Your Community Manager is design5596 (design5596@...). You can email the
Community Manager any time you have a question or concern. We reserve the right
to add Moderators to help the Community Manager with the tasks presented, should
they ever be required.

Responsibilities and rights
a. Please bear in mind that what you read in our community areas are other
users' opinions. The laser_design group is not responsible for the accuracy of
any posts and is not liable for any damage or loss that may result from your
reliance on what other users have said.
b. You acknowledge that all laser_design communications, are private
communications. You agree not to publish any such communications without the
prior permission of the author.
c. You agree that the laser_design group has the right to delete any post and
terminate any account (that is, ban a user) with or without notice, at any time
and for any reason, including, without limitation, our judgment that you've
violated the Community Standards. You also acknowledge that we have no
obligation to delete content that you find personally objectionable or
offensive.

Privacy
Never provide your password, telephone numbers, or home address to anyone
online. Be very careful about responding to solicitations for interviews or
research. Give out your e-mail address only if you want to receive e-mail. If
you post your e-mail address on the site, you've made it public and given other
users tacit permission to contact you.

Never divulge private information about another user online. That includes the
user's real name, e-mail address, and any other personal information that the
user has not made public. Don't forward or post private messages that someone
has sent you unless you have his or her permission. Please don't solicit other
people's personal information.

If you're looking for subjects to interview or participants for a study, please
first contact the Community Manager for permission.

Copyrights
Please don't post anything you don't have the right to publish or violate any
copyright or other proprietary rights in your posts. That includes excerpting
published articles without the author's permission. We'll delete posts that
contain any such violations.

Usernames
Choose a username that's in good taste. If you select a username we deem vulgar
or obscene or misrepresents you to other users, we'll reject your choice. Anyone
who tries to impersonate a staff member or another user will be banned
immediately and without notice.

Basic etiquette
Please don't do any of the following:

Use all capital letters in your chat or bulletin board postings. It's considered
"shouting" online, makes other members uncomfortable, and is difficult to read.

Post the same message more than once.

"Drive By Posting." Please consider what you post before posting it. Does your
post contribute to the conversation? Does it say anything other than a "Me too"
or "Not me"? We strongly discourage posts without useful content.

Personal attacks
Harassing another community member is never acceptable, even on the most lively
debate boards. A personal attack includes name-calling, mocking a user or a
user's name or family members, using threatening or insulting language, or
violating another user's privacy. Exercise some common sense here. If you
wouldn't have the nerve to say it in person, don't post it. If you can't draw
the line, we'll draw it for you, but we'd rather not have to.

Advertising and solicitations
Don't use any community areas to advertise or sell products or services to
others. Posting links to merchants providing services which may be of use to
the boards stated purpose is permitted, as is responding to user questions or
requests for information on merchants.

Mentioning other Web sites
It's perfectly okay to mention, link to, or discuss other Web sites that are of
interest to our users, as long as they don't violate our other guidelines. But
please don't use our message boards simply to generate traffic for a website. If
you would like to advertise your personal website etc., please include the URL
in your profile.

As of December 1st, 2003 the following rules are enacted regarding members of
this board:

A) All members now have a posting quota which they must meet ever
month. At least every month each member will be required to post
significant content to the forum at least once.

B) New members (including everyone who has not posted content (content
is more than just "Hello, my name is Bob") are required to contribute
two pieces of significant content during their first month of membership.

C) Those who do not manage to fullfill the above conditions will be
kicked off the boards, and banned.

Those members on the OTOCS project are not required to adhere to the
rules as strictly, as their work is included in my posts.

Contacting us
We are only an e-mail away if you have any concerns you'd like us to address.