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The PAR²A Center's forums provide opportunities to interact, share knowledge
and news with your peers, experts, and our employees. These forums provide
a variety of ways to get answers to questions, solutions to problems, and to
share your own expertise.
We hope that you find the time you spend here to be useful and fun. To ensure
that everyone has the best possible experience, we have established a few guidelines.
Please take a moment to read them, and thank you for participating.
Rules of Conduct
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Appropriate Language: The purpose of our forums
is to exchange information and expertise. Please avoid personal attacks,
slurs, and profanity in your interactions.
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Relevance to Topics: Please make sure that your
postings are relevant to the subject at hand. It is normal for some
topics to drift from the stated subject. However, to ensure maximum
benefit for everyone, we encourage you to keep your postings as close
to the subject as possible.
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Advertising/Solicitation: These forums were created
for providing peer-to-peer assistance. We ask that you refrain from
posting unsolicited advertisements that do not pertain directly to
the intended use and purpose of the forum.
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Confidentiality: Please keep in mind that our forums
are public spaces, and not secure, so do not post anything that you
do not want the world to see. Credit card numbers, your email address
and other confidential information, should not be posted to a forum.
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Our forums are monitored: A participant who does
not follow these Rules of Conduct may be blocked from further participation.
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New to the Forums?
Here is a brief, step-by-step guide to using them:
- You must register to use the forums.
If you are a new user, begin by clicking the "Join" link
at the upper-right corner of the page when you access the forum web
site. Please note that your registration must be approved by PAR²A
Center staff, which may require one or two business days.
IMPORTANT: Please make a note of the sign-in name and password you
select. This will be required to access the forums on future visits.
- Guests can read forums, but not participate.
You can access most forums in "read only" mode without
registering, or while waiting for your registration to be approved.
However, you cannot reply or create new postings unless you register
and have been approved (see Step 1).
- To reply to other posts...
If you wish to add your comments to an existing post, look
for and click the "Reply" button. Please note that for most
users, posts must be reviewed and approved prior to being available
in the forum. Please allow one or two business days for this to occur.
- To create a new post...
If you wish to create a new post, look for and click the "Post" button
after entering a specific forum. Please note that for most users, posts
must be reviewed and approved prior to being available in the forum.
Please allow one or two business days for this to occur.
- Do you use a shared computer?
If you are accessing the forums from a shared computer (Internet
café, etc.), please be sure to logout when you are finished
with your forums session, otherwise other individuals may be able to
access the forums through your account.
- Need help?
Look for and click the "Faq" link at the upper-right
corner of the page.
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