Forum Terms of Service

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Forum Terms of Service

Postby NZcaver » Dec 4, 2014 3:04 am

Official Cavechat.org Terms of Service

By accessing the NSS Forum (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Cavechat.org”, “http://forums.caves.org”), you agree to be bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use the NSS Forum. The NSS Forum administrator and management team may change these at any time. The NSS Forum administrator will announce changes to the terms of service agreement through special announcements. It is not required but it is recommended to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of the NSS Forum means you agree to be bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.

Our forums are powered by phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Group”, “phpBB Teams”) which is a bulletin board solution released under the “General Public License” (hereinafter “GPL”) and can be downloaded from http://www.phpbb.com. The phpBB software only facilitates internet based discussions, the phpBB Group are not responsible for what the NSS and the NSS Forum allow and/or disallow as permissible content and/or conduct. For further information about phpBB, please see: http://www.phpbb.com/.

You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that the moderators deem offensive. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider, if deemed necessary, by us. The IP addresses of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. The NSS Forum administrator and management team have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should we see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, neither the NSS Forum nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

The National Speleological Society (NSS) forum, cavechat.org, is a moderated public forum dedicated to serving the interests of the caving community. It is not the responsibility of the Society or the forum management team to confirm the validity of information posted. Messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of the NSS.

You shall not use the web site for any illegal purpose. You will use it in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. You agree not to use the web site in a way that may cause the web site to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such that the effectiveness or functionality of the web site is in any way impaired.

All copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights related to the operation, format, visual elements, and management of the NSS Forum and phpBB shall remain at all times vested in the NSS Forum or phpBB. Permission to use any of these elements must be obtained from the NSS Forum administrator.

The content of each post is the property of the author, and may not be copied or distributed without express permission from the author.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the NSS, its Board of Governors, and the Discussion Board administrators and moderators with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s) or the content of any message posted to the forum.

By posting any material, you confirm, represent and warrant that you have the lawful right to distribute and reproduce such material.

Warnings will remain active on a user’s account for a period of 120 days. If a user accrues 3 warnings the user will be banned for a period of 6 months.

You will not impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.

You agree not to repeatedly post the same or similar message ("flooding") or post excessively large or inappropriate images. Any user that violates this rule will be issued a warning.

Postings to the NSS Forum become public information. You should be very careful about posting personally identifiable information such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. If you post personal information online, you may receive unsolicited messages from other users in return.

The NSS Forum is not the place for arguments over local, state, or federal politics or politicians, discussions on religious beliefs and their credibility, or explicitly sexual posts of any type. Any posts the moderators decide violate this rule will be immediately removed and the author will be issued a warning.

Any posts containing non-caving related goods for sale (spam) will be immediately removed and the user will be permanently banned.

User signatures are subject to the same rules as general forum posts.

No user shall create multiple NSS Forum member accounts. Any user who violates this rule will have their newest account deleted and will be issued a warning.

Any NSS internal organization (grotto, region, section, committee) sub-forum which remains inactive for a period of 6 months may be removed by the NSS Forum administrator. A sub-forum may be reinstated upon request, at the discretion of the forum administrator.

You will not use this forum to post specific cave locations, including GPS coordinates, latitude and longitude, travel directions, or indications on maps.

The NSS Forum management team reserves the right to alter these rules at any time without notice.

The NSS Forum management team is responsible for enforcing these Terms of Service in a fair and just manner. Decisions by the moderators on the suitability of any post, and on the actions taken as a result, will be final.

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