IMO Message Board Guidelines/Privacy Policy

IMO Message Board Guidelines/Privacy Policy
Welcome to Illinois Marching Online! The following guidelines/rules apply to all parts of the IMO Boards: Posting Rules By registering and making posts on the Illinois Marching Online Forums, you agree to abide by the Forum Rules of Use. Further you agree that any messages and their complete contents, become the sole and exclusive property of the operators of the Illinois Marching Online. We have the sole and exclusive rights to modify, delete, or make any use whatsoever both in the Forums and in any other location and medium, of all content posted to these Forums. 1) You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of the Illinois Marching Online with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). 2) You agree, through your use of the Forums, that you will not post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, libelous, inaccurate, rude, racist, disrespectful, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, threatening, obscene, profane, pornographic, racially or ethnically offensive, invasive of a person's privacy, or which otherwise violates any law. 3) All material on this board must be appropriate for people of all ages, races, genders, etc. Absolute Political Correctness is not necessary, but please be considerate of others different from yourself. Discussion of politics, religion, etc. should be limited to that which is relevant to the marching band activity, and that is carried out in a rational manner. 4) Please do not discuss transfer of illegal (aka copyright-breaking) file transfers on this board. Such files are protected by law, and downloading them prevents their artist (likely Bands and Drum Corps, in this case) from receiving what is due them. Videos from local competitions are allowed; however, ask an administrator before posting. Even better, send the video file to one of the admins so they can put it on the video server for others to see. Bands of America (BOA) and Drum Corps International (DCI) videos are strictly prohibited and will promptly be taken down. 5) You will not impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity. Falsifying your identity with numerous postings under different names not permitted and can be cause for deletion of your postings regardless of the content. 6) Falsifying your identity to promote a site or business in which you are involved and/or solicitations are expressly prohibited on these Forums. Direct selling of any product and/or service on the Forums is strictly prohibited and the rules enforced. 7)You will not post material on the boards that is copyright protected without written permission from the copyright owner. Content should never be copied in its entirety from other websites or Forums. Instead. you should post a link to the material. You may not quote portions of the text itself to support your statements or discuss said sections. 8)Though we encourage members to engage in healthy debates, we do not condone personal attacks on members. Ideas can be disputed or challenged, but attacks on a personal level are unacceptable and if they are brought to the attention of the staff, will be dealt with accordingly. Ideas can be attacked, but individuals cannot. 9)Linking or giving information about any site that distributes illegal software, ROMs, media, or emulators, seeking help to circumvent any copyright laws, admitting to possessing and/or distributing illegal copyrighted material, or encouraging software or media piracy is grounds for an immediate ban. 10)You will not attempt to access any protected sections of the sites or Forums, nor make use of any hacks, cracks, bug exploits, etc. to bypass or modify the features of the Forum software at Illinois Marching Online. 11)Chain letters, pyramid schemes, "Spam", multi-level marketing, blatant cross-posting or other solicitations are strictly prohibited. 12)You will, if asked by a Forums leader, cease posting any content, and/or links to content, deemed offensive, objectionable, or in poor taste by a Forum leader. 13)You will not collect record or otherwise use any other users' email addresses or other personal information for any purpose other than those pertaining to participation in the Forums. Punishments for breaking these rules are as follows: First offense: Warning from an admin via PM. Second offense: Suspension of account for one week. Third offense: Suspension of account for one month. Fourth offense: Suspension of account for six months. Fifth offense: Permanent suspension of account. However, the administrators of Illinois Marching Online exercise free will to dole out punishments beyond the punishments listed above if we deem the rule breaking to be more serious. In most cases the operators of Illinois Marching Online do not choose to review the messages prior to being posted, and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages. We reserve the right to make any modification we deem necessary or desirable to any message posted to the Forums, or delete any post as we seem fit. Forum leaders such as Administrators and Moderators are entrusted with the ability and responsibility of removing objectionable posts. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy goes for member profile information as well. Please remember that while we do attempt to monitor the posted messages as closely as possible through the efforts of our staff, it is impossible to monitor content on an up-to-the-minute basis with such a large community. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented, and we will attempt to filter any information deemed to be posted deliberately to mislead any group or individual. Additionally, the messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of the ILmarching Admins or Moderators. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify a moderator of this forum immediately. The Moderator(s), Administrator(s), and InvisionFree Board Staff are authorized to take any steps necessary to enforce these rules. The Moderator(s) and Administrator(s) have a broad mandate to enforce these rules, and will err on the side of caution. If you want to post something, but are not sure that it is ok, that might be a sign that it isn't. But if you think it might still be ok, PM a moderator or administrator to ask. If you do not agree to be bound by these conditions of use, you should not use Illinois Marching Online Forums. The conditions are subject to revision. Any issues you have with these guidelines must be addressed with an admin via email or Private message. Should you consider any future amendments made to these conditions of use to be unacceptable, you can cancel your account with us at any time. Decisions of the board Administrator(s) are final. Updated July 7, 2009. Signatures are allowed at IMO and can include pictures and/or phrases. If you need some help installing one, please contact dbalash or trumpetking5 for advice/help. The following rules apply to signatures: -No pornographic or semi-pornographic pictures. -Limit picture size to less than 15 Kb (15K bytes) and limit their physical size to 5 square inches. -All signature images are subject to review and removal by the people who run the site. -If your signature messes up the size of the message boards (pushes the board out), it is subject to removal. Privacy Policy We collect and store the following information about you: 1)The IP address or name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are coming from an America Online account). 2)The date and time you access our site. 3)The Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. 4)Your Operating System and Browser. We use the information to measure the number of members to the sections of our site, which, in turn, helps us make our site more useful. The browser information is used to develop and code pages so most people will be able to view the site correctly. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, including email addresses. This means, for instance, that a user's session will be tracked, but the user will remain anonymous. We have IP addresses for everyone that uses Illinois Marching Online, however, this will not be used except in extreme circumstances. Illinois Marching Online Forums uses cookies to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site. In no case are cookies used to track down users for any purpose. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and member name. You should notify a Illinois Marching Online Administrator of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your account, or of any known or suspected breach of security. The Profile settings of your account in the Forum program lets you decide how much information you wish to share with the Illinois Marching Online community. Any additional information you provide in this section is optional and remains personal and confidential, including your email address, date of birth, homepage link, geographical location, permission to receive Private Messages, use of Cookies and your visibility on the Forums. As a member of Illinois Marching Online, you may access, update and modify your Profile at any time via the UserCP button available from any Forum page. If you have any difficulty making changes to your Profile or unsubscribing from any notifications, please contact our Administration. Please be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personal information within the Forums, this information may be collected and used by others. This may result in unsolicited emails and Illinois Marching Online will have no ability to control or restrict this. We at the ilmarching.com Discussion Forums also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you.

Welcome to Illinois Marching Online!

The following guidelines/rules apply to all parts of the IMO Boards:

Posting Rules

By registering and making posts on the Illinois Marching Online Forums, you agree to abide by the Forum Rules of Use. Further you agree that any messages and their complete contents, become the sole and exclusive property of the operators of the Illinois Marching Online. We have the sole and exclusive rights to modify, delete, or make any use whatsoever both in the Forums and in any other location and medium, of all content posted to these Forums.

1) You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of the Illinois Marching Online with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).
2) You agree, through your use of the Forums, that you will not post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, libelous, inaccurate, rude, racist, disrespectful, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, threatening, obscene, profane, pornographic, racially or ethnically offensive, invasive of a person's privacy, or which otherwise violates any law.
3) All material on this board must be appropriate for people of all ages, races, genders, etc. Absolute Political Correctness is not necessary, but please be considerate of others different from yourself. Discussion of politics, religion, etc. should be limited to that which is relevant to the marching band activity, and that is carried out in a rational manner.
4) Please do not discuss transfer of illegal (aka copyright-breaking) file transfers on this board. Such files are protected by law, and downloading them prevents their artist (likely Bands and Drum Corps, in this case) from receiving what is due them. Videos from local competitions are allowed; however, ask an administrator before posting. Even better, send the video file to one of the admins so they can put it on the video server for others to see. Bands of America (BOA) and Drum Corps International (DCI) videos are strictly prohibited and will promptly be taken down.
5) You will not impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity. Falsifying your identity with numerous postings under different names not permitted and can be cause for deletion of your postings regardless of the content.
6) Falsifying your identity to promote a site or business in which you are involved and/or solicitations are expressly prohibited on these Forums. Direct selling of any product and/or service on the Forums is strictly prohibited and the rules enforced.
7)You will not post material on the boards that is copyright protected without written permission from the copyright owner. Content should never be copied in its entirety from other websites or Forums. Instead. you should post a link to the material. You may not quote portions of the text itself to support your statements or discuss said sections.
8)Though we encourage members to engage in healthy debates, we do not condone personal attacks on members. Ideas can be disputed or challenged, but attacks on a personal level are unacceptable and if they are brought to the attention of the staff, will be dealt with accordingly. Ideas can be attacked, but individuals cannot.
9)Linking or giving information about any site that distributes illegal software, ROMs, media, or emulators, seeking help to circumvent any copyright laws, admitting to possessing and/or distributing illegal copyrighted material, or encouraging software or media piracy is grounds for an immediate ban.
10)You will not attempt to access any protected sections of the sites or Forums, nor make use of any hacks, cracks, bug exploits, etc. to bypass or modify the features of the Forum software at Illinois Marching Online.
11)Chain letters, pyramid schemes, "Spam", multi-level marketing, blatant cross-posting or other solicitations are strictly prohibited.
12)You will, if asked by a Forums leader, cease posting any content, and/or links to content, deemed offensive, objectionable, or in poor taste by a Forum leader.
13)You will not collect record or otherwise use any other users' email addresses or other personal information for any purpose other than those pertaining to participation in the Forums.

Punishments for breaking these rules are as follows:
First offense: Warning from an admin via PM.
Second offense: Suspension of account for one week.
Third offense: Suspension of account for one month.
Fourth offense: Suspension of account for six months.
Fifth offense: Permanent suspension of account.

However, the administrators of Illinois Marching Online exercise free will to dole out punishments beyond the punishments listed above if we deem the rule breaking to be more serious.

In most cases the operators of Illinois Marching Online do not choose to review the messages prior to being posted, and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages. We reserve the right to make any modification we deem necessary or desirable to any message posted to the Forums, or delete any post as we seem fit. Forum leaders such as Administrators and Moderators are entrusted with the ability and responsibility of removing objectionable posts. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy goes for member profile information as well. Please remember that while we do attempt to monitor the posted messages as closely as possible through the efforts of our staff, it is impossible to monitor content on an up-to-the-minute basis with such a large community. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented, and we will attempt to filter any information deemed to be posted deliberately to mislead any group or individual.

Additionally, the messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of the ILmarching Admins or Moderators. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify a moderator of this forum immediately.

The Moderator(s), Administrator(s), and InvisionFree Board Staff are authorized to take any steps necessary to enforce these rules. The Moderator(s) and Administrator(s) have a broad mandate to enforce these rules, and will err on the side of caution. If you want to post something, but are not sure that it is ok, that might be a sign that it isn't. But if you think it might still be ok, PM a moderator or administrator to ask.

If you do not agree to be bound by these conditions of use, you should not use Illinois Marching Online Forums. The conditions are subject to revision. Any issues you have with these guidelines must be addressed with an admin via email or Private message. Should you consider any future amendments made to these conditions of use to be unacceptable, you can cancel your account with us at any time.

Decisions of the board Administrator(s) are final.

Updated July 7, 2009.

Signatures are allowed at IMO and can include pictures and/or phrases. If you need some help installing one, please contact dbalash or trumpetking5 for advice/help. The following rules apply to signatures:
-No pornographic or semi-pornographic pictures.
-Limit picture size to less than 15 Kb (15K bytes) and limit their physical size to 5 square inches.
-All signature images are subject to review and removal by the people who run the site.
-If your signature messes up the size of the message boards (pushes the board out), it is subject to removal.

Privacy Policy
We collect and store the following information about you:

1)The IP address or name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are coming from an America Online account).
2)The date and time you access our site.
3)The Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site.
4)Your Operating System and Browser.

We use the information to measure the number of members to the sections of our site, which, in turn, helps us make our site more useful. The browser information is used to develop and code pages so most people will be able to view the site correctly.

We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, including email addresses. This means, for instance, that a user's session will be tracked, but the user will remain anonymous. We have IP addresses for everyone that uses Illinois Marching Online, however, this will not be used except in extreme circumstances. Illinois Marching Online Forums uses cookies to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site. In no case are cookies used to track down users for any purpose.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and member name. You should notify a Illinois Marching Online Administrator of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your account, or of any known or suspected breach of security.

The Profile settings of your account in the Forum program lets you decide how much information you wish to share with the Illinois Marching Online community. Any additional information you provide in this section is optional and remains personal and confidential, including your email address, date of birth, homepage link, geographical location, permission to receive Private Messages, use of Cookies and your visibility on the Forums. As a member of Illinois Marching Online, you may access, update and modify your Profile at any time via the UserCP button available from any Forum page. If you have any difficulty making changes to your Profile or unsubscribing from any notifications, please contact our Administration.

Please be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personal information within the Forums, this information may be collected and used by others. This may result in unsolicited emails and Illinois Marching Online will have no ability to control or restrict this.

We at the ilmarching.com Discussion Forums also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you.