Regulations

The CDS mail bot and online forum are gifts generously provided to this Clan in order to facilitate the announcement of team activities and discussion of team tactics among the general membership.  Mail bots and forums are not rights granted to every online team, and we are fortunate to have its use and the volunteers who maintain it.  The regulations governing mail and forum usage are simple.  Respect and uphold them at all times. 

1.1  At no time are there to be any personal attacks posted to the bot or forum. This will not be tolerated.  Violations of this type will be subject to immediate disciplinary action as outlined in section 2.1.

1.2  Security is imperative. Do not discuss issues that are Clan-sensitive in any public forum. Violations will be subject to immediate disciplinary action as outlined in section 2.1

1.3  Adult vocabulary and content must include a warning stating such in a conspicuous location in order to give members the option of deleting it before reading.  Violations will be subject to disciplinary action as outlined in section 2.2.

1.4  Messages directed towards one person shall not appear on the bot; they will be mailed directly to that person. The roster will be kept up to date at all times to facilitate doing so. Violations will be subject to disciplinary action as outlined in section 2.2.

Sanctions

Violations of the above rules will result in sanctions being imposed by the OathMaster, Mail Bot Administrator, or Diamond Keshik per the following:

2.1  An infraction that is considered a major offence (sections 1.1 and 1.2) will be subject to immediate disciplinary action.  The member committing the offence will immediately be prevented from posting messages to the mail  bots for a period of 1 week. In addition, the Diamond Keshik may impose further sanctions based on the infraction. See the sanctions area for more details.

2.2  An infraction that is considered a minor offence (sections 1.3 and 1.4) will be subject to a warning message posted to the media that received the inappropriate post. A member who commits a further offence within a reasonable time frame will be prevented from posting to the mail bot for a period of 1 week. Further infractions after this within a reasonable time frame will be examined by the Diamond Keshik and sanctions imposed as appropriate. See the sanctions area for more details.

Protocol

3.1  Any complaints of posting activity are to be directed to the Keshik. This includes any offence taken to material posted, discussion of possible unjustified sanctions imposed, or any comments applicable to the enforcement of bot regulations.

3.2  Should a thread of discussion no longer be appropriate for public viewing or in violation of the mail bot regulations, the Mail Bot Administrator or the Diamond Keshik may call for all further posts on that thread to cease.  Any further public posts on that thread will cause the author to lose posting privileges for three days.

Message Format

Although there are no regulations regarding the format of messages sent to the mail bot, the use of plain-text-only  messages, free of HTML or RTF markups, is strongly encouraged out of courtesy for those with text-only mail readers.  Please check your mail reader's format settings.