RULES:

1. Only CPHA Members are allowed to post to the forums.

2. No discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence.

3. No use of explicit, racist, obscene or vulgar language, images or messages.

4. No posts that attack, insult, flame, defame, or abuse others.

5. Posts related to public health related conferences, continuing education opportunities, and other events is allowed. However, direct advertising of a product or service is not permitted.

6. No posts of copyrighted material, lengthy articles, or posts of an overtly political or religious nature (ie. proselyting).

7. Do not post offline personal contact information (ie. your home address, phone numbers etc.) and do not ask for personal information from others. This is to protect your security and identity.

8. If you are a medical professional, do not use the forums to distribute professional medical advice and/or promote your services.

GUIDELINES:

1. Check for open topics. Before posting a new topic, please check to see if there is already a topic open on the subject.

2. Ignore bothersome members. If there is someone on the forum that bothers you, contact the forum administrator and copy the title of the post in the subject line.

4. Use good judgement. NEVER rely on information or opinions exchanged to replace necessary, personal consultation(s) with qualified health or medical professionals.

5. Welcome new members. Help new folks "learn the ropes" about how to find information and resources, save time, and how to get involved.

6. Use descriptive titles for new posts. Avoid "generic" post subjects like "Help" or "Question". You will receive a better response to your posts by making your title more descriptive about the content of your post.

7. Be respectful of moderators in both the forums and any private communications.

8. Stay on topic. Posts which are not relevant to the forum topic may be deleted.

9. Keep posts family friendly. If it shouldn’t be viewed by minors, then it shouldn’t be posted to the forums or chat rooms.

10. The forum is public. Remember that all posts to the forum are publicly available. If you don’t want everyone to see it, you shouldn’t post it.

Know Your Moderators:

CPHA Community forums are moderated by volunteers. While they may not have answers to all your questions, moderators are here to help in any way they can. You can spot a moderator because their profile indicates that they are moderators.

Moderators have the right to edit or delete posts without prior notice that violate of the rules above. If you have a question for a moderator on a decision, you can email them and discuss it privately. They may not see things the same way you do, but they are open and approachable.

Please Remember:

Members that do not abide by the rules may be subject to having their posts edited or deleted, their member account permanently banned from further access and/or deleted without notice.

Rules and guidelines may change at any time, please re-read them regularly.