MGAA Forum Participation RULES

As a participant on this forum, it is your responsibility to know and follow our rules. Please read this message in its entirety.

Rule #1: Be nice, be respectful, be polite.

Disagreement and discussion are fine; flaming and personal attacks are not.

While the moderators prefer to take a somewhat "hands off" approach and allow posters to talk out their differences, we will edit or delete any posts that we feel are excessively nasty or excessively personal. When threads become overly nasty, we will issue a warning; if that warning is not followed, the thread will be closed.

Remember everyone has the right to his/her opinion.

Rule #2: The primary purpose of this board is to discuss issues, not individuals.

We prefer that discussions be of the general, rather than specific, variety -- please leave out names and specifics unless they're integral to the discussion.

Under no circumstances may you allege that any specific individual or organization has done anything illegal, unethical or abusive, unless what you're saying has been documented as fact in court or in print somewhere (bulletin boards don't count!) and you can back your statements up.

While you are welcome to comment on a fellow participant' s posts or behavior on the forums, we discourage making other forum members the primary topic of conversation.

Rule #3: You are responsible for your statements.

This is not your tack room, and what you say can be read by hundreds or thousands of people. (Possibly including people you're writing about.) Please post responsibly -- just because you might be posting anonymously does not give you license to say things that you wouldn't want attributed to you.

Rule #4: NO advertising is allowed on the MGAA Information forums.

This includes horses for sale/wanted, jobs available/wanted, services available/wanted, etc. We also do not allow pricing topics. Limited advertising is available in the MGAA Classified forum.

Rule #5: Please keep personal conversations personal, and off the boards.

Posts should be of interest to everyone, not just a select few. Use personal email or private topics if you're only addressing one or two people.

Rule #6: You may not post a copyrighted photo taken by a professional photographer unless you have purchased that photo.

Do not post proofs. Do not copy and post copyrighted photos from other websites.

Rule #7: Please do not post pricing topics.

Because people in the past have used pricing topics to try to surreptitiously advertise horses or equipment they have for sale, we no longer allow them. So please do not post asking how much a pony, saddle, trailer, etc. is worth. The post will be deleted.   Email the person posting the classified ad directly.  Do NOT use the forum to negotiate your price.

Topics asking about pricing in VERY GENERAL TERMS will be allowed, as long as you are not indicating that you personally have such an item for sale. If you're not sure if a question you want to ask is allowed, contact the moderators and ask.

Rule #8: Respect the instructions of your moderators.

If you have a concern, address it in email, not on the board. When instructions are ignored, threads will be shut down.

Rule #9: If you don't follow the rules, your membership will be revoked.

The decisions of your moderators are final.

Rule #10: Please don't feed the trolls!

The fine print:

Although the administrators and moderators will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages.

All messages express the views of the author, and the nether the MGAA Board of Governors nor the MGAA Forum Moderators will be held responsible for the content of any message.

By agreeing to these rules when you registered a username, you warranted that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

The MGAA Board of Governors and the MGAA Forum Moderators reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason, and also to revoke membership for any reason.

MGAA Board of Governors