Decades Clean Terms of Service

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• Welcome to the Decades Clean Forums!

INTRO

Post a Bio
Decades Clean welcomes your participation in our Discussion Forums. These forums offer you the chance to interact with members of our community. We ask that you post with respect for all members. This is a community so, when you post, we encourage you to tell your fellow community members not only who you are but a little about who you are - not just a cryptic moniker, but a bit of a bio. It enriches the discussion to know who's "behind the post."

Customize your Profile
You also have the option of adding information to your personal profile. It helps if you add a location, such as "New York City, New York, USA," or "Rotterdam, Netherlands." You can upload a picture, which is called an "Avatar." This will always be quite small, so keep this in mind when choosing images to upload. You can add a "Personalized Text" message, which is always displayed directly beneath your Avatar.

Consent
In order to keep these forums enjoyable and interesting for all of our users, we ask simply that you follow these minimal rules. By participating in the Forums, you are consenting to these rules. Violators may be warned, suspended from posting, or barred from the forums, by a collective decision of the moderators.

POSTING

1. Exercise common sense and be considerate toward your fellow users. Diversity of opinion and intelligent civil discourse is encouraged; by the same token, insults and “flaming” are not tolerated. We can disagree with an idea of another community member without attacking that individual.

At the lower right-hand corner of every post is a link, called "Report to moderator." This link will allow you to type a brief comment, and a PM will be sent to all admins and moderators, including your comment, alerting them to the post in question. This is a good way to let them know of a post that is problematic, or that requires further attention. Please use the reporting mechanism in good faith; people reporting posts out of spite will lose posting privileges.

2."Decades Clean” and its moderators reserve the right to delete posts and/or whole conversations we determine are of an abusive or disruptive nature. Posts deemed to be of this nature will be moved to a non-public area where all the moderators can review it, have a discussion, and decide if any action is warranted. If they decide it should be removed, they just delete it. If they decide it just needs some problematic parts removed, they edit it and put it back. If they decide there is nothing wrong with it, they put it back. The original poster gets a private message explaining what is/was going on. While the post may be moved to non-public review by one moderator, the final disposition of posts and conversations will be decided by a vote from four of six moderators; not just one. Generally within 24 hours.

3. You alone are responsible for the material you post. You will not knowingly post content or links to content that violates the copyright, trademark, patent, or other intellectual property right of any third party and you agree that you will remove the same should you discover that you have violated this provision. This includes copywritten avatars. Likewise, you may not post content or links to content that is libelous, defamatory, offensive, obscene, racist, abusive, that violates a third party's right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate.

We shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the forums to determine compliance with all sections of this Agreement and any other operating rules established by us. We shall have the right to edit, refuse to post, remove, or otherwise alter any material submitted to or posted on the forums. Without limiting the foregoing, we shall have the right to remove any material that we find to be in violation of this agreement or inappropriate for any reason whatever, without consent.

Notwithstanding all of the foregoing, users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages.

We further reserve the right to remove a user's privilege to post content in our discussion forums. Suspended members who re-register with new accounts will have those accounts deactivated without notice.

Site Trustee Rules and Responsibilities

4. Our main priority is to provide the best service possible to our members. To that end, Site Trustees (Moderators and Administrators) should endeavor to be pro-active in their dealings with other members and stay informed on site developments and ToS changes.

Site Trustees are made up of two groups: Admins and Mods. Their separate definitions and duties are listed here.

In an effort to maintain a forum that that is conducive to discussions by its membership, Site Trustees:

• will treat other members and co- Site Trustees with understanding and respect
• will not harass, or engage in any other personal assault while on site
• will refrain from using profanity when replying to any member while in their role as a Site Trustee
• will answer all questions to the best of his/her ability. When unable to answer a question; the Site Trustee can ask any other Decades Clean Site Trustee for assistance
• are members of Decades Clean, too and as members are encouraged to enjoy the benefits of posting and responding to discussions along with the membership at large
• will provide members with a contact method (PM or email) to moderators and administrators if the member is not satisfied with the response of a moderator
• are responsible for their password and account. In order to maintain a safe secure site, it is not to be given out to unauthorized persons
• will maintain an up-to-date account of who is a moderator or administrator in the List of Decades Clean Forum Moderators and Administrators Thread, including the end of each Site Trustee's term of Service

Resolving Conflicts

When a member becomes verbally abusive or threatens another member of Decades Clean, the following procedure will be followed:

• Address the issue with the member privately and in a professional manner
• Keep a log for the purpose of accuracy
• Contact another moderator immediately
• All actions or sanctions that will affect the posting status of a member should be supported by a simple majority of Site Trustees. Questionable posts should be moved to the "Holding Area" for review by the moderators without modification

5. Although we love the extra information and sources you bring to this forum, due to copyright and space issues please do not quote entire articles from other sources; small excerpts and/or a link keeps things legal. Please provide a link.

6. Anonymity is a personal issue. Posting full-faced photos of any other living person, besides yourself will be scrutinized. Be absolutely certain that individuals identified as addicts in any photographs have given permission to have their likeness associated with NA and posted on the internet.

7. You acknowledge and agree that you use and/or rely on any information obtained through the discussion forums at your own risk. Decades Clean does not, in any manner, endorse the content of the discussion groups and it does not vouch for the reliability of information presented.

Each user specifically acknowledges that we are not liable for the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of third parties, subscribers, members or other users of the forums and that the risk of injury from the foregoing rests entirely with each user.

8. You understand and agree that these discussion forums are to be used only for non-commercial purposes. You may not solicit funds, promote commercial entities or otherwise engage in commercial activity in the forums.