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Mission Statement:
The AMAC Message Board is is a community-driven resource whose goal is to keep members and individuals involved in topics and issues like but not limited to

  • Political Hot Topics
  • Health & Wellness
  • Travel
  • Money and Investment
  • Government
  • Entertainment

To this end we have created the following guidelines that all members have agreed to.

Warning. Your postings on this public forum will become public. Your text will be available to anyone with an internet connection.

By using this web site, you agree to be contacted by site administration, regardless of your account settings, when it becomes necessary to do so regarding your account activity.

The basic ground rules for discussions on The AMAC Message Board are simple: be polite, use common sense, don't break the law and don't post any message that even hints at advertising.

If you're caught shilling, you're banned and you're not coming back. A shill is an owner, employee or associate of a seller of products or services who pretends (or purposefully omits) any association with the product or service, while pretending to be a satisfied customer or interested bystander. People who omit an association with a product or service for other reasons (they're paid to post about it, they're helping a friend, etc.) so that they can help promote it are also shills.

We don't intend to censor messages based on the opinions expressed within posts, but we will enforce the policies outlined both here and on the Forum. We reserve the right to remove, modify or move posts at our discretion and without explanation.

Suspension of your account is a definite consequence of not adhering to these guidelines.

General Forum Rules:
These rules apply to all Forum categories.

  • We take the "Be Polite" rule very seriously. We do not tolerate any rudeness or foul language. We understand political topics can have strong feelings and emotions but this forum is used for the AMAC Family so difference in opinion is fine as long as it is done in a respectul manner. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive may be banned without warning.
  • If you spam our members in any manner, your account will be disabled. Do not contact anyone to suggest your product or service who is not explicitly expecting you to contact them from an advertising forum post. If you glean information from anywhere other than the advertising forums and use that information to contact someone and present an offer, it's spam and it will affect your account.
  • Your account is yours alone. You are responsible for any activity created with it. You may not share your account login with anyone. If you choose to ignore this important restriction your account, and any accounts associated with it, will be disabled.
  • All publicly displayed messages are limited to the English language. This includes posts, titles, signatures, and any attachments or other forms of public display.
  • Signature spam (a post that was made in hopes of showing a signature, as determined by moderators) is forbidden in all forum categories.
  • You may not post commission, referral or affiliate links anywhere on the forum. For clarification, if it looks like it could be one of these links, we must treat it as such.
  • Cross-Posting is not allowed here. Cross-posting refers to posting new duplicate threads or posts, or the linking to threads or posts already started by the member with the intention of gaining exposure.
  • You may not compensate anyone for any review or recommendation. Further, you may not suggest a tone.
  • You may not post on behalf of any banned member in any public manner. This includes all forums, private messages, signatures, and e-mail features.
  • You may not post words or URLs that are censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters; or by any other means in an attempt to defeat any censors put in place. Please contact an admin or moderater if you feel a word or URL is unjustly censored.
  • You may not link, in any manner, to sites or images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, or are determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.
  • You must make five (5) posts before allowed by the system to include an active hyperlinked URL or other vB code features in your posts. If you choose to make meaningless posts to circumvent this restriction, your account will be disabled.
  • You must make five (5) posts before utilizing the PM and system e-mail features or viewing member profile information. If you choose to make meaningless posts to circumvent this restriction, your account will be disabled.
  • You may not bump threads. Bumping can refer to posting useless information, posting one-liners or any other action to deliberately keep a thread hot or to bring it to the top of its forum. Moderators will use their discretion, depending on the nature of the post, as to whether to take action or not.
  • You may not use discussions to recommend, praise, or belittle other products or services, or any company; without first hand experience of those products or services. This includes companies recommending other companies. Any post not meeting a moderator's criteria will be removed without notice.
  • Any posts that encourage illegal intent will be removed and the account disabled.
  • Public posts debating these rules and/or moderators' enforcement of such, will be removed without comment.
  • Some forum categories have a "minimum (relevant, non-advertising, non-fluff) post count" and/or "minimum length of membership" restriction before a member is allowed to start a new thread. Please read the Forum Description and the Announcement within if you get a permissions error while trying to start a thread. If you choose to make meaningless posts to circumvent this restriction, your account will be disabled.
  • All Promotions (Use of features and forum access) are automatically updated by a cron system that runs hourly. If you have completed a minimum restriction and have waited over an hour without being promoted, please contact admin or moderator.
  • Do not post mutiple post of the same thing in different categories. Simply post it in the approriate place one time.
  • Public discussion only

Special Notices:

Any posts not meeting these guidelines may be removed with or without notice.

We do not remove posts or accounts on request.

In light of our policy of encouraging candid, open exchanges of views and the rapid distribution of information originating from many sources, The AMAC Message Board cannot determine the accuracy of information that may be uploaded to the forum.

If you bring suit, propose to sue, or infer legal action against AMAC or its staff as the website owner, your account may be disabled and any company related accounts may face restrictions.

Opinions, advice and all other information expressed by participants in discussions are those of the author. You rely on such information at your own risk. You are urged to seek professional advice for specific, individual situations and not rely solely on advice or opinions given in the discussions.

Privacy Policy: We will not release any member information unless under court order to do so.

We reserve the right to modify and amend these terms at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to remain informed of current AMAC policies.
We do not monitor private messages. But we will investigate all allegations of PM abuse.
We further, reserve our right to disable any account at any time for any reason and without notice.
If there are any rules or policies you do not understand, please contact an admin or moderator

Finally; any abuse towards our staff and/or management in any form, may result in immediate suspension of your account.



-- Edited by Dan L on Monday 7th of November 2016 02:54:59 PM

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Sounds very reasonable to me.

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A very reasonable request that is protective to all. 



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Sure it.


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James G Cannon


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OK confirmed read



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Think I have it.

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work's for me .  Friends,Family, and fellowship.  A chance to share our ideas and opinions.  what more can you ask for?confuse



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Done!

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William W Bolton


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This makes good sense to me!!!



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David E. Miller


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Agreed! Sounds like good common sense ground rules.
Marty

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Bill Parrott

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This is very reasonable to a thinking, informed person. One realizes there has to be some control.



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Well thought out and doable rules.

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smile  I did not realize there could be so many forms of abuse in a social website.  The rules appear well-thought out, and equally fair to all.



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It is unfortunate that these rules need to be spelled out.

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Sounds Reasonable

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Very well done. Protects everyone. I applaud what you're doing here. Lone Eagle

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o.k.

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Jim Dwyer


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o.k.Thank you

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Understood!

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Linda


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Got it!

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Dan Carro


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OK.



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Ok by me

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Hopefully, I have NOT offended anyone. O.K.

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Agree to all

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Seems like an opportunity to gain knowledge to many concerns. I am ready.

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sounds reasonable



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Thank You!



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I have gotten four of these notices. Am I offending someone or something? If so, maybe someone needs to spell it out for me. I don't seem to see where/how I have offended anyone.

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OK I believe I've got it. sounds good.

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I agree

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Very fair rules to abide to.

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Very reasonable and refreshing.

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Radley wrote:

Seems like an opportunity to gain knowledge to many concerns. I am ready.


 



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Looks good.

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Thanks for spelling it out. I can do that.

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Sounds good to me. However, I don't know how it happened but my first post in the New Members Board got posted twice--very sorry about that. Meanwhile my second post in the Introduction Board did not get posted at all. Maybe I need to try to get this figured out better before I post again.

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Thats fine thanks for the heads up if you have any trouble feel free to message me.

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Sounds good.



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gottcha....... from the deeeeep south

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OK. No problem.

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Love the rules! Sad that adults need to be told how to behave. Though I will admit ti using the occasional "bad" word.!no



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The rules seem reasonable and I look forward to some interesting conversation.

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No problem on my part.

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Keep me in line. (Where's that smiley face?)

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Read ir, believe it,will abide by it

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All the rules are reasonable to me!  I'll observe them.  Buzzraef



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I hate to be so stupid - I have just joined AMAC and this forum and read the criteria for posting - but under General Tules - 2nd item -what is a WHT account? 



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Twas an error in the content, changes have been made, thanks!

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Hi, Dan,

Another error in content: SPAM ® is a registered trademark of Hormel ® corporation. Hormel ® used to have a web page in which they politely asked those of us who wish to use the word of the same spelling to refer to unwanted e-mail to use lower-case ("spam"). Kindly consider a change in the General Forum Rules to replace "SPAM" with "spam." Thanks!



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Will do.

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