Guest guest Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 KC: Thanks for this information. As a newbie, I appreciate it. I hope I haven't violated any rules unknowingly. If I have, I apologize. Thanks for the work that it takes to manage a group. I appreciate your ensuring that this is a " pure " support group and not a " trolling " site for profit. Good thoughts, sally ________________________________ From: KC <tigerpaw2c@...> Sent: Sat, August 21, 2010 5:14:43 PM Subject: [] Sickbuildings Terms and Conditions  Sickbuildings Terms and Conditions: To all members, Since there have been many new members in the last couple of weeks I thought there would be a need to post this information. I can only keep this board safe for it's members with your cooperation and support. We want to keep this group a support group, so there are a couple of simple requests/rules concerning posting. One reason for this post is that there are several suspicious looking emails and profiles, such as; ozone purifiers (dealers/distributors), remediators with unproven procedures/products, natural,herbal and pharmaceutical products many of which we know are either useless or can cause further harm. Or any political propaganda, sites, especially ones that are not related to the indoor air quality/environmental issue. Also, as a reminder to our " older " members. 1. No Advertising of businesses or organizations without permission. This is due to problems we have had in the past. 2. NO spamming and/or harvesting of members or there personnel posts. For web sites or blogs. It is against Terms of Service to harvest email addresses from one group to invite them to another... http://answers./question/;_ylt=Av8Rfzgo1VDDyaZ41C6LG.8jzKIX?qid=1006030\ 210945 As members you are able to manage your account to allow or disallow invitations to other groups, or being added to other groups without your knowledge. myprefs 3. Trolling for members. This above all things will not be tolerated. With your help is the only way we can prevent this. Please forward any emails, invites to other groups, radio shows, organizations, etc., that you may receive or did not request (in it's entirety) to me at: tigerpaw2c@... or Barb at: " barb1283 " barb1283@... This will remain confidential. 4. No harassing any of the members privately. If a member asks you not to contact them privately, honor their request. 5. Profane language. 6. Promoting of products for self benefit. 7. Do not give medical advice. I know we have doctors on this group, they are not to give medical advice. We don't know anything about the member other than what he/she has told us. You can state your opinion or make suggestions and/or let them know what works for you. What works for one person may or may not work for another. 8. Don't bad mouth any member's doctor. You can suggest, " you may want to see another doctor, or get another opinion. " Sometimes we have to settle for what we can afford vs seeing the best physicians concerning this condition. 9. Off topic is allowed occasionally. Please start the subject line with OT. 10. Attachments are not allowed to prevent viruses. We have had alot of problems with this in the past. 11. If you are overwhelmed with messages, you can elect to receive them via daily digest or read them from the web site. 12.When replying to a message, send only one or two sentences of that message. We don't need the entire message to be repeated. Remember to change the subject line to reflect the topic. Any of the rules that are ignored concerning spamming, advertising or promotion of product, harassing of other members, you will be removed. Thank You KC Owner tigerpaw2c@... Barb Moderator barb1283@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 Your welcome Sally. No one has really violated any of our terms, but please, it takes two if not more to run a safe group, and Barb has been doing a fabulous job. Help us keep it that way!! Thanks KC > > KC: Thanks for this information. As a newbie, I appreciate it. I hope I > haven't violated any rules unknowingly. If I have, I apologize. Thanks for the > work that it takes to manage a group. I appreciate your ensuring that this is a > " pure " support group and not a " trolling " site for profit. Good thoughts, > > sally > > > > > ________________________________ > From: KC <tigerpaw2c@...> > > Sent: Sat, August 21, 2010 5:14:43 PM > Subject: [] Sickbuildings Terms and Conditions > >  > Sickbuildings Terms and Conditions: > > To all members, > > Since there have been many new members in the last couple of weeks I thought > there would be a need to post this information. I can only keep this board safe > for it's members with your cooperation and support. > > > We want to keep this group a support group, so there are a couple of simple > requests/rules concerning posting. > > One reason for this post is that there are several suspicious looking emails and > profiles, such as; ozone purifiers (dealers/distributors), remediators with > unproven procedures/products, natural,herbal and pharmaceutical products many of > which we know are either useless or can cause further harm. Or any political > propaganda, sites, especially ones that are not related to the indoor air > quality/environmental issue. Also, as a reminder to our " older " members. > > 1. No Advertising of businesses or organizations without permission. This is due > to problems we have had in the past. > > 2. NO spamming and/or harvesting of members or there personnel posts. For web > sites or blogs. > > It is against Terms of Service to harvest email > addresses from one group to invite them to another... > http://answers./question/;_ylt=Av8Rfzgo1VDDyaZ41C6LG.8jzKIX?qid=1006030\ 210945 > > > As members you are able to manage your account to allow or disallow > invitations to other groups, or being added to other groups without > your knowledge. myprefs > > 3. Trolling for members. This above all things will not be tolerated. With your > help is the only way we can prevent this. Please forward any emails, invites to > other groups, radio shows, organizations, etc., that you may receive or did not > request (in it's entirety) to me at: tigerpaw2c@... or Barb at: " barb1283 " > barb1283@... > This will remain confidential. > > 4. No harassing any of the members privately. If a member asks you not to > contact them privately, honor their request. > > 5. Profane language. > > 6. Promoting of products for self benefit. > > 7. Do not give medical advice. I know we have doctors on this group, they are > not to give medical advice. We don't know anything about the member other than > what he/she has told us. You can state your opinion or make suggestions and/or > let them know what works for you. What works for one person may or may not work > for another. > > 8. Don't bad mouth any member's doctor. You can suggest, " you may want to see > another doctor, or get another opinion. " Sometimes we have to settle for what we > can afford vs seeing the best physicians concerning this condition. > > 9. Off topic is allowed occasionally. Please start the subject line with OT. > > 10. Attachments are not allowed to prevent viruses. We have had alot of problems > with this in the past. > > 11. If you are overwhelmed with messages, you can elect to receive them via > daily digest or read them from the web site. > > 12.When replying to a message, send only one or two sentences of that message. > We don't need the entire message to be repeated. Remember to change the subject > line to reflect the topic. > > Any of the rules that are ignored concerning spamming, advertising or promotion > of product, harassing of other members, you will be removed. > > Thank You > > KC > Owner > tigerpaw2c@... > > Barb > Moderator > barb1283@... > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Sickbuildings Terms and Conditions: To all members, Since there have been many new members in the last couple of weeks I thought there would be a need to post this information. I can only keep this board safe for it's members with your cooperation and support. We want to keep this group a support group, so there are a couple of simple requests/rules concerning posting. One reason for this post is that there are several suspicious looking emails and profiles, such as; ozone purifiers (dealers/distributors), remediators with unproven procedures/products, natural,herbal and pharmaceutical products many of which we know are either useless or can cause further harm. Or any political propaganda, sites, especially ones that are not related to the indoor air quality/environmental issue. Also, as a reminder to our " older " members. 1. No Advertising of businesses or organizations without permission. This is due to problems we have had in the past. 2. NO spamming and/or harvesting of members or there personnel posts. For web sites or blogs. It is against Terms of Service to harvest email addresses from one group to invite them to another... http://answers./question/;_ylt=Av8Rfzgo1VDDyaZ41C6LG.8jzKIX?qid=1006030\ 210945 As members you are able to manage your account to allow or disallow invitations to other groups, or being added to other groups without your knowledge. myprefs 3. Trolling for members. This above all things will not be tolerated. With your help is the only way we can prevent this. Please forward any emails, invites to other groups, radio shows, organizations, etc., that you may receive or did not request (in it's entirety) to me at: tigerpaw2c@... or Barb at: " barb1283 " barb1283@... This will remain confidential. 4. No harassing any of the members privately. If a member asks you not to contact them privately, honor their request. 5. Profane language. 6. Promoting of products for self benefit. 7. Do not give medical advice. I know we have doctors on this group, they are not to give medical advice. We don't know anything about the member other than what he/she has told us. You can state your opinion or make suggestions and/or let them know what works for you. What works for one person may or may not work for another. 8. Don't bad mouth any member's doctor. You can suggest, " you may want to see another doctor, or get another opinion. " Sometimes we have to settle for what we can afford vs seeing the best physicians concerning this condition. 9. Off topic is allowed occasionally. Please start the subject line with OT. 10. Attachments are not allowed to prevent viruses. We have had alot of problems with this in the past. 11. If you are overwhelmed with messages, you can elect to receive them via daily digest or read them from the web site. 12.When replying to a message, send only one or two sentences of that message. We don't need the entire message to be repeated. Remember to change the subject line to reflect the topic. Any of the rules that are ignored concerning spamming, advertising or promotion of product, harassing of other members, you will be removed. Thank You KC Owner tigerpaw2c@... Barb Moderator barb1283@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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