Good Afternoon to you all.

Thank you for your participation and your contributions within the AGORACOM Community. For the past 7 days, our general inbox has been overrun with nothing but complaints about a select few members. While have done our very best to keep a balance within this forum, however we now have grown aware that our lenience has been abused.

Pleased be advised that we will be taking a stringent approach to our six rules of use moving forward. Anyone in violation to our six rules of use will have their privileges suspended. The six rules of use are clearly stated below:

1. PROFANITY - Swearing or use of foul language is strictly prohibited… in any language (We have 42 interpreters on staff to keep an eye on those International members). For the record, ##$!#&% or any combination thereof is considered profanity.

2. DEROGATORY COMMENTS TOWARDS OTHERS - Calling another member an idiot, clown, stupid, dumb, moron or ##x%x# for brains is strictly prohibited.

3. OFF-TOPIC OR IRRELEVANT COMMENTS - Yes, nobody can believe what happened to Turtle on Entourage, or that Monica Lewinsky took a job at the Kremlin, or that Romo dropped the field goal snap and crushed Cowboy fans everwhere. However, this is not the place to discuss TV shows, politics or sports… O.K. maybe a little sports.

4. SPAMMING OR CLAIMS OF INSIDER INFORMATION - Enough said… unless your brother in-law really is Michael Dell’s chauffeur.

5. BASHING OR HYPING - Unsubstantiated claims of grandeur or impending doom are best left to Nostradamus as they will cost you some valuable points towards your rating. Also included in this category is repetition of the same question, fact or opinion over and over after a response has been provided or if there is currently no ascertainable answer.

6. Caps lock and use of !!!!!!! - NOTHING AND WE MEAN NOTHING IS MORE AGGRAVATING AND ANNOYING THAN READING A POST THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, IT DOESN’T BECOME ANYMORE NOTICEABLE WHEN YOU TYPE IT IN CAPS!!!!! IN FACT, MOST PEOPLE TEND TO IGNORE THESE KINDS OF POSTS!!!!... Exceptions will be made for those deserted on a deserted island (with a kick ass internet connection) and sending out a distress signal, or anyone who invested in WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, Nortel, Webvan, Pets.com or Sideware and needs to freak out every year.

Participation in AGORACOM’s General Forums is a privilege and not a right. Though we have used a lighter side in getting our point across, contravention of any of the following will lead to automatic termination of forum privileges. If you would like to discuss this stance further, do not post your thoughts to this board. In stead please contact us here.

Lastly a number of posts in violation to the rules above have been removed and more will be as we go through the board in an attempt to get the topic back on track.

Kind Regards,

AGORACOM