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FORUM

       "The first principle of a free society is an
untrammeled flow of words in an open forum."
                                                    Adlai E. Stevenson
                                                         (1893 - 1997)

Welcome to our Forum page.

Almost every community orientated web site has a forum. We just could not resist the opportunity to have a forum for our own site too. If you did read some of our other pages, you will probably ask yourself this question: "Why do they need a forum when all the pages are designed for interactive participation?" Ok, we really do agree, but in our humble opinion a forum / bulletin board or message board is different, because you will get instant and continuos interaction, whereas our pages are designed to seek in-put which does not require an immediate or quick response.

The question is then, "What is a forum?" Collins Dictionary provides the following explanations:

               1) A meeting for the open discussion of subjects of public interest.
               2) A medium for open discussion, such as a magazine.
               3) A public meeting place for open discussion.
               4) A court, a tribunal
               5) An open space serving as a city's marketplace and centre of
                   public business.

You would have noticed that the keywords are 'open', 'public' and 'discussion'.

We have just a few conditions which are printed hereunder and are also repeated in the Forum for your benefit. It is imperative that you abide by these conditions in an effort to make the participation a memorable experience for all users. That does not mean you can not speak your mind. Quite the contrary, we would like you to be honest, open, specific, passionate and enthusiastic but within reason and dignity.

Our Forum pages are visible to you without having to register. However, you will not be able to actually post any messages until you are a registered member. It is only a short process and only requires you to chose a username and password, as well as having an ISP provided e-mail address. We cordially invite you to visit our Forum and participate in building a strong, reliable and informative community.

Please read THE FORUM RULES and then click on the Forum picture below to get to the registration pages.

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FOR THE INFORMATION OF PROSPECTIVE USERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FORUM
( Also repeated in the forum)

1) We encourage Freedom of Speech at all times. You are expected to be
     polite and respectful to all other users and their opinions. Disagreements
     will happen on open forums, and therefore you should be prepared to
     accept constructive criticism without construing same as a personal
     attack. Please ask for a simple clarification if you have difficulties
     understanding another poster's comments. Don't lose your cool!

2) We will not condone any postings containing either of the following:

           Racism, Hate, Bigotry, Gender abuse, Impersonation, Obscenity,
           Pornography, Threats, Swearing, Advertising, Moneymaking
           schemes, Scams or Vulgarity.

    The administrator or a moderator will remove posts containing any of the
     foregoing without warnings. Repeated offences will incur a penalty of
     exclusion from posting for any length of time determined by the
     administrator.

3) Do not post any material which violates or infringes any State or Federal
     Laws or the rights and privacy of any other persons. Postings in all
     capital letters (upper case) are considered "yelling" and are offensive to
     all of us.

4) When posting, please ensure that your comments are relevant to the
     topic under discussion. If you would like to see a new topic or category
     added, then please contact the webmaster or one of our moderators.

5) For security reasons only contributors / posters who have provided us
     with an e-mail address allocated to them by their current Internet Service
     Provider (ISP) will be allowed access to the forum. Web based e-mail
     addresses such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL or similar will not be
     accepted.

6) Please enjoy your participation in our debates and make good use of
     some of the stories, adventures, and comments in general. We are sure
     that between all of us we can come to terms with today's frustrations.
     You are welcome to contribute as often or as little as you like, and
     always consider that everybody is equal to you.

7) Members who have not made any contributions / posts in the last SIX months
will be considered having resigned their membership.

Now, go forth and post to your heart's delight, give yourself a break now and again, and never forget to put the cat and the milk bottles out at night!

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Click on the FORUM and have a look at our pages before you register.

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