Code of Conduct - Private Policy, Disclaimer

Revision 0.0 Nov 19, 2006 | Revision 1.0 Feb 21, 2008

We welcome your participation in mocofootball.com, however as a courtesy to all users we ask for your cooperation in abiding by a few rules in order to maintain your active membership within these message boards.

Communicating in a chat room or on message boards is different from face-to-face communication. Only the words are seen, not your facial expressions or tone of voice. Please pay careful attention to how you use your words.

Remember that the words you enter in a burst of passion or indignant anger will be there for you and everyone else to see, sometimes long after those intense feelings have passed. That's not meant to discourage spontaneity, but just a friendly reminder of the long-term existence and effects of what you post.

You may, from time to time, find yourself in disagreement with someone else's opinion. At times like these, please keep in mind it's safer and more polite to take issue with the comments rather than the person.

We intend to provide the highest quality community experience for all of our members and following these guidelines is the best way to maintain a quality environment for all users. If we find that you break any of these rules, your account may be suspended or banned and your posting privileges removed. These rules are very basic and we hope that you read them fully. Thank you for your cooperation.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Temporary suspension will result from abuse of the following rules… Continued abuse following suspension will result in a permanent ban.

I - Any communication that is intended to harass, belittle, humiliate, threaten or cause embarrassment to a fellow member, individual, team member or any person. Name-calling, personal insults, etc. against fellow posters, team members or individuals, are included in this. These violations can result in banning.

II - Material that contains vulgar, obscene or indecent language or images. Masking foul language is not a way around this. Also, posts with obvious or hidden sexual content or innuendos. Cutting and pasting another posters message that contains a violation, can be considered a violation on your part as well. User names that are considered offensive and/or inappropriate are also a violation. Posts that are all in caps (no need to yell, or abuse this) can be deleted (because they can be bothersome). Also, posts on the wrong forums will either be moved or deleted. Please use the correct forum for your posts meaning majority General Montgomery County football talk on the General Discussions board and The County Congregation board is for discussing issues regarding almost anything in regards to Montgomery County.

III - Any communication that contains spam (multiple copies in one area or the same communication in multiple areas).

IV - Material that defames, abuses or threatens others. Threats of any types will result in immediate banning.

V - Statements that are bigoted, hateful or racially offensive.

VI - Victimization or retaliation of any kind against a member, or group of members via PM, forum posting, chat or any other methods will not be tolerated and result in immediate banning.

VII - Personal attacks such as flaming, instigating “flame bait”, verbal abuse or mocking of members in forum posts are not tolerated.

VIII - No trolling. Posts intended solely to annoy and/or offend other posters by going against the clear nature of a board or topic are not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to: Provoking other users to respond with flames, Provoking fans of a particular team or group, Making misleading topic titles and asking obviously useless questions.

IX - No spamming. Initiating threads or posts that contribute nothing to a forum, be it off topic or on topic. Examples include: empty bodies, bodies with few words that have no relation to the current thread or discussion and those posts that state they are spam, either to annoy, advertise or increase a member’s post count.

X - Any impersonation or use of a user from these forums, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a suspension or banning.

XI - Pornography in posts or links containing pornographic material is strictly prohibited and will be deleted resulting in possible suspension.

XII - Material that advocates illegal activity or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them.

XIII - Unauthorized copyrighted material. Cutting and pasting stories from other sites without credit is discouraged. It is “an illegal act” and all messages with copyright violations are subject to deletion upon discovery.

XIV - Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation.

XV - Personal battles will posters that you have an issue with are not permitted and all such posts will be deleted and members could risk losing posting rights.

XVI - Material that impedes or otherwise prohibits communication; disrupts the discussion including, without limitation, using fan names in topical boards that are offensive to the topic, the team, the sport and/or its fans, and repeatedly posting off-topic messages in a topical message board.

Statements or postings that violate the above terms will be deleted from postings upon discovery. While we may attempt to notify you if we move or delete a post, we are under no obligation to do so. Depending on the nature of the violation, MoCoFOOTBALL.com and/or Proboards at their sole discretion may terminate a member's account.

Do remember that this is a high school football forum in which the majority of talk involves high school students and sometimes younger. Although it is not in conjunction with any official county member, we must abide such rules and respect all members.

All posters agree to this code of conduct and will post with the understanding that they must follow the code and that if it is updated at any time, you must still abide by the changes in the code.

MODERATORS: kdogg, millerlite8389, nomad

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Note: This forum is created by Michael Cornejo (forum username: "kdogg") for the advancement of interest of Montgomery County Maryland High School Football.

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