pornographic Content.

  
  

  You may not use this network to publish information of a violent or pornographic nature or to publish information that endorses or encourages acts of violence.

  
  

  4. Promotion of Rival  Services

  
  

  It is an unfortunate fact that some Social Networks discourage reference to / or promotion of  what they deem to be "rival services" on their platforms. Whilst we have no interest in discouraging our members from joining as many Welsh or Welsh American online communities as they wish we can not  allow this site to be used as a recruitment tool by organisers of groups on  those Networks. This is a rule of "optional enforcement" and will commonly only be invoked by moderators when dealing with posts which seek to promote services directly analogous to our own. It in no way affects the right of members to advertise or promote their local ( state or city wide ) societies or websites which is positively encouraged.

   

  5. Politically Insensitive or Divisive Forum Posts

   

  May be removed at the discretion of the moderators. Political discussion and debate has its place on this site but not to the detriment of our core mission which is to unite all persons with a love of Wales and provide a friendly online meeting place in which to communicate. In all matters of post deletion the moderators decision is final and no lengthy email correspondence will be entered into. Whilst we have no desire to be overly censorious we will remove any and all posts that we deem to be either grossly insensitive, provocative, or likely to cause unnecessary dispute.

   

  6. Special Promotions

   

  Members wishing to launch 'special promotions' for goods or services which they provide, or on behalf of third parties, must first clear this with the site creator and moderators. Such 'special promotions' will be allowed to proceed if they are deemed appropriate. Site decisions on 'special promotions' are final and no lengthy email correspondence will be entered into in the event of a rejection.

  Individually messaging all members on this site and dropping links on their home pages will lead to suspension for spamming. We cannot allow this practice as it vastly degrades the effectiveness of the site. Many of our members have something that they wish to promote. If everyone dropped a link on everyone else's home page this would lead to a free for all and many members would elect to adjust their email preferences to ignore all emails from AmeriCymru. Such anti-social practices spoil things for others and adversely affect the integrity of the site.

  If you have something you wish to promote via this site please contact us and we will be only too happy to assist. We are able to offer featured interviews/articles/events/giveaway competitions etc which will be syndicated via AmeriCymru and other social sites. Provided your promotion has Welsh relevance there is no charge for this service. We thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

   

  For further clarification of any of the above please email americymru@gmail.com

   

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