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Board Rules « Thread Started on Jul 26, 2009, 11:13am »
Hi Everyone, We hope to always have a pleasant and safe place to learn and chat. The following will help in this endeavor.
First: Please read all rules: Membership implies that Board Rules have been read and agreed upon. Lack of knowledge of the rules is not an excuse for breaking them.
Anyone with an inapprorpiate username will be deleted. A username should not contain any sexual, off color, vulgar, abusive, or any contents that staff finds offensive. That rule also includes banners, avatars, or any information on your profile or areas that members can access.
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We are a rescue friendly board and conversation of intentional breeding is not allowed.
We do not allow flaming and spamming No liability is implied, nor will be accepted. All members over the age of 13 are welcome, but for the sake of safety, members under the age of 18 are welcome with the following stipulations: 1. Minors must have parental permission to be on this Board. 2. Underage members may not email, PM, post, or give out in any manner their age, adresses, locations, phone numbers, or any other identifying information to any member of this Board. 3. Underage members are not allowed to post pictures of themselves or other minors. 4. Underage members are not to PM (personal message), email, or otherwise contact any other member of this Board except staff. Contact with staff should only concern Board matters. 5. No underage member will make arrangements to call, meet, or otherwise contact other members. 6. Under 18 members must set their profiles to "private."
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In order to post sales on our sales board, you must have at least twenty-five posts. The sales board is not for members who join and post only on the sales board. You do not need any specific number of posts to post in our rescue boards.
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Members who do not follow the rules can and will be removed from the Board without notice. Board staff reserves the right to warn, remove, and/or ban without notice.
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We reserve the right to change any rule or policy without notice.
Thank you for your cooperation. Liability is not implied nor will be accepted.
All matters of the Board will be posted here. Only Staff can post here. BOARD OWNERS: ANN, SARAH, JAMIE PLEASE VISIT JAMIE'S WEBSITE: http://www.jamieglaser.com/ CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS: JODI, NANCY, HOLLY, ILKA, ANGEL BOARD ADMINISTRATORS: CINDY (on leave), JINNA BOARD GLOBAL MODERATORS: BECKI (on leave), ILARI, JULIE, ILDIKO, LAURA BOARD MODERATORS: LOUISE, JEFF, PIP BOARD CONSULTANTS: DAR, SILVER GRAPHICS COORDINATOR: SARAH PUBLIC RELATIONS: JAMIE POWERPOINT NEWSLETTERS: ANN CHINCHILLA/PET/MEMBER OF THE MONTH MODERATOR: JINNA ANIMAL ARK MODERATOR: PIP We are a RESCUE FRIENDLY FORUM: We do not encourage pet owners to breed their chins. We will try to help if you find yourself with a chinchilla who will have kits.