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Forum Rules

Registration to this forum is free! We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below. If you agree to the terms, please check the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Register' button below. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the forums index.

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By completing your registration and becoming a member at ArboristSite.com, you have agreed to abide by and follow the rules created by ownership (listed below) at all times. There are no exceptions to the rules. ArboristSite.com owned by D & J Johnson Enterprises, Inc. has the right and option to change these rules without prior notice. All of the rules stated below refer to not only the public forums at ArboristSite.com, but the Private Forums, e-mail and private messaging as well.  

1. Advertising of any kind is not permitted at this site unless you are a sponsor. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, click here. This includes mentioning manufacturers, dealers, etc… in the forums or through ArboristSite.com e-mail or private messaging. You are also not permitted to include phone numbers addresses, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, or web addresses or links in your posts, e-mail, private messages or signature lines unless you are a sponsor.
2. Direct links to and/or mentioning other Green Industry forum sites are not permitted at ArboristSite.com.  Links that contain information that is related to the thread content are permitted on the condition that:
   A) The link must be to a particular post or thread in the other forum, not the forum homepage itself.
   B) It must be relevant to the discussion where it's being linked from.
3. You are not permitted to use obscene, vulgar or explicit language at the site.
4. You are not permitted to discuss, mention or make reference to illegal activities, including but not limited to drugs, terrorism, etc…
5. You are not permitted to post or mention any material or information that defames, abuses, or threatens physical or emotional harm or death to others or oneself.
6. You are not permitted to post any material or pictures that depict violence.
7. You are not permitted to list names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses, fax numbers, post office box numbers, etc…. of any others except your own.
8. You are not permitted to pass off as one’s own, or solicit for the exchange, sale, or purchase of content that infringes anyone else’s intellectual property rights, including but not limited to any copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, rights of privacy, or other proprietary rights.
9. You are not permitted to include, mention or post links to pornographic, drug related, or violence web sites or material, including but not limited to child pornography or all other types of pornography.
10. You are not permitted to post or mention information that contains content intended to victimize, harass, degrade, or intimidate an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Hate speech of any type will result in suspension at ArboristSite.com.
11. You are not permitted to exploit a minor in any way.
12. You are not permitted to harass other members at ArboristSite.com. This includes offensive remarks or remarks that attempt to provoke another member. Sarcastic baiting is also not permitted. If you disagree with someone, state why, but do not resort to name calling, threats, etc…
13. You are not permitted to use ArboristSite.com to spam members for any reasons. This includes advertising products or services, promotion of a web site or another Green Industry Forum. ArboristSite.com will exercise it’s rights under the law to pursue legal action in regard to this matter.
14. ArboristSite.com reserves the rights to suspend and remove (ban) memberships at any time.
15. ArboristSite.com staff has the right to edit or delete any information at any time posted by any member of this forum.
16. All posts are the property of the original poster. Overall thread content is the property of ArboristSite.com. No reproduction for profit is permitted without permission of all copyright holders. Because this site exists for the purpose of exchanging and disseminating information, copy for the purpose of teaching, sharing info or promotion of ArboristSite.com is permitted provided that the material is attributed to ArboristSite.com and the original poster.  ArboristSite.com is not responsible for the validity or content of the posts made by it's members.  Tree Services Magazine publishes random threads from ArboristSite.com.  If you are concerned about this in any way please contact Darin before becoming a member.  Otherwise, Tree Services Magazine can and will possibly use your posts with your user name in their magazine without contacting you.
17. ArboristSite.com will enforce the “3 strikes rule”. If you break a rule you will be warned by a moderator or staff member. If you break a rule again, you will be suspended from ArboristSite.com for a minimum of one week. If you break a third rule you will be permanently banned from ArboristSite.com.
18. If you are banned or suspended from ArboristSite.com you are not permitted to register under a new name. Only one user name per person is permitted. All additional user names or new user names without permission from ArboristSite.com will be deleted from the system.
19. If you sign up with or attempt to use a non-working e-mail address, ArboristSite.com has the right to remove your membership from the site at any time.
20. You are not permitted to post or insinuate false information about members as well as sponsors. If you have never owned or used (at great length) a product offered by one of the sponsors, you are not permitted to comment on the value, validity, or effectiveness of these products or services.

By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

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