ValleyNet Discussion Forum - Code of Conduct
The
following rules and guidelines exist to ensure the
success of the ValleyNet Discussion Forum.
The
goal of the forum is to allow as many people as
possible the opportunity to participate in discussion
of respite and related issues by providing a fair
and neutral space that most members will find of
value in the information exchange.
While
contributors to the Forum implicitly agree to share
their intellectual property through the Forum and
its archive, the writers retain all the copyright
privileges of their messages. Any quoting or reproduction
of contributions by third parties must fully describe
the material as from the "ValleyNet Forum (http://www.valleynet.infoxchange.net.au/)".
This is to ensure appropriate credits and promote
full public access and awareness of the Forum. It
is the responsibility of the author of the original
contribution to bring violations to the attention
of the Forum Manager (valleynetadmin@infoxchange.net.au).
Rules
1.
All contributions to the Forum must include the
sender's real name as all or part of the author's
signature.
2.
Private messages may not be forwarded to the Forum
without the permission of the author.
3.
No insults, threats, inflamed language or personal
argument are permitted.
4.
Contributions of a personal or offensive nature
will be removed from the forum.
5.
Contributions to the Forum by non-members of the
ValleyNet Forum must be submitted to: valleynetadmin@infoxchange.net.au.
The Forum Manager reserves the right to review,
rename, clean headers and post or ignore non-member
messages.
6.
Quotations of previous posts may not exceed 5 lines,
or the additional lines will be stripped off automatically.
Note that the web-based caucus system contains all
previous posts, so quoting is unnecessary.
Guidelines
1.
Contributions must be within the scope of the Forum's
purpose (i.e. respite related issues. There are
thousands of other Internet forums that cover other
topics). Members should not post excessively on
any one day. Excessive postings include more than
75 lines (normal format) or more than 5 posts per
day; more than that can strain e-mail subscriber's
mailboxes. Please be kind!
2.
Because this is an un-moderated forum, the responsibility
to understand what is within ValleyNet Forum
scope lies with the person posting the message.
4.
Complaints about a Forum member's behaviour should
be directed to the Forum member or the ValleyNet
Administrator: valleynetadmin@infoxchange.net.au
These
complaints should not be posted publicly to the
Forum.
Removal
from the Forum
1.
A participant may be removed by the Forum Manager
for breaking Forum rules. The ValleyNet Administrator
may remove a participant for violating the Forum's
guidelines upon consulting the ValleyNet Steering
Committee.
2.
The ValleyNet Administrator is not responsible
for monitoring every post and will only review whether
a subscriber has broken the rules upon receiving
a complaint to: valleynetadmin@infoxchange.net.au
The
WWW system contains all the postings and information
needed to review whether the rules have been broken.
3.
Members who feel that an individual is contributing
items that fall outside of the ValleyNet Forum's
purpose should send a note directly to the person
stating their concerns, not to the Forum.
4.
If an individual's contributions fall outside of
the ValleyNet Forum purpose on a regular basis,
a determination on removal will be taken up upon
request to the ValleyNet Steering Committee
via the ValleyNet Administrator.
5.
The ValleyNet Steering Committee reserves the
right to remove any subscriber.
6.
Unless special dispensation is granted by the ValleyNet Steering Committee, members removed from the
forum may not return for one year. They may read
the forum from the WWW system, but not contribute.
7.
Technical maintenance may cause an e-mail subscriber
to be temporarily removed by the ValleyNet Administrator.
In such a case the member may rejoin the forum at
any time.
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