Three years ago +, on March 31st, 2005, Carpy posted the following regarding Board Rules. Don't think much has changed since regarding the rules. Lot's of good fun can and does happen on this Board within the rules put forth long ago. To those longing for "the good old days", go fishing, and then post a report (with discretion), join us at the upcoming Bash, or just ask a questions about fly fishing. BTW, we will be having a steering Committee meeting at the BASH, so come and voice your opinion there about how we make this a better place.
Carpy's 3/31/2005 Post
"Ok folks this is what the FAQ's say's
"This is a fly fishing board, so naturally any post related to fly fishing is encouraged. However, this is also an online community of sorts, so we expect that off topic posts, or threads that veer off-topic, will occur frequently. We don't explicitly discourage these posts, as we are confident that most of our contributors are capable of exercising a reasonable amount of self-restraint. We do encourage the building of friendships, and we realize that there's more to life and friendships than fly fishing. We do discourage obscenity and personal attacks. Youngsters as well as adults read the board, so take that into consideration when choosing your words. The board administrators can and will, at their sole discretion, remove posts that cross the line."
Lately things have been getting out of hand and GM and I are going to put a stop to it. We can't read every post so we are asking everyone to help out and let us know when someone crosses that wavelike line.
If your thinking about flaming someone, do it via e-mail, not on the Board
If your thinking of putting a few political jabs in your post, it's going to be deleted and if you cry about censorship then we will just ban your IP address for a week or so to cool your heels.
If you make demeaning or mean spirited comments about other races, other sexes, or other fisher folks, then we are going to delete your post, and if you cry about censorship then we will just ban your IP address for a week or so to cool your heels.
If you put up a picture of a member of the fairer sex in skimpy attire, it will be deleted, same goes for animals procreating and if you cry about censorship then we will just ban your IP address for a week or so to cool your heels.
You get our drift? We have had enough and we are not going to take in anymore
We tried not to interfere in the past as we assumed that the folks posting were able to act responsible. To the 99% that do, you have our gratitude, To the 1% that crosses the line, your are now put on notice to stop.
If you think I am off base, then send me or GM an e-mail and we can discuss it off line. If I'm off base, then it time for me to move on.
Every year this happens just before the opener, but that no excuse. Some of the stuff that's been going on lately embarrasses me.
Paul H..aka Carpy
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