The ISC Forum - - Another Communication Tool for All In a continuing effort to improve communication between the ISC and players, managers and fans, we are announcing an experimental forum from the ISC web site. Internet forums are a very popular service right now and there are numerous ones being used, most based on geographical location.
In offering our own forum from our own web site, we feel this gives everyone a central forum on which they can submit ideas and recommendations to the ISC. Currently, if a good idea is proposed on the Illinois site (for example) chances are the player in Newfoundland will never see it. And vice versa. The ISC forum is not designed to discourage use of other forums but rather as a focal point for discussing mutual issues and especially to get new ideas in the hands of ISC Board of Director members who can evaluate, further discuss with the author or pass it on to the proper ISC Committee chairman. Our forum is intended to be functional, not just for entertainment purposes. ISC personnel will regularly monitor the forum for both recommendations as well as propriety of postings. This forum project was developed mutually by Al Doran and Jim Flanagan. We extend our sincere thanks to each of them for the time and effort each has put into this project, bringing it to life. With the new ISC forum, individuals now have three primary methods of communicating ideas and thoughts directly with the ISC: 1. Comments on the ISC Forum 2. Submissions directly to any member of ISC Board of Directors (Commissioners) 3. Submissions directly to any ISC Player Rep All ISC personnel are shown in the annual World Championship Guide and at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/person.htm on the ISC web site. Fastball news, announcements, information, and items of general interest should be posted to Als Fastball, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to ensure the widest distribution possible. If you post a note in the ISC Forum regarding such information, please include a link to the official posting at Als Fastball Mailing List Archive http://www.fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball ISC Forum Guidelines What is a Forum? An online discussion group, where participants with common interests can exchange open messages The ISC Forum The ISC Forum is for fastball players and fans worldwide to discuss mens Fastball. There are guidelines below. There are two separate sections in the ISC Forum, one for ISC and one for ISC-II. Within each of these sections, there will be a variety of topics. ISC Forum Moderators We have enlisted moderators to assist with the administration of the ISC Forum, and to respond to questions posed at the forum, or forward to the appropriate person or persons for response. The names of the moderators will be listed at the board. There are two separate forums, ISC and ISC II. Within each of these forums there will be many topics, each related to that specific forum. To use the ISC Forum you must Register The link to the ISC Forum is on the front page of the ISC page at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/ on the left side of the page below the picture of the Guide Book. This will take you to the Forum where you will find a Register button at the top of the page. Please register using your actual email address and your real name. Also please include your city, state/province, etc. It is important to identify yourself when posting to a forum that includes your friends in the game, fellow players, managers, fans, etc. We recommend you set up a signature block with your name, address, email address, and web site, if you have one. You can create this signature block right in the forum registration form. The look and the feel of the page will change somewhat over the next few weeks but it is ready to use. Please read the ISC Forum Guidelines carefully and by all means, please join into the discussion. In sum, the guidelines revolve around the golden rule, and can be summed up as: No profanity and no personal attacks. These guides will be posted at the ISC Forum as well. They are provided here for your reference. ISC Forum Guidelines Please read the following rules and guidelines carefully. By proceeding to post you agree to these guidelines and must follow them at all times. Refusal to follow these guidelines will result in the appropriate responsive actions. Our Community Forum We have implemented the following guide for using our community forum. All material posted or uploaded to the forum remains the property of the original poster and the ISC is the licensed distributor of such content. The administrators of this site reserve the right without notice to access or view all such material (including posts and profile information), to edit the subject of a post, or to move, reclassify, or delete any post or other material that is deemed inappropriate or disruptive, fails to conform to these forum rules, or to ensure proper indexing and searchability. Please note that, from time to time, topics may be removed for being inappropriate even though your individual post in that topic may have been perfectly fine. Please do not feel this reflects badly on you. Having fun is good. We like fun. Please keep it positive and polite. You may not make personal attacks on other users or staff members. You may not use profanity. It is unprofessional and offensive and will not be tolerated. We have word filters in place for the most vulgar terms. Circumventing those word filters will result in punitive action and may result in your being banned from the forum. You may not advertise or promote other companies or their products which may compete with those of the ISC.. We reserve the right to ban any member who violates our guidelines or disrupts our community. We will be fair and provide warning in most cases. If you have an issue concerning our services, policies or staff, please use a personal contact method such as a private message or email to a staff member. All moderators, administrators, and support staff are listed on the forum board. We take serious complaints to heart and will do our best to address them. The Golden Rules 1. There will be no profanity or foul language. Any un-called for language will be removed and you will receive a final warning. 2. There will be no racial, ethnic, gender based insults or any other personal discriminations. 3. There will be no posts meant to offend or hurt any other member, in a manner, which is offensive or inflammatory. This applies to posts about teams as well as individuals. 4. Spamming is not permitted; please keep all your posts as constructive as possible. 5. Pornography, warez, or any other illegal transactions may NOT be linked in any shape or form. 6. Users may not argue a moderators decision publicly. Any and all complaints directed at a moderator must first address the moderator in question via PM. If the problem cannot be resolved, then the moderator and user must send their positions to the forum admin. The forum admin will make or change any and/or all-final decisions. 7. Pictures or graphic images should not be posted. If you wish to share a photo or image, please link the image. 8. Advertising, commercial-related or competing products are all forbidden in any relation to your account except by explicit permission 9. Remember to post in the correct forum. Take your time to look at other topics and see where your topic should go. If your topic is placed in the wrong forum, a moderator will move it. 10. If a topic is recognized as being posted in the wrong forum, or if the post is a violation of our guidelines then please contact a moderator either via PM or the 'report post to moderator' feature; please do not respond publicly to the member - a member of staff will do what is required upon contact. Any person/s who attempt to present themselves as a Moderator by posting negatively to a member's topic (which has been posted in error and requires locking or moving to another forum) will be sent a PM warning and placed into moderation queue upon further actions. 11. Any impersonation of a user within these forums, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a banning. 12. Linked and locked topics may be pruned regularly to reduce page clutter. If you have a question about where your topic went, please PM a Moderator or Administrator before starting a new topic asking where it went, or posting a duplicate of the original topic. We will be happy to provide you with a link to the new location, or a reason why it was locked and/or removed. 13. If you are linking to external content, you should link directly to that content. It is unacceptable to use link-thru systems to mask the originating URL, and cases where this is found to be happening may be edited or removed as appropriate. Violation of any of these rules will result in consequences determined on a case-by-case basis. Thank you for visiting the ISC Forum Community board. We hope you enjoy your stay. December 6, 2005 Gordon Wise - - ISC Information Officer www.iscfastpitch.com sgwise(at)woh.rr.com Al Doran, CHRP Phenix Management Int'l, 10520 Yonge St. Unit 35B, Suite 217 Richmond Hill, ON, L4C 3C7 (Office Phone: +1.416-505-6204 (Office Fax: +1.416-352-7456 *Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and http://www.hrmsbook.com and http://www.pmihrm.com VIA http://www.webbox.com
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