Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2014 10:36:06 GMT -5
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2. When you join this forum, monitor the conversations for several days to get the feel of the group. Keep your posts to the forum
relevant to the specific board's topic.
3. Test posts are O.K., but only one please.
4. Never post personal information to the board (phone numbers or home addresses), yours or anyone else’s! NEVER send a post containing
something that you would not want to see on the evening news...
5. You should refrain from posting personal messages to the board (for example: Mary, Please call me. Debbie).
6. Never promote a product or service that you sell on the board. You can provide information (subject, web address, etc.) about a
resource that you find helpful in your daily life or practice.
7. Post directly to the author of a thread for personal replies that should not be broadcast to the board.
8. Hold your desire to reply to a question, until you are sure no one else has already answered the question. If you have
something else to add, or a different point of view, then go ahead and post it!
9. Quoting in your reply is the best way to make sure your response makes sense to all the other readers. Some people do not check the
board daily and when they see a thread that says, ‘Yes I agree, that’s the best way to do that.’, the reader may have no idea what you
are agreeing to! When quoting, take the time to delete all unneeded lines to keep your post as short as possible.
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message and put your E-Mail address in the body of your post.
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before you send it. If you are angry, hold your post until you calm down and read it again before you send it.
14. TYPING IN ALL CAPITOLS IS LIKE SHOUTING. Keep the noise down! Think about how you will feel if other people yelled at you.
15. Use ‘smilies’ when you wish to get a point of humor across.
is happy 
is sad. In writing, humor and anger are hard to convey, so 
) What you typed as humor, may come across as criticism.16. Use acronyms when appropriate (BTW = By The Way, IMHO = In My Humble Opinion, FYI = For Your Information).
17. Be tolerant of Newbies’ posts that may lack certain ’Netiquette, remember you were once a Newbie yourself!
18. Have fun and enjoy this forum. I hope it provides a way to communicate, share, and explore new ideas and successful ways of practicing
our profession.
