Rules and Guidelines

These rules and guidelines are designed to help give a better understanding of what behavior is expected and make your experience more enjoyable and safe.


RULES:
1. No discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence (ie. threats of suicide, self-harm, or physical harm). 

2. No use of explicit, racist, obscene or vulgar language, images or messages.

3. No posts that attack, insult, flame, defame, or abuse others. Respect other members' opinions. We should respect all points of view. Flaming will not be tolerated.

4. No advertising or links to advertising or "Spam" is permitted.



Advertising or spam is defined as posting a link for the purpose of selling, soliciting or promoting something.
Links promoting fundraising, advocacy, etc. are not permitted.
Links to personal blogs/homepages are allowed in member profiles and signatures
Sharing of links to helpful and relevant web sites and resources is allowed if they are not used for a promotional purpose.


5. No posts of copyrighted material, lengthy articles, or posts of an overtly political or religious nature (ie. proselyting). 

6. Do not post offline personal contact information (ie. your home address, phone numbers etc.) and do not ask for personal information from others. This is to protect your security and identity.




GUIDELINES

1. Check for open topics. Before posting a new topic, please check to see if there is already a topic open on the subject.

2. Ignore bothersome members. If there is someone on the forum that bothers you, select the Ignore button at the top right corner of the post. 

3. Report posts that violate the rules. Do this by selecting the Admin alert button at the top right corner of the post.

4. Welcome new members. Help new folks "learn the ropes" about how to find information and resources, save time, and how to get involved.

5. Use descriptive titles for new posts. Avoid "generic" post subjects like "Help" or "Question". You will receive a better response to your posts by making your title more descriptive about the content of your post.

6. Be respectful of moderators in both the forums and any private communications. 

7. Stay on topic. Posts which are not relevant to the forum topic may be deleted.

8. Keep posts family friendly. If it shouldn’t be viewed by minors, then it shouldn’t be posted to the forums or chat rooms. 





Please Remember:
Members that do not abide by the rules may be subject to having their posts edited or deleted, their member account permanently banned from further access and/or deleted without notice.

Rules and guidelines may change at any time, please re-read them regularly.

Thanks po !