Minnesota Great Outdoors Forum Policy

Minnesota Great Outdoors Forum Policy

PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING or USING THE FORUMS!

This is an outdoors person family community site, we seek fun, friendly and positive posting patterns in this community.
We seek members that can be respectful and open-minded of other individuals and their families.

• We are not a free for all forum and we would like to see the forums with outdoor information and pertinent facts on fishing, hunting and outdoor activities as well as ALL products and services regardless if they are sponsors or not (see Potential Sponsors).

• Please be aware when you register you are required to give a small amount of information, much of which is optional, anything you do give must be considered as becoming public information, although we do our utmost best to keep all information private and we do not resell information in any way. Upon registering we ask for an active e-mail account.

• You agree not to use this forum to post any material which is vulgar, defamatory, inaccurate, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented, or violates any laws. You also agree that you will not post any copyrighted material that is not owned by yourself or the owners of these forums. We reserve the right to edit or delete posts that is abusive in any way and is unrespectful of our members.

• You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this forum and their agents with respect to any claim based upon any post you may make. We also reserve the right to reveal whatever information we know about you in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by yourself.

• Although messages posted are not the responsibility of this forum and we are not responsible for the content or accuracy of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. If you do find any posts are objectionable then please contact the forum by e-mail.

• When you post an article from any other sites you would like to share with our members, for copyright protection, we ask that you link the article of interest. Try to refrain from cutting and pasting the article to your post. If you do so, then please provided a reference link. No link, your post will be deleted.

• Please keep in mind that a staff member will not ever ask for your password, so do not give out your password to anyone at any given time. Staff members also cannot issue a new password. If you lose your password, then follow the instructions of the "Forgotten Your Password?" link.

If you see a post in violation of this policy, please use the Report Post option in the Post Options link, this is located on your right in the post. The offending user may be put on temporary hold or banned permanently. Please, do not argue with the offending user in the forums in any way.

Potential Sponsors
If you are considering being a sponsor please contact one of our staff members and understand that you must have a high quality product or service before our staff members consider your product or service for recognition in our forums. We do not allow any commercial posts unless it is in the specified forum.

The Federal Trade Commission's Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) requires that Web Sites are to obtain parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13. If you are below 13 then you can NOT use this forum. Do NOT register if you are below the age of 13, unless parental permission is provided to a staff member.

By registering to use this forum you meet the above criteria and agree to abide by all of the above rules and policies.