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Please do:
- use the listserves to share knowledge, build your reputation as an expert
- include your name and affiliation in postings
- be polite and respectful in your posts and replies
- keep it clean (i.e., no profanity or obscenity)
- give credit where credit is due by citing your sources
- search before posting a question, it may have been answered already
- report illegal or inappropriate postings you find within a community to webmaster@bmibook.com or 386-986-4552
Please don't:
- talk about fees, it invites charges of violating antitrust laws
- share Confidential Client Information
- post defamatory, abusive, threatening, offensive or illegal materials - don't post anything you don't want the public to see
- post promotional messages (e.g., products/services, job postings, firm/business acquisitions, programs not affiliated with BMI)
- post unnecessary messages to the whole group; instead, send appreciative notes directly to the sender rather than posting to the whole group
- send angry, critical, sarcastic or emotionally charged messages
The BMI will:
- create new forums as requested when there is sufficient interest by members
- monitor forum postings and respond to user complaints about specific postings
- remove a posting if it violates the code of conduct
- remove a member from a forum who continues to violate the code of conduct after receiving a warning
- occasionally display, copy, publish and distribute information posted within the forums for the purposes of marketing and encouraging member usage
The BMI doesn't:
- edit postings
- pay for postings to BMIConnect
- review postings for technical accuracy
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