1.2. If you are forwarding or re-posting a message you've received, do not change the wording. If the message was a personal message to you and you are re-posting to a group, you should ask permission first. You may shorten the message and quote only relevant parts, but be sure you give proper attribution.
1.3. A good rule of thumb: Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive. You should not send heated messages (we call these "flames") even if you are provoked. On the other hand, you shouldn't be surprised if you get flamed and it's prudent not to respond to flames.
1.4. Wait overnight to send emotional responses to messages. If you have really strong feelings about a subject, indicate it e.g. via FLAME ON/OFF enclosures. For example: FLAME ON: This type of argument is not worth the bandwidth it takes to send it. It's illogical and poorly reasoned. The rest of the world agrees with me. FLAME OFF
1.5. Be brief without being overly terse. When replying to a message, include enough original material to be understood but no more. It is extremely bad form to simply reply to a message by including all the previous message: edit out all the irrelevant material.
1.6. Don't send large amounts of unsolicited information to other members.

2. One-to-Many Communication (comments on articles, discussions)
Any time you engage in One-to-Many communications, all the rules for mail should also apply. After all, communicating with many people via one mail message or post is quite analogous to communicating with one person with the exception of possibly offending a great many more people than in one-to-one communication. Therefore, it's quite important to know as much as you can about the audience of your message.

2.1. Consider that a large audience will see your posts. That may include your present or your next boss. Take care in what you write. Remember too, that mailing lists and discussion boards are frequently archived, and that your words may be stored for a very long time in a place to which many people have access.
2.2. Messages and articles should be brief and to the point. Don't wander off-topic, don't ramble and don't send mail or post messages solely to point out other people's errors in typing or spelling.
2.3. If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just enough text of the original to give a context. This will make sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
2.4. If you should find yourself in a disagreement with one person, make your responses to each other via mail rather than continue to send messages to the list or the group. If you are debating a point on which the group might have some interest, you may summarize for them later.
2.5. Don't get involved in flame wars. Neither post nor respond to incendiary material.
2.6. Avoid sending messages or posting articles which are no more than gratuitous replies to replies.
2.7. Read all of a discussion in progress (we call this a thread) before posting replies. Avoid posting "Me Too" messages, where content is limited to agreement with previous posts. Content of a follow-up post should exceed quoted content.

Our etiquette guidelines are based on RFC 1855.

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
The purpose of this community is to provide a space for information exchange, discussion and debate. We have created the following set of Community Rules and Guidelines to foster an environment of shared values, mutual respect and trust.

These community rules are to be considered in line with the Community Etiquette, which outlines generally agreed terms of communication conduct over the internet, and our Fair Use Disclaimer and Terms And Conditions: the legal information.

These apply to user contributions to the discussion forum, articles and documents uploaded to the site and comments added to existing articles published within the site. We reserve the right to remove any postings which do not adhere to these guidelines, or take further action if required (see below)

You are responsible for any content you post. Where it relates to an existing discussion topic or article, ensure that it is relevant and will prove useful to other members taking part.
Keep the content of discussions on the topic of the community and related issues.
You are also responsible for copyright infringement in your messages. Please do not post copyrighted material in your messages unless you yourself hold the copyright or have received permission from the author.
Please be polite and respectful towards other members of the community, and remember that others may not always share your point of view. Disruptive, offensive or abusive behavior will not be tolerated. This is a sensitive area and we reserve the right to take action if requested by a community member: remember: your debating style may seem 'excitable' to you but intimidating to others. Any such postings will be removed.
Please do not use this community for self-promotion. This can take the form of advertisements for your professional services, products etc. or repeated promotion of other websites / blogs / networks etc. We welcome collaboration with other networks but not a series of links to them without direct relevance to the discussion (e.g. repeated linking from comments). If you have a reasonable cause for promotion or would like to be sponsored in some form, please contact us.
Please consider other users at all times when using the interactive spaces in this community. Behavior that deters other members from engaging with the community is considered offensive. Allow other members to contribute and do not dominate any discussions. This is identified by repeatedly answering your own articles or comments, or being recognized as always the last person to comment. If members make complaints about members showing this behavior, the complaints will be taken seriously.
Please remember that not all members use English as their main language; keep your language simple and clear for this sake.
Our discussion areas are not designated for the promotion of commercial activities. If you have an event you would like to promote, please contact the creator of the community. If you are a commercial organization interested in developing a partnership with us, please contact the community creator.
Please do not use additional html code within postings or attach images, as this could alter or interfere with the way the site is designed to function. Contributions containing code which causes disruption to the site in this way will edited or removed.
Repeated use of this community to make defamatory or commercial postings, offensive behavior towards other users, or any illegal activities) may result in a user being banned from future participation in the community and their ISP informed.

In the unfortunate event of any member abusing the community in any of the ways above, we reserve the right to remove or edit postings. The author (of the article to which the comments are made) and commenter will be notified by the editor or community steward. If members continue to behave in an unsuitable manner, they are liable to being barred from the community for two weeks. When they come back after this barring, if they continue to behave in the reported manner, they will banned from the community.



TERMS AND CONDITIONS
If you use this community website you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

1. Definitions
In these terms and conditions, "we" and "us" means Do-Gooders.com, together with the other contributing partners to a community project.

2. Access to the community and content
2.1 The information provided by us in this community is not in any way an invitation or recommendation to buy any products or services featured.
2.2 We will endeavor to allow uninterrupted access to the community.
2.3 We reserve the right to change, or remove without notice any information in the community.
2.4 We assume no responsibility for the contents of any other websites to which the community has links.

3. Intellectual Property
3.1 Product and company names mentioned on this website may be the domains, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
3.2 You shall retain ownership of all copyright in data you submit to the community. You grant the community a world-wide, royalty-free, non-terminable license to use, copy, distribute, such data in any manner with the mention of the author.

4. Exclusions of liability
4.1 We use reasonable endeavors to ensure that the data on the community is accurate and to correct any errors or omissions as soon as practicable after being notified of them. We do not monitor, verify or endorse information submitted by third parties for posting in the community and you should be aware that such information may be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties and representations (whether express or implied) as to the accuracy of any information contained in the community. We do not guarantee that the community will be fault free and do not accept liability for any errors or omissions.
4.2 Due to the nature of electronic transmission of data over the internet, and the number of users by whom data is posted on to the Website, any liability we may have for any losses or claims arising from an inability to access the Website, or from any use of the Website or reliance on the data transmitted using the Website, is excluded to the fullest extent permissible by law. In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profit, revenues, goodwill, opportunity, business, anticipated savings or other indirect or consequential loss of any kind in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise arising out of use of the Website, save where such liability cannot be excluded by law.
4.3 We do not give any warranty that the Website is free from viruses or anything else which may have a harmful effect on any technology.

5. User name and password
5.1 On registering with us, you are issued with a user name and password which must be used in order to access certain restricted parts of the Website. The user name and password are personal to you and are not transferable.
5.2 Your name and password are the methods used by us to identify you and so are very important. You are responsible for all information posted on the Website by anyone using your user name and password. Any breach of security of a user name and password should be notified to us immediately.
5.3 You may not adapt or circumvent the systems in place in connection with the Website nor access the Website other than through normal operations.

6. Data submitted by users
6.1 We accept no liability for data supplied by any user for display on the Website and the limitations in condition 4 above (Exclusions of liability) apply.
6.2 If you submit data for display on the Website you are responsible for ensuring that the data is accurate, complete and up to date and for updating that data where necessary.
6.3 If you submit data for display on the Website you are responsible for ensuring that no data is uploaded or submitted which is untrue, defamatory, obscene or abusive or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable laws or rights of third parties.
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6.5 We reserve the right (without limiting our rights to seek other remedies) to remove offending material placed on the Website that we consider to constitute a misuse of the Website or which is otherwise harmful to other users of the Website.
6.6 You will indemnify us for any claim or loss (including without limitation, economic loss) suffered by us arising out of your failure to observe any of the terms of this condition 7.

7. Data protection
7.1 We are committed to protecting your privacy. We  will collect and use information supplied by you and other users of the Website to improve the Website and personalize your experience when you visit the Website. We may also use it to tell you about changes in our services or about features we think you'll find interesting. However, you can tell us not to deal with your personal information in these ways in the future by simply sending an e-mail message to read@Do-Gooders.com.
7.2 You may edit your personal information at any time, subject to the provisions of condition 2.2.
7.3 The personal information contained in your public profile may be visible to visitors to this web site.
8. Cookies
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9. Termination
9.1 We may terminate your access to the Website and the services within it on not less than three days' written notice to you if you have provided your email address in your user profile, if not termination is immediate.
9.2 All disclaimers, indemnities and exclusions in this agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason.

10. General
10.1 If any provision of these terms and conditions is held to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions shall not be affected.
10.2 We may modify these terms and conditions at any time by publishing the modified terms and conditions on the Website.

11. Governing law
11.1 These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed under the United States of America laws without reference to its conflicts of law principles. In the event of any conflicts between foreign law, rules, and regulations, and United States of America law, rules, and regulations, United States of America law, rules, and regulations shall prevail and govern.