Using This Forum

**Admin/Moderator** · Site Admin Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 46

This forum exists for those seeking information about the Martial Arts Industry Association. Users are requested to follow a number of simple rules and regulations as part of using this forum.

Full names and an introduction are requested from all members. If you have a specific reason for not wanting your full name shown, please contact the Administrator: baihe@bigpond.com

In order to keep the forums running well and to prevent problems, please follow these simple rules for the forums here. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact the Administrator.

No name-calling, swearing or un-martial arts like conduct will be permitted.

General Rules:
1. While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts. Our decision is final in these matters. Treat your fellow MAIA Forum members with respect, including comments about race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, political views, and religious preference (or lack thereof). Do not attack or insult a person in an effort to elicit a negative response. You have a right to disagree, but please do so in a respectful manner

2. You will need to sign your REAL FULL name on every post. Females members who do not feel comfortable with using their full names, may use first initial and surname: Jane Smith = J. Smith.

3. Make sure the title of the post is descriptive, and not simply “what about this” or “check this out”. Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) non-sense posts, or the such.

4. Multiple or repeated posting in different forums is not allowed. If you are unsure where to post, do it in the general forum and a moderator will move it if needed.

5. Each member is allowed one login account. Registering with multiple accounts is not allowed.

6. Profanity will not be tolerated. This includes stealth cursing [examples: F#$K or Sv(k my c0(k]. Saying @#$%# is ok. Do not post childish comments about any of the following: important political figures, candidates, and their families. This includes the misuse of their names.

7. While we encourage you to upload pictures, nudity is not allowed in the public forums.
Blatant commercial advertising is not allowed. Posts with images of violence should contain a warning in the title. These types of images will not be tolerated if inserted at random in other discussions

8. Posting of someone else's personal contact information (home phone numbers, home addresses, unpublished e-mail addresses, etc), is not allowed. Do not post Private Message's unless you have the permission from the author.

Also while these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way. We also reserve the right to ban anyone who willfully violates the forum rules, as access to our forums is a privilege and not a right.

* With credit to E-Budo Rules.