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ecom911 · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: Welcome to the E-Com Forums

Welcome to the E-Com Forum! This is an experimental web-community for E-Com agency end users, Spillman users and administrators to air issues and exchange ideas. The concept is that users who are a part of a project on the scale of E-Com, will ultimately be happier with the results, if they have some input into the project's direction.

With that in mind, please take the time to register yourself as a user, and be a part of our virtual community.

General rules and regulations.

We have one guiding principle: Don't be a jerk.

1. While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not of E-Com or it's agents, administrators, moderators or the webmaster, and hence will not be held liable.

2. You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

3. This forum system uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies do not contain any of the information you have entered above; they serve only to improve your viewing pleasure. The e-mail address is used only for confirming your registration details and password (and for sending new passwords should you forget your current one).

4. Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board and the volume of messages received, it is impossible for us to verify the information posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. Users should be particularly wary of medical, legal or other professional advice posted on the message board and recognize that it is no substitute for in-person consultation with a competent professional. Again, messages express the views of their authors, not necessarily the views of E-Com, it's administration, management, employees or any entity associated therewith

5. You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use the E-Com Foums to post any material that you know or should know is false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or violative of U.S. law. You agree not to post material that in our opinion fosters or promotes activity that is illegal in the U.S. We reserve the right to revoke the posting privileges of persons misrepresenting themselves on the E-Com Forums.

6.You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you, except as permitted by the "fair use" provisions of the U.S. copyright laws (in general this means brief excerpts only). You agree to abide by the wishes of the board moderators in interpreting and enforcing these rules. Refusal to cooperate with board moderators or to abide by these rules is grounds for revocation of your posting privileges.

7. This message board is intended as a medium for public discussion. Do not post spam, including but not limited to advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, solicitations, offers to trade or barter, or other messages primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event (except Public Safety Related events), website, or other entity or activity, whether or not money is involved. We allow exceptions for worthy causes if you obtain prior permission from a moderator or administrator. We do not require prior approval for non-commercial gift exchanges, e.g., "secret Santa" exchanges. E-Com Dispatch Center and its agents, including the administrators and moderators of the E-Com Forums, make no representation that they have investigated or vetted charitable appeals, gift exchanges, and similar activities promoted on this board or groups or individuals associated with them. We do not vouch for, monitor, sponsor, endorse, or have any formal association with such activities. Proceed at your own risk.

8. Do not post the same or similar messages or threads to multiple forums; multiple threads on the same topic; or an excessive number of threads on any topic within a limited period of time. Do not start threads expressly for the purpose of meeting other posters for romantic or sexual purposes. We will notify the Internet service provider of any party posting objectionable messages.

9 You are free to express your views in a forceful manner provided you remain civil. Hate speech, insults, and purposely inflammatory remarks (i.e., trolling) will not be tolerated. Do not post threats or state or imply that any individual or group is deserving of harm. We recognize that this rule cannot be strictly applied in discussions of war, capital punishment and the like but urge users to express themselves in moderate terms nonetheless. If we tell you to refrain from behavior that we regard as uncivil, do so or face revocation of your posting privileges.

10. The board is not intended to furnish you with a forum for promoting your personal agenda. We reserve the right to ask you to limit postings on a particular topic, or to refrain from posting on such topics altogether. Please do not ask other members to do your homework or provide input for your article, paper, or other off-board project. We may waive this rule if you obtain prior permission from a moderator or administrator.

11. Do not post links to pornography - we will be the judge of what constitutes pornography. Links to nudity or other potentially shocking or offensive material are not permissible, and posting will subject the poster to a revotcation of their posting privileges. When posting a link to potentially shocking or offensive material, observe the "two click" rule - don't link directly to the item, but rather to an intermediate page that in turns links to the item. If you're not sure whether a link is appropriate, contact a moderator or administrator before posting it. Any user who feels a posted message is objectionable should contact the moderators of the affected forum by e-mail.

12. Only one screen name is permitted per user. If you wish to change screen names please email an administrator. Use of multiple screen names is grounds for revocation of your right to post under ANY screen name. We reserve the right to refuse postings from screen names we find objectionable.

13. Vandalism, tampering, or any other abuse of the site is grounds for immediate banning. We reserve the right to report violators to their Internet service provider and law enforcement.

14. We reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless E-Com, Freeforums.org. PHBPBB (the makers of the bulletin board software), and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).

15. All postings and other material on the E-Com Forums are copyrighted by E-Com. Republication of material appearing within the E-Com Forums without express written permission of E-Com is prohibited, except that users retain the right to republish their own work. By posting on this board you grant E-Com and its successors and assigns a nonexclusive irrevocable right to reuse your posting in any manner it or they see fit without notice or compensation to you.

16. E-Com and its agents, including the administrators and moderators of the E-Com Forums, are not responsible for anything associated with any real life meeting of our members. While we permit E-Com Forums users to post announcements and other discussion of meetings and events on the E-Com Foums, we don't organize, sponsor, endorse, approve, or have any formal association with such events or any activities that may occur at them. We don't vouch for any individual or group organizing or participating in an event. Attend at your own risk.

17. Moderators and administrators who attend events do so as private individuals and not as representatives or agents of E-Com. We encourage all attendees at these events to obey the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are held.

Privacy policy: E-Com respects your confidential information. Confidential information is information that you are required to submit in order to participate in the E-Com Forums and that is not publicly available. We will not release confidential information about you except in the following circumstances: (a) we have your consent; or (b) we believe in good faith that we are legally required to do so; or (c) there is an emergency involving personal danger; or (d) you have vandalized our site or otherwise behaved in a manner that warrants our contacting the authorities or your Internet service provider.

From time to time we may acquire nonconfidential but sensitive information about you, some of which you may have posted yourself to our board. We won't disclose or repeat such information except as (a) reasonable and necessary to manage the Forum, or (b) required by law, or (c) consistent with good citizenship, e.g., to prevent or report a crime or to respond to inquiries from law enforcement.

If you privately provide us with sensitive information related to the Forums, we'll act on it as we feel prudent, with the understanding that we'll take reasonable measures to prevent your being identified as the source of the information without your consent, provided we're not shielding a wrongdoer or acting against the public interest in doing so.

You are required to submit and maintain a valid e-mail address. If you do not wish to receive e-mail from other Forum users you may so indicate in your user profile. However, we retain your e-mail address in our database and reserve the right to have Forum staff contact you. We won't give or sell your e-mail address to bulk mailers, brokers, or similar entities.

We log your Internet address (IP number) each time you post. The IP number tells us your Internet service provider. We reserve the right to reveal the IP numbers and e-mail address (but no other confidential information) of chronic SDMB rule violators to other bulletin board operators. We do this to identify guests registering under multiple screen names.

Please remember that postings on this board are visible to anyone with access to the Internet, and are retained in a database indefinitely. Please do not post personal revelations or other information that may come back to haunt you. In particular, do not post your telephone number or address.

Subscribers: By subscribing to the E-Com Forums you agree to abide by the rules above and to submit to their interpretation and enforcement by our moderators and editors. Changes to the rules will be posted in the "About This Message Board" forum. Rule changes become effective upon posting unless otherwise stated. Except in extreme cases, you will be given at least one written warning prior to being banned from the Forums or otherwise disciplined for violating our rules. This warning will be posted, typically in the message thread where the violation occurred, and will indicate the nature of the infraction. Subsequent violations may result in banning without further notice. It is your responsibility to make yourself aware of any warnings and modify your behavior accordingly. If you do not understand a violation you have been warned about, please e-mail a moderator or administrator for an explanation. Do not pester us for hypothetical examples of what does or does not constitute a violation - we believe our rules are reasonably clear. We reserve the right to ban a subscriber without warning in extreme cases, including but not limited to threats against the Forum or users thereof or E-Com or its agents, regardless of where or how the threat is expressed. We are the sole judge of what constitutes an extreme case. If you have been banned from the Forums and subsequently re-subscribe, you will be banned again without notice.

Guests: Please remember that you are our guest here, and that we reserve the right to exclude you at our whim, for any or no reason whatsoever. By registering and using the board you acknowledge this right and agree to abide by our rules and to submit to their interpretation and enforcement by our moderators and editors.

By posting on these forums, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions aforementioned.