TheAMCForum.com Rules ( revised 2/18/2012 )
The goal of the TheAMCforum.com
is to be a positive learning and interactive experience for everyone to enjoy. All members are
expected to act in a polite and friendly manner and treat other forum members
with respect .
It
is each member's responsibility and obligation to be familiar with the Rules
of this Forum.
By
subscribing to membership on TheAMCforum.com you agree to fully adhere
and abide by the rules as posted. Failure to be familiar with these Rules shall
not be used as an excuse for not complying with them.
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RULES
CLASS A. :
1. No stalking, threats, harassment, trolling, baiting,
bullying, confrontational posts or personal attacks. This includes those either
by PM or public posting on TheAMCForum.com
2.
No pornography, vulgar language or profanity. This includes links to same.
Attempts to circumvent the language filter by use of “special characters”,
spaces and other means are a violation of these rules.
3.
Members are limited to one current membership. Creation of any additional
membership(s) in an effort to circumvent any rule, probation, suspension, guideline or to purposely hide their identity
will result in immediate and permanent banning from this
forum.
Consequences
for rules violations: CLASS A :
NOTE: Any post that violates a Class A rule is
subject to removal.
1st
offense –
warning to member via PM or e-mail.
2nd
offense –Post warning on forum and PM or e-mail with 90 day probation(*posts
will be moderated)
3rd
offense - Continued violation attempts during or after a 90 day probation will
result in a recommendation to the forum board of directors for a temporary
suspension or permanent banning from this forum.
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CLASS
B.:
1.
NO selling or For Sale posts in any forum or section other than the SALE
section in the trading post area. (If you ask “what’s it worth”, you cannot
give indication the item is for sale outside of the sale area as that is
posting something for sale outside of the sale section.) 30 Posts
required for posting privileges in the For Sale section.
2.
No selling of illegal items in SALE section. Items must be legal in ALL 50
states. Posts selling Illegal items will be removed.
3.
No commercial advertising or product marketing. Use paid forum ads or ask to be
part of the vendor section.
4. No
slanderous or libelous posts. You MUST be able to prove what you write/say.
Issues with transactions involving products or services are restricted to the
Cheers and Jeers section and must be provable and factual.
Consequences
for rules violations: CLASS B :
NOTE: Any post that violates a Class B rule is
subject to removal. Suspected or known “spammers”
will be removed.
Class
B.
1st
offense – warning to member via PM or e-mail
2nd
offense – warning to member via PM or e-mail and
30 day probation (*posts will be moderated)
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CLASS
C. :
1.
No discussion on politics or religion. Such posts may be removed.
2.
No “bumping” of sale posts. “Bump” posts will be removed.
3.
No forum spamming – one post per topic or item. Duplicates will be removed.
“Spamming” includes speed-posting of no-value posts simply to build enough
points to be able to post in the sale section.
4.
No proxy posts for suspended or banned members or non-members.
Consequences
for rules violations: CLASS C :
NOTE: Any post that violates a Class C rule is
subject to removal.
Class
C.
1st
offense - warning to member via PM or e-mail.
2nd
offense - warning to member via PM or e-mail and 30 day probation (*posts will
be moderated)
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*NOTES
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Moderated Posts(definition) : all posts to any topic
will require review by a moderator prior to being posted to topic.
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Suspended vs. Banned: members that have been suspended will be allowed an
opportunity to be reinstated at the discretion of the Board Of
Directors. Members that have been banned will not be allowed any
membership in any form including under a different name/sign on.
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Continued, repeated, deliberate, purposeful violations of any forum rules may
result in the recommendation by moderators to the forum board to have the
member in violation suspended or banned.
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Forum rules may be updated, changed, deleted or otherwise modified at the sole
discretion of the forum management.
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The Registrant, Administrator( Board of Directors),
and Moderators do not assume any responsibility for validating claims and
statements made by members in any post on the Forum.
Upon
registering on TheAMCforum.com all members agree to hold harmless
the Registrant, Administrator,(Board of Directors) and
Moderators in the event any post on this Forum is determined to be slanderous
or libelous.
The Moderators will make every effort to monitor posts, but if a post is believed
to contain slanderous or libelous statements please advise
TheAMCforum.com by PM, use the Post options / "report post"
option or send an email to: webmaster@TheAMCforum.com
Please see Forum Guidelines for information on use of forum features .