Introduction - In order to keep the community running well and to prevent problems, please follow these simple guidelines when posting to the community and/or responding to a conversation. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us by submitting feedback to community@gathering2.com.

1. General Network Guidelines - While discussions, idea exchanges and debates are encouraged in the community, we will not allow posts that are of an insulting nature, deemed a personal attack or purposelessly inflammatory. We reserve the right to moderate member posts and remove any we deem inappropriate at our discretion. Also, please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) nonsense posts, etc.

2. Moderators’ Responsibilities - Every post and upload will be reviewed by a community moderator to ensure security and appropriateness of content. The moderator reserves the final right to remove posts and/or attachments that violate these rules of engagement at their discretion.

3. Marketing and Sales Activities - Gathering2.0 does not endorse or represent any specific products/tools/solutions. We try to maintain an objective, no-sales environment free of advertising and spamming in the network. This includes using members' email links and the chat system to contact other members with the intention of offering products/services for sale.

4. Professional Business Conduct - The community is a professional business environment. As such, we do not permit posts that are objectionable in nature or violate our standards. The editorial team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards.

5. Illegal Activities - Any discussion of illegal activities such as the piracy of software or other intellectual property violations is not allowed.

6. Usernames - In order to maintain the level of integrity expected within a professional business environment, usernames should be created that will afford the account holder the desired level of privacy without being objectionable or of a solicitous in nature (i.e. account holder's name, initials, or a combination thereof). User names should be of a professional tone (i.e. do not use slang or obscenities).

7. Uploading and Posting Rules - When starting a thread, posting in a blog or uploading a file, please use a title that describes the content of your post. Please refrain from using all caps or special characters unless they are of a copyrighted trademark or signature mark.

8. Political Discussions - Conversations that present a position of a political nature not directly related to the topic are prohibited and will be removed.

9. Posts and Attachments - Each post will be reviewed by a moderator to ensure security of content being posted. The moderator reserves the right to remove posts and/or attachments at their discretion.

10. Links to Other Sites - This site contains links to other sites. Gathering2.0 is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites.

If you have any questions about the rules of engagement feel free to contact us at via the Feedback Form.