EMT City Chat Guidelines

The EMT City guidelines have been developed to inform members of behavior that is and is not permissible in chat. These rules are designed to promote a chat in which exchanges of ideas and information may be made in a manner that respects other members, their ideas, and the rights of others.

Chat Moderators and the Message Board Management enforce the guidelines. Chat Moderators and Board Management reserve the right to permanently ban someone from EMT City for failure to follow the guidelines or for behavior that is not conducive to or creates a distraction from EMT City's overall mission and purpose. Chat Moderator and Board Management's determination on banning someone from the forum is final and not open to discussion. Additionally, Chat Moderator and Board Management's determination of what is appropriate, inappropriate, or a distraction in this forum is not open to discussion.

Members are reminded that Chat Moderators and the Message Board Management are volunteers and attacks on Chat Moderators and Board Management will not be tolerated. Questioning or discussing the moderation of chat or the message board in those forums will not be tolerated; posts on the message board that violate this will be removed.

Members are also advised that all chat text is logged, including private messages. Although we do not as a normal practice review them, they may be reviewed for many reasons, including, but not inclusive of internal investigations or criminal investigations.

If you do not understand something about how chat is moderated, please ask by a private conversation with the chat moderators or by e-mail to webmaster@emtcity.com.

If you do not understand something about how the message board is moderated, please ask by private message to Board Management or e-mail to webmaster@emcity.com.

GUIDELINES:

1. HARASSMENT AND PERSONAL ATTACKS: Harassment and personal attacks on another member are strictly forbidden. This includes attacks on Chat Moderators and Board Management or on the moderation of chat or the message boards. Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. You may disagree with that person, but you may not attack them or harass him/her based on that opinion. For example, you may say that someone's idea or opinion is the stupidest thing that you have ever heard, but you may not call that person stupid for saying it.

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Do not post personal e-mail addresses, phone numbers, addresses, or instant messenger identifications/names.

3. URLs: Posting website addresses (URLs) of reputable medical, professional, news, and government sources will be allowed. Cutting and pasting of information from another site is not allowed. Please use a URL to direct users to this information or ask a member to e-mail or Private Message it to you.

4. USE OF PROFANITY AND PORNOGRAPHIC/SEXUAL REFERENCES: Profanity is not allowed in chat or on the message board. Disguised profanity is also prohibited. Descriptive sexual conversation is prohibited. Pornographic material and URLs are also prohibited.  This guideline's application includes, but is not limited to, avatars, user names, and user titles.

5. PREJUDICIAL REMARKS: Posting prejudicial statements, comments, or remarks relating to racial or ethnic background, religion, sex, or sexual orientation in chat or on the message board is strictly prohibited.

6. SELLING ITEMS AND SOLICITING MEMBERS: Posting or offering items for sale is not allowed. Sales solicitations of members by way of e-mail, private messages, message board posts, or in private chats are also not allowed.

7. NO TYPING IN CAPS:  Typing all in CAPS or capitals is considered shouting and as such should rarely be used. Typing whole lines in CAPS is considered rude.

8. NO ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, AS PER REAL LIFE:  Any activities on this site that are illegal in your own country or state are not allowed. Please be mindful of this as such activities within this site can be provided as transcripts to authorities as required.

9. NO FLOODING OR UNNECESSARY REPETITION:  Flooding is the repeated posting of the same message or text. It also includes posting of nonsense text that disrupts the chat. This makes it hard for other chatters to continue their conversation and will not be tolerated in the chat room.

To all of you that have continued to support the site ... we at EMT City, thank you very much and we look forward to continued mutual support and benefit through this site.