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Offline Flatlander

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Forum Rules and Guidelines
« on: Sep 23, 2010 »
Whenever you are participating in this community, please keep in mind that we strive to create a fun, friendly and inviting atmosphere. So, please have fun and enjoy the forums!

Forum Agreement -

We try to maintain a family friendly atmosphere whenever it is possible within the main subject matter of this community. Keep this in mind when participating.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages.

Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries.

The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.

You have the ability to choose your username. Keep your username appropriate and  NEVER use another person's account for any reason.

Each user is allowed to create one account. If you would like to change your username, please contact us.

 We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account. Never give your password out to another person except an administrator.

Any profile information or content that the forum owner or staff determines to be objectionable,  inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable. We reserve the right to deactivate any account and to edit or remove any content without warning.

Because of the live nature of the discussions on this community, we do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately.

You agree not to post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, that is adult material, is inflammatory or defamatory, is flaming, taunting, shows general disrespect or otherwise make a post in violation of any International or United States Federal law.

Cross-posting is not allowed and will result in the removal of one or more posts. Cross-posting is defined as posting the same information in two or more locations.

Attempts to artificially increase your post count are prohibited.

All signature links must be kept in your signature in your profile.

Advertisements are not allowed. Anyone found to be posting excessive links to their websites or using "sneaky" advertising methods is in violation of this guideline.

Do not post personal, real-life information such as home addresses and home phone numbers.

As this is an English-speaking community, we require that posted content be in the English language.

Vulgar language and inappropriate material is not allowed and will be removed.

When linking to outside websites, you must ensure that the content of the link is appropriate for our community and in line with the guidelines laid out here.

Posts that discuss illegal activities, transactions, or websites such as warez, cracks, etc. will be removed.

Political and religious discussions are not allowed on this website. Likewise, strong political and religious sentiments should be kept out of profiles, signatures, and other content.

Do not post copyrighted materials (articles, videos, audio, etc.) that you do not have permission to reproduce or distribute.

 Automated account creation, participation, and content scraping is not permitted.

All content is granted to us with perpetual electronic publishing rights because any content posted on this community becomes a part of the community, even if you no longer are.

You may request an item to be removed at any time, but we will decide when and if to remove content from our community.

If you wish to no longer be identified with our community, we will be glad to close your account and alter your profile information to remove all identifying characteristics.

Moderators and Administration have the final say on anything. If you have a problem, you may make a complaint to them directly and not publicly on the website.

You remain solely responsible for any photographs that you upload to the photo album. You agree not to post copyrighted photographs that you do not have permission to upload, reproduce or distribute. You agree not to upload any photographs that are defamatory, that are abusive or vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, that is adult material, is inflammatory or defamatory taunting, shows general disrespect or otherwise upload a photograph that is violation of any International or United States Federal law.


Outdoor Service Provider(OSP) profile, a profile for Outdoor professionials

If you are a forum member that creates an Outdoor Service Provider(OSP) profile, you must state your company or organization's name, your company or organization must serve the outdoor industry, must serve the locations stated in your Outdoor Service Provider profile and the services and location(s) stated as being served in your Outdoor Service Provider profile must not be services and locations provided by a second party unless stated as such in your Outdoor Service Provider profile.

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