1. Your rights and responsibilities as a contributor to the Eric Gill Society forum
As a contributor you are bound by these Terms & Conditions.
Personal data Your details are protected under the Data Protection Act, and will not be passed onto a third party. You can change or amend these at any time via the your profile link at the top of the page.
Posted material You are solely responsible for what you write. This forum is backed up on a daily basis, and can therefore material can be recovered if libel, slander of defamation of character has occurred. You must therefore think carefully before you write.
2. Acceptable behaviour? Acceptable behaviour should be instilled in all of us; however, recent events on this forum, have realised the need for a set of forum rules. The nature of “Online communities” can have unfortunate consequences in how the written word is construed. As visual and auditory clues are missing, one needs to be more aware of how our written words might be understood by others.
3. The Rules
Manners and personal conduct • Do not shout at other contributors by posting in all capital letters • Take care with humour that might work verbally but could lead to upset when rendered on screen. Please remember that tone can be misconstrued due to the limitations of e-media. • Present your opinions in a tactful and moderate fashion. • Do not be aggressive towards other members on this forum. • Be civil in your interaction! Do not vilify, abuse, denigrate or call other members names. • Refrain from dominating threads with sequential posts and self-gratifying boasting • Read thoroughly and digest the thread and posts before replying. • Do not mock others for grammar or spelling errors. There are many reasons why this occurs, you do not know the circumstances. • If in doubt do not post.
Content • Your post should be constructive. • The mobile phone short message style "txt spk" must be avoided. • Please try to ensure your post is legible and easily understood. • Posts that are deemed irrelevant are subject to removal. • You may not post any commercial material on this site, for example banner advertising in your signature. • You must not post anything that will break the laws of Her Majesty’s Government. Anything that could be deemed as indecent, racist or defamatory, harassment or threatening will be removed and the poster informed of the reasons why. • Do Not post any personal details of others • Do Not post any third-party material that infringes any legal rights. • You must not quote any private correspondence, be it email, private messages or any other private material anywhere. • Freedom of Speech - please let members post ideas and allow for these to be elaborated on without fear of admonishment from others.
Monitoring • Please be aware that it may take a while to answer your complaint. This Forum is not administered on a full time basis. • Be aware that you can be traced via the electronic trail that is formed when you access this website. All actions are logged and we can ask for action to be taken by your ISP and at a last resort the Police if the action is of a serious nature.
Admin Staff and Moderators • Please remember that these people have to devote some of their working day to running this forum. It detracts from their day to day duties. • They reserve the right to amend, move, lock or delete posts where they deem it necessary to do so. • The Administrator or Moderator will always advise you why they have moved, amended or deleted your post. • Deletion of a post is a last resort. • Banning of a user is also deemed a last resort.
Banning of members When and if anyone is banned, then a public notice will be placed on the Forum with the reasons given for the ban.
Termination of membership Upon termination of your membership (for whatever reason), a request can be made for personal identifiers to be removed from your posts. {For example, the posts will be identified with the originator as guest.} The Society will not delete your contributions to the discussion. Therefore, please be careful with what you write.
The Society is not responsible for posts placed by members of this forum. They are not necessarily the viewpoint of the Scheme.