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The following Rules and Guidelines have been set to insure a warm and friendly atmosphere. By participating in the Discussion Forums, you are consenting to these rules. Violators may be warned, suspended from posting, or barred from the forums at the sole discretion of the OIEE staff.
Be courteous Stay on-topic	Exercise common sense and be considerate toward your fellow users. Stay on-topic. Please keep your comments consistent with the subject and purpose of the conversation thread. Our moderators reserve the right to delete posts and/or whole conversations we determine are of an irrelevant, abusive or disruptive nature. Constructive criticism is welcome, but insults directed towards other users or the site admins will not be tolerated. Please do not use all-caps or all-bold as it is extremely hard to read. You will not knowingly post content or links to content that violates the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of any third party and that you will remove the same should you discover that you have violated this provision. Likewise, you may not post content or links to content that is libelous, defamatory, offensive, obscene, racist, abusive, that violates a third party's right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. You will indemnify OIEE and Oxford College, its faculty, staff, agents, and affiliates from any and all claims and/or damages (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from any claim brought by any third party relating to content you have posted. We shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the forums to determine compliance with all sections of this Agreement and any other operating rules established by us. We shall have the right in our sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, remove, or otherwise alter any material submitted to or posted on forums. Without limiting the foregoing, we shall have the right to remove any material that we, in our sole discretion, find to be in violation of this agreement or inappropriate for any reason whatever without consent. You understand and agree that these discussion forums are to be used only for non-commercial purposes. You may not solicit funds, or otherwise engage in commercial activity in the forums.

Posting images	Posting of images is allowed. However please keep in mind that excessively large images will slow the loading of the pages. Maximum width: 400pixels, Maximum height: 400pixels Please limit your posted images to those which which will contribute in an "educational" manner to the dicussion. Image tags pointing to data stored on third party systems for which the user has not received permission to link to may be removed.

Signatures	Signatures may contain up to five lines (one line being that displayed on a browser opened to 800px width) of text (of small or normal size) and/or one image, valid combinations include; a single image of no more than 60px high, 468px wide and 6kB (6000 Bytes) in size. Signatures containing an image this large may also include one line of small size text. Signatures containing an image of 30px high may include up to three lines of small size text or two lines of normal size text. Images of 15px height or less may allow up to three lines of normal size text or four lines of small size text. Animated images are not allowed. Links in signatures are permitted, but limited to sites of a "family-friendly" nature. Signatures are setup in your Profile.

Avatars	Users are permitted to utilize a gallery avatar or to link to one of their own. User defined avatars are to be no larger than 90 pixels square, contain no animation, may not exceed 7kB (6000 Bytes) in file size. Avatar must be of a "family-friendly" nature. Avatars are setup in your Profile.

If you need help...	Our help using the forum link will provide trouble shooting suggestions. While logged on to the Forum, you can use the FAQ link (top-right area) to access a detail user guide of Frequently Asked Questions. In addition, a moderator or other users can most likely answer your questions, don't be afraid to ask.