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- Son Net Policies and Procedure Manual September 1993
-
- This document details the process by which Son-Net operates.
-
- This Network is for the discussion of religious matters from a
- Bible-Believing Christian perspective, one does not have to be a Christian
- to participate, but should be aware that this is the approach that SON-net
- and it's management takes.
-
- Our Originating Hub is The Seed Sowers BBS, located in Willowdale,
- Ontario, Canada. Willowdale is a suburb of Metropolitain Toronto. You
- can contact The Seed Sowers BBS at (416)498-5259 (HST Dual Std) or
- (416)498-5962 (2400 baud).
-
- We invite new users and Bulletin boards to join our network, and I hope
- you find it a warm and friendly place. We invite System Operators to
- contact any network node for an application. Most applications will be
- approved fairly quickly. We may however contact your BBS from time to
- time as part of the acceptance process.
-
- We intend to make admittance fairly easy, providing:
-
- - You accept SON-net rules and regulations
- - Your board is not an alias board (real names only!)
- - Your board does not operate as an Elite Board (pirate)
- - Your board is run in an honest and legal manner
-
- If you have any questions, you can contact us by:
- - By signing onto The Seed Sowers BBS and joining the COMMENTS
- conference (Number 1).
-
-
- Son-Net Rules and Regulations.
- ==============================
-
- Section 1 User Regulations
-
- 1.0 User: A person who participates in the network.
-
- 1.1 Insulting or name calling or putting down another network user
- is not permitted. Putting down another BBS, whether that BBS
- is a member of this net or not, is also not permitted.
-
- 1.2 The use of profanity is not permitted, nor is implying such by
- masking some of the characters, if the moderator can tell what
- word you implied, it will be considered an infraction.
-
- 1.3 Son-net is a fundamental Bible believing based network.
- 1.3.1 A user may not believe in God, however mocking God,
- Christianity, or His Word, will be considered an
- infraction.
- 1.3.2 Son-net is a Christian based network. This means that
- honest questions and discussions are encouraged.
- However should a user come for the purpose of attacking
- and tearing down Christianity or the Bible it will
- be considered an infraction.
- 1.3.3 Son-net is also not a place for non-Christians to
- teach others about non-Christian religions. The
- foundation of Son-net is Biblical Christianity and
- honest questions are welcome. However, it is not a
- place for other religions to preach their doctrines.
-
- 1.4 A user may freely disagree with another user, but you must
- remain polite in your disagreement. We encourage differing
- viewpoints, however, religious discussion is often a hot
- topic, and we are trying to keep everyone at peace.
-
- 1.5 Messages must stay within the topic of the conference in which
- they are posted.
-
- 1.6 All users must use their real name, no aliases or handles are
- permitted. The Sysop is responsible to verify that users are
- who they say they are.
-
- 1.7 No illegal activity is permitted in messages on the Net.
- Violation of this policy will result in immediate removal from
- the Network.
-
- 1.8 There is no such thing as receiver only or private mail in
- the SON-net Network. ALL messages can be read by the SON-net
- Administrators, moderators, and sysops. The receiver only
- messages MAY also be readable by other users of differing
- BBS's in the SON-net Network due to software glitches and the
- receiver only flag being dropped as the message passes
- throughout the net. Messages whether marked private or
- receiver only must still abide by all rules and regulations
- of the SON-net network.
-
- 1.9 Troublesome users (who violate these regulations), may be
- warned, asked to voluntarily leave a conference for a period of
- time by the moderator, or the users originating Sysop may be asked
- to remove the user from the conference and/or Network.
-
- Section 2 Node Regulations
-
- 2.0 Node : A BBS that makes network messages available to
- users on their System.
-
- 2.1 Nodes must be approved by the Network Administrator,
- and assigned a network NodeID before they can access the
- network. The System Node is fully responsible for the long
- distance costs of receiving the netmail from a recognised hub.
-
- 2.1.1 To help minimize long distance costs, we will encourage
- many BBSes to act as hubs. It is not required for
- all hubs to phone the the Originating hub. This will
- encourage point to point transfers and hopefully keep
- long distance charges minimal.
-
- 2.1.2 We also permit any accurate method of transfer that you
- can arrange between your node and your hub. For
- example : QWK Packets, Fido type messages, or PCRelay.
-
- 2.2 Nodes must agree to abide by all system rules, before
- they can be approved. Using your NodeID, means that you agree
- to accept these rules.
-
- 2.3 System nodes, may not transfer messages to another BBS, until
- they have hub status approved by the Network Administrator.
-
- 2.4 Nodes must abide by a moderator or Network Administrators request
- to remove a user from a specific conference or conferences.
-
- 2.5 System node operators must make their own arrangements for the
- method of transfer used between the node and their hub. This must
- be agreed to by the Hub.
-
- 2.6 Nodes that violate these regulations may have their
- node access cut off by their hub on the request of the
- Network Administrator.
-
- 2.7 System nodes must display their network tagline in this format:
-
- This section (2.7) does not apply to Imex members, they may
- use their regular Imex tagline.
-
- SON-net nodeid BBS-name, city, phone
-
- Where:
-
- nodeid = Your NodeID from the official node list
- BBS-name = the name of your BBS
- city = your city
- phone = your BBS phone-number(s) (Optional)
-
- Sample Tag:
-
- SON-net 208999 The Blue Jay Fan BBS, Toronto, ON (416)555-2424
-
- Note: For Private BBSes, they may enter the phone number as -private-
-
- ie:
-
- SON-net 257005 The Jones Brothers BBS, Fort Wayne, IN, -Private-
-
- 2.8 Sysops must make the SON-net information packet available
- for download to all users, preferably as a FREE download
- where technically possible.
-
- Section 3 Hub Regulations
-
- 3.0 Hub : a BBS that transfers messages to another BBS.
-
- 3.1 A node may apply to become a Hub, but does not become
- a hub until they receive permission to transfer mail to
- another BBS.
-
- 3.2 Hubs may only transfer messages to approved nodes.
-
- 3.3 Hubs agree to transfer messages from nodes to their hub
- within within the time agreed upon with System Admin.
-
- 3.4 Hubs agree to abide by all regulations for nodes.
-
- 3.5 Hubs are not permitted to delete or alter the contents of
- messages on the network, in any form.
- Note: This only applies until all receiving nodes have
- received the message. This does NOT apply to messages
- that originate from YOUR BBS.
-
- Section 4 Moderators
-
- 4.0 A moderator is a person who moderates or referees a
- conference.
-
- 4.1 Moderators are approved as moderators by the Network
- Administrator. You must fill out an application, applying
- does not guarantee acceptance.
-
- 4.2 A Moderator has authority only in their own conference, they
- may not moderate another conference.
-
- 4.3 If a moderator is unavailable due to illness or vacation,
- then he/she may ask another approved moderator to take over
- in the interum. The moderator should notify the Network
- Administrator that this is the case.
-
- 4.4 A moderator must give a minimum of two warnings of
- infractions before they can request removal of a user.
- The only exception is if the user grossly violates the
- rules (cursing, exceeding blasphemy etc). In certain extreme
- cases the moderator or SON-net Administration may request
- immediate removal of a trouble user.
- The moderator may then request the Node to remove the
- user and the Node Sysop must comply upon receiving the
- request. The Moderator will report failure to do so to the
- Network Administrator.
- Should a user get out of hand, the moderator may request
- the user to voluntarily stay out of the conference for a
- short time. This would be an alternative to the permanent
- removal of a user from the conference.
-
- 4.5 A user may appeal to the Network Administrator the decision
- of a moderator. The decision of the Network Administrator is
- FINAL.
-
-