Posting Guidelines

Carliann {SB} Sophisticated Boutique Posting Guidelines.

The Moderators are here to help. These gentlemen are volunteers, no pay and often under appreciated. Without them there would be off topic posts, flame wars and general confusion. You can get their help by using the Report to Moderator button on any post

*Ask Specific Questions*

We encourage your questions to be as specific as possible. If you ask your questions thoughtfully, our many knowledgeable members will surely provide the information you seek.

Please be aware our advice and that of our members carries no guarantee. Opinions are only opinions, advice is just advice - not gospel or law. We all tend to generalize at times, in an effort to communicate. This is to be expected and proper. Sweeping generalizations should be characterized as such. Bashing generalizations are against the rules.

*Posting Commandments*

The \"Commandments\" below, (not called so in the biblical sense, but to infuse some humor, written for many e-mail lists by an anonymous author) have become even more important as the Carliann {SB} Sophisticated Boutique Community Forum grows. Please help yourself and others by reading and applying them.

1) Thou shalt include a descriptive and specific topic line. If you change subject, *thou shalt* change the subject in the topic line to reflect the new content.

2) Thou shalt make use of the \"Quote\" button when you reply to specific posts, thus enabling us all to be on the same page.

3) Thou shalt read thine own message thrice before thou sendest it.

4) Thou shalt ponder how thy recipient might react to thy message.

5) Thou shalt check thy spelling and thy grammar.

6) Thou shalt not forward any chain letter or *off topic* joke.

7) Thou shalt not use e-mail for any illegal or unethical purpose.

Thou shalt not rely on the privacy of e-mail, especially from work.

9) When in doubt, save thy message overnight and reread it in the light of dawn.

10) That which thou findest hateful to receive, sendest thou not unto others.

11) Thou shalt not include tag lines or references to political campaigns, religious views, personal websites or pithy quotes.

12) Thou shalt absolutely never forward a virus alert. If thou must, though shalt only forward a link to a specific web page with the domain.

13) Thou shalt not ask members to contact you directly for some information. But rather just make the information available if you can, and feel it would be of an interest to the group. Post the information, if you can, upload a file if you must. If you are concerned your posting would break the rules of the group - ask the Moderators for clarification first.

This Posting Guidelines are subject to change at any given time.

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