By registering and participating in the Philadelphia Camerata forum discussions, you agree that the web-master, administrators, and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any post, topic or thread at any time in accordance with the guidelines outlined below.  In addition, you agree that the web-master, administrators and moderators of this forum have the right to send a private message with a warning and/or censor any forum user who is in violation of forum policies.  The IP addresses of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions.

Forum Policies

1. Be respectful of all users at all times. Treat other forum users with kindness and gentleness. If you do, the following forum policies won't need more than a cursory mention.
2. Flaming will not be tolerated. Flames are messages that personally attack, call people names, or otherwise harass another forum member (or any person).  These, along with any generally condescending posts will be locked or removed at the moderators discretion.
3. If a thread appears to the moderators to be flame-bait (intended to start an argument or is likely to cause an argument rather than enhance discussion), it will be locked or removed without notice.  Any users who continue to post in this manner or engage in other questionable practices, like trolling (posting in an attempt to engage people in arguments) may be subject to more serious sanctions.
4. Posted threads that contain spam (unsolicited advertising) will be removed and the poster may be banned.  Active users in good standing are welcome to post links to personal sites in their signatures, in their profile, and may post them in threads as long as the content of those links does not include abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated material or any other material that may violate any applicable laws.
5. Adult Content/Violence/Illegal Activity: Messages containing sexually oriented/violent/illegal dialogue, images, content, or links to these things will be deleted. Messages with links to or suggesting illegal activity will also be deleted. Posting or linking to any of these could result in a ban.
6. If you have found a post that you feel is inappropriate or that violates the forum code of conduct, please use the report post function. Do not attempt to moderate discussions or correct other users yourself.
7. The web-master, administrators and moderators of the Philadelphia Camerata forum will preserve forum content when possible.  However editing, locking and deleting content may be necessary and if so will be done at the discretion of the web-master, administrators and moderators when the forum code of conduct has been violated.

It should be noted that, like all things, these policies will evolve with constructive feedback from users and our experience.  It is our hope that these policies will encourage open, honest, and civil discussion.

Last Updated, 11-23-08: Camerata Webmaster