More creative pumpkin carvings
Welcome everyone to our Grand Opening. We hope that most of the kinks have been worked out and everyone has migrated to the new site.
First and foremost we are happy to have our own site and we welcome everyone to participate. Our goal is to provide a place where people can congregate, feel welcome, but is now owned by our community at large.
Thor did a fabulous job of setting everything up and tweaking the site to get the right mix of colors and features. Please feel free to comment if you have any suggestions regarding format, colors, and features and we will do our best to accommodate everyone. There was no monetary cost in creating this blog.
Secondly, we want to link to Blogger's Content Policy which is self explanatory:
Blogger Content Policy
Which brings us to the question of what policy the group would like to see with regard to comments that may not be in clear violation of the Blogger Content Policy, but are offensive to any of our members as individuals, i.e., egregious ad hominem attacks, veiled slurs, lies, etc. We walk a fine line here as reasonable people can disagree on what constitutes what is offensive and what is not.
Do we want or need a cop on the corner, or do we let everything and anything stand?
This point is crucial going forward as a blog can be destroyed in days with flame wars, invasions by people who don't have our blog's best interests in mind, or targeted attacks against individuals that are intended to create conflict and chaos and are ultimately toxic to the site.
With regard to posting and published daily content, we welcome anyone who wants to post whether it is just a one time event, or on a regular basis, as many voices are better than a few.
Any posters or commentators need to observe the copyright rules as set out in Blogger with regard to fair use of copyrighted material and photos or you may be sued for copyright infringement.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Thank you for your support during this transition time and please feel free to comment on ANYTHING that is important to you as a member of our group.
