The L200 Owners Club Forum Policy and Health & Safety Message

[Steve Dublin]

Our Forum Policy

In general forum members will be left to police themselves.  Treat others with respect and dignity.  Please remember that this is a public place and that many different people from all walks of life and of different ages (e.g. children) read it.

Please understand that we cannot tolerate offensive or abusive posting (and to a certain degree sarcasm aimed at a person or persons).  It is not our intention to censor posts, but if necessary, the administrators and moderators reserve the right to alter, edit, amend or even delete such posts.

Any deleted post may, or may not, be retained on an administration and moderation board for future reference, at the discretion of the administrators and moderators after a review period.

We would like to preserve the spirit of open and interactive discussion without offending participants.

Please remember, any messages you post will remain in place for as long as this forum is online.  We will not edit any content unless it doesn’t conform to these guidelines.

If you have a concern about a particular post, or, if it has been modified or removed, please feel free to contact the team by using the “report to moderator” icon in the lower left corner of the post concerned.

If you suspect that a post on this forum has infringed any copyright, please report that post so that we may remove it for review.

Respect all who use this forum.
Foul language, obscene images, personal attacks will not be tolerated.  Similarly any that imply offensive, abusive, or obscene acts or implications will not be tolerated.

Puppet accounts will not be permitted.  A puppet account is one that is created by an existing member, for the purposes of posting anonymously.  Please use your own account for all posting.  Posts made from known puppet accounts will be deleted and both the puppet and actual accounts may be banned from using the forum.

Banning may take the form of a temporary or permanent ban.

Please keep on topic.  Responses to a particular thread should be relevant and pertinent to that discussion.  If you wish to take a discussion off the particular topic, please feel free to use the “New Topic” button to start that new discussion.

Sometimes a discussion thread may stray off into a friendly dialogue or even a heated debate among a small number of participants.  For this reason, Private Messaging or other third party message service, such as MSN, should be used.

Please also remember that pm's are just that - personal messages and should remain private between the respective parties, unless agreed by those concerned.

Multiple posting of the same message to numerous topics or boards is considered Spam.  Such duplication will be deleted or consolidated by the administrators or moderators.  Please do your best to post messages in the most appropriate forum board.  Any that the administrators and moderators feel would better in different area will be moved to that area and a link left to redirect readers.

Commercial or solitatious postings are not allowed unless agreed, in advance, by the administrators.

All classified advertising of personal sales or wants should be posted in the appropriate “for sale” or “wanted” board. (For sale items may only be listed by L200 Owners Club Members)

The moderation of this forum is carried out by volunteers who give up their own time to carry out this “envious” task.  While they are here to help and give advice about posting and use of the forum etc… please bear in mind, that they have extremely thick skin and will carry out their jobs within these guidelines. 
[They have also been issued with ex MOD Kevlar flack jackets and an endless supply of admin bricks and copious quantities of coffee, so it’s suggested that you don’t attempt engaging them in direct combat !!!]

Having said all that, please enjoy your time on this forum.

[Chris Site Founder]

Also remember that when you joind the Forum you had to agree to the following -

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post links to such material. (This has now been added for extra clarity) You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. 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. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.

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, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason.  We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.

After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.

Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.

Chris
Site Founder

[nickburt (Crazy V)]

Just a reminder, there's a few threads gone off topic recently.
Also, one or two topics have had inappropriate inuendos creeping in - lets keep it clean please folks.

[Chris Site Founder]

Please also note -

 All procedures, tests, checks, adjustments or modifications suggested on the L200 Club forum boards are just that, suggestions.
It is the responsibilty of the person attempting or carrying out those procedures, tests, checks, adjustments or modifications to ensure they arer safe and can be carried out without the risk of harm to anyone.
It is also the responsibility of the vehicle owner to check that any such procedures, tests, checks or modifications will not cause unwanted damage to the vehicle.

The L200 Owners Club or it's representaives or agents cannot accept any responsibility for any injury or damage that may occur during the carrying out of any procedures, tests, checks, adjustments or modifications suggested on this forum.

[nickburt (Crazy V)]

Just a reminder, there's a few threads gone off topic recently.

Give the OP the courtesy of keeping his topic on the subject.  We're all a bit guilty sometimes, but one or two topics have gone completely off the original subject.

During forum clean ups, all the posts that take a topic way off will be removed (in some cases, probably deleted) so that the topic is easier to read in it's original context.