JPRN LINKEDIN DISCUSSION POSTINGS

INTRODUCTION - Welcome to JPRN LinkedIn Posting. In order to provide a responsible service, JPRN requires that each person who uses this service agrees to be bound by the terms of this agreement. Your continued access to the LinkedIn Postings is conditioned on your continuing to abide by these policies and procedures, by the terms and conditions of membership of JPRN and by the JPRN Code of Conduct. If you have any questions about any part of this policy, please contact Tom Tyree at tom.tyree@verizon.net or 484-919-9349

LINKEDIN DISCUSSION POSTING POLICIES & PROCEDURES

In order to keep the LinkedIn Postings as a professional, valuable and useful tool for all members, JPRN has established policies and procedures as follows:

Respect all users of the LinkedIn Postings. Express yourself, but do not insult, offend or hurt other individuals, organizations, or corporations.  Defamatory, harassing, insulting, sexist, racist, obscene, and other offensive communications are not acceptable within the JPRN organization and will not be tolerated. Review the email etiquette policies below.

Do not use the LinkedIn Postings to promote your business or the business of another person or organization. While JPRN is dedicated to professional networking to enrich professional careers, commercial activities are not permitted. Commercial activities include, but are not limited to, promotional announcements, product or service-related press releases and direct or indirect advertising.

Do not use the LinkedIn Postings to communicate with competitors about prices, terms of service or otherwise communicate in a way that may violate antitrust laws. JPRN communications constitute an ongoing "meeting" of members; such meetings may involve competitors.   The same rules against illegal agreements in restraint of trade that apply at members' meetings also apply to LinkedIn Postings communications. Since LinkedIn Postings communications may be downloaded without the knowledge of the sender(s), users should be fully informed on the rules of antitrust law regarding communication and agreements among competitors and use the LinkedIn Postings in strict conformity with those rules. Ensure that messages you post to a LinkedIn Posting are appropriate for the LinkedIn Postings audience. If you think a posting violates JPRN policies, report the perceived violation to the attention of the LinkedIn Postings administrator. Do not engage in discussions of appropriateness.

If you do not agree with someone else's ideas or opinions, express your opposition to these ideas or opinions in a civilized, professional, non-insulting and non-inflammatory manner.

Do not alter the content, or source of a message that has originated from another person’s computer with the intent to deceive.

Do not upload or distribute files subject to trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property  rights except with the express consent of the owner of the rights (Note that material may be copyrighted even if no copyright notice or "©" symbol appears).

Do not send or propagate messages that may contain computer worms, viruses, or components that threaten to interfere with or compromise the integrity of computer systems, networks or websites. Respect the security of the JPRN LinkedIn Postings site and do not allow access to private web site areas to non-members.

Should your post include a question, request that individuals reply directly to you. You may later post a summary of the responses to the group. 

When replying to messages, reply directly to the member who originated the email, not to the entire LinkedIn membership.

The LinkedIn Postings may not be used to violate any rules of JPRN membership, JPRN bylaws, or JPRN policies and procedures.

JPRN reserves the right to modify or change the rules as it determines from time-to-time in the best interests of JPRN.