Terms of Use/Conditions of Service

All of our forums are post (after the fact) moderated; however, this forum is a cooperative endeavor. To maintain a forum conducive to this, please follow AND agree to the following few guidelines and requests before using this system:
By using this messaging system here, you agree to abide by the following simple common sense rules:
 

  1. You must certify that you are 13 years of age or over. All those individuals under 13 years of age will need a full release form from their parents before posting any messages. This is in compliance with the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 (COPPA).
  2. Nicknames that we feel are inflammatory, vulgar, or rude or in poor taste will be removed.
  3. All groups and messages are moderated for foul language and commercialized promotional posts.
  4. Please, always be respectful of other users, the system, and the moderators. We put this forum online in good faith, please use it in good faith.
  5. Be descriptive and specific in your postings-this includes TITLES as well as the the post itself. This way your opinions and points will be clearly understood and referenced. 
  6. Because your post may be more relevant to another ongoing thread or it might create its own thread, it may be moved as www.invominnesota.com sees fit.
  7. Links to "adult" content, pages with links to adult content, near adult content (including model and swimsuit sites), or messages describing or promoting anything against the law will be removed as soon as possible.
  8. Email excerpts of any type or length or form are not allowed on www.invominnesota.com . Posting of unauthorized email addresses are not allowed either.
  9. No press releases, newsletters, web pages, or copyrighted content may be inserted into www.invominnesota.com  posts. Fair Use excerpts of about one paragraph or so (4 sentences) may be used if the content is publicly available on the Internet. All other forms of inserted content from press releases, newsletters, web pages, or any other copyrighted content placed into messages will be removed.
  10. Periodically the Moderators of www.invominnesota.com will post his or her comments, but they may not necessarily reflect the opinions of Invoman Services, or its employees.
  11. This forum system is not a venue for personal or private disputes. Keep your personal business personal. This forum is not the place for the resolution of personal disputes with members or companies.
  12. Please do not post promotional urls/links,  nor signature file urls/links. Signing your name is fine, however commercialized posts or commercial signatures will be edited out. We will tend to err on the side of caution to protect the integrity of the system by reducing obvious and/or redundant commercialized posts. Affiliate based URLs are not allowed anywhere on the system. Current sponsors are allowed to post a link to their website. If their sponsorship expires, the links may be removed.
  13. Please keep your language clean and decent. This include personal inflammatory language as well as obscenities and references to obscenities.
  14. Any on site private discussions ("StickyMail") with moderators or administrators related to board policy or actions may be shared with administrators if we feel it is necessary.
  15. Please stay within the topic area of the forum you are posting a message in, and within any topic that another poster may have started.
  16. You agree not to hold www.invominnesota.com or its members liable for anything stated or referenced within the forums.
  17. Signing up a user name that is a obvious domain name or product name will be removed. This is out of unfair promotional considerations as well as trademark implications and issues.
  18. Since this is an interactive forum, and everyone who participates in www.invominnesota.com is "in it together", please treat others the way you wish to be treated. One way to guard against misunderstandings is to read over your response before you post it.
    Flaming: flaming or personal attacks are not allowed or tolerated. Should anyone use inappropriate language, start a personal attack, or engage in hate speech, they will be barred from all further discussions.
  19. The forums are not for advertisements. It will be the sole discretion of  www.invominnesota.com and its moderators as to what constitutes an advertisement. Current sponsors are exempt.
  20. You are responsible for your own posts and agree not to hold Invoman Services or www.invominnesota.com liable for any messages posted.
  21. You will not copy and retransmit any information out of these forums without first getting the permission of the original author of the message and a www.invominnesota.com administrator.
  22. Discussions about moderator or administrator actions are welcome in email or local private messages, but should not be discussed in public forums. This is out of respect for the members and moderators or policy involved.
  23. Self promotional url drops/links  and/or whisper campaigns are strictly forbidden within the forums and will be edited out. Please see #19
  24. Claims of action, flames, and calls to action against any company or person will be removed.
  25. Messages posted at this site are the sole opinion and responsibility of the poster.
  26. Personal exposure. Any posting another members personal details or web site details without permission will be banned.
  27. When a message is placed in any forum system, you are granting a soft license to the site to use it.
  28. Invoman Services and the Administrator of  www.invominnesota.com reserves the right to modify these terms at any time, without prior notice.
  29. Invoman Services and www.invominnesota.com owners reserve the right to deny use of this site to anyone we feel necessary.
  30. From time to time we will change the Title of a post to better reflect the contents of the post. Please make sure your title is descriptive.