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Visitors to and members of this website and to our forums must agree that they will hold McKinneyConnection.com totally harmless and understand that individual posters are completely responsible for their own opinions posted on the website and forums.

At Will Relationship - Both readers and posters are advised that this is an "at will" relationship. Users of this site must agree that the management of McKinneyConnection.com may choose to terminate access of any and all kinds to part or all of the forums or any or all parts of this site for any reason at any time with or without prior notice.

Privacy and Safety - Posters, visitors, readers and all others are hereby notified that there is absolutely NO expectation of privacy of any kind on this website. Any and all input or output coming from or going to this site whether typed by the users or sent automatically by any computers, browsers, or behind the scenes workings between all devices, systems or servers is considered insecure and not private. This includes so called private messages between users. We reserve the right to read and monitor all personal messages and Emails sent on this forum between users.

McKinneyConnection.com makes absolutely NO guarantee of privacy or safety of any kind to any visitor or poster to this site. In addition McKinneyConnection.com will actively and vigorously assist any local, federal, or state law enforcement agency in the United States with investigations that could arise from any person's usage of this website.

Activity on this website may be logged and stored.

Minors - Because of the intricacies of the newest child protection laws we have chosen to make McKinneyConnection.com a forum for legal age adults only. While we do not anticipate anything on the forum or on this website to be inappropriate for children we simply do not want to have to deal with all of the extra legal mishmash of knowingly allowing minors on this forum. Nobody under 18 is allowed.

Behavior

General -
McKinneyConnection.com is intended to be a positive and helpful community forum. The McKinneyConnection forums are designed to be web community where constructive discussion and opinions can be enjoyed. We require polite and respectful discourse. We INSIST on all participants being respectful and polite. We attempt to maintain the forums as safe clean place for polite discussion. Trolling (posting messages intended to incite highly negative or vitriolic discussion) is not allowed. While polite debate and discussion of opposing viewpoints is allowed, we will not generally tolerate rudeness, insults, personal attacks or inflammatory posts. Our decisions are final. McKinneyConnection selected moderators will be the sole arbitrators of what violates these standards.

Illegal Activities Prohibited - McKinneyConnection will not knowingly allow any illegal activities or solicitation of or for illegal activities of any kind. All users are advised that they are not allowed to participate in ANY illegal activity whatsoever.

Spamming - Spamming (repeated posting of the same or very similar posts or 'junk posts') or registrations is not allowed. This includes using the forum email or PM system against other members. We do allow local businesses and individuals to post about their products and services in the normal course of discussion in fact we encourage local licensed contractors and businesses to participate and talk about themselves but this board is not to be used for simple commercial advertisement or exploitation. (Nothing herein shall discourage legitimate members from posting for sale ads etc)

Crossposting and Duplicate Threads - We rarely allow cross posting between areas on the board. Please choose the one area that your post best fits in. Duplication of threads in different forums is not allowed.

Absolutely No Sexual Material Allowed - No posts that are sexual in nature either directly or by inference are allowed. No links to sexual material are allowed. No postings of any kind that violate this board's standards of decorum and decency will be permitted. Singles ads or other similar 'requests for attention' of this nature are also not appropriate for this venue. In short, please keep it clean and treat this forum in such a way that Mother Theresa would not be offended by reading it. McKinneyConnection selected moderators will be the sole arbitrators of what violates these (generally unwritten) standards. No indecent or pornographic images are to be posted or linked.

This is a community forum. Topics should be relevant to citizens of McKinney and Collin County. Whether content stays online  is purely up to the discretion of the moderators.

Questions such as 'where's my post?'  and complaints about moderation will be instantly deleted.

One Login Account Per Person - Except for moderators and admin staff members of the McKinneyConnection Forum are allowed to only have one login account. From time to time we might allow exceptions to this rule especially for Law Enforcement and perhaps for some city officials and business owners if they wish to post in both official and non official capacities or are conducting investigations. If you lose your account information there are automated ways to get it back and we can also help you if that does not work or if you have a good reason for changing your name etc. If you REALLY *need* a second login account for some reason - let us know. We can be flexible to a point if you contact us. Exceptions will be considered on a case by case basis. If you post from the same IP as another person it is a good idea to notify us before the second registration is done or all accounts from that IP may be banned outright.

Do Not Reveal People's Names Or Locations - Registered users of this system will not reveal other users real names or addresses without that person's express permission. Violation of this rule may result in sanctions ranging from having your post deleted and being sent a reminder all the way up to being banned from the forums depending on the circumstances. This forum allows people to use pen names so as they do not have to reveal their identities. Some people do not want their true names or addresses revealed. This is their right in an online community where people from all over the world can look in and read. While individuals might disclose their information to you in person they may not want it all over the internet.. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this area of international personal privacy.

The McKinneyConnection.com Staff Is Not Limited To These Rules - The rules and policies contained herein cover most foreseeable situations however we can not predict other developments. Hence, McKinneyConnection.com and its agents reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums and our participants are not disrupted or abused in any way and that no other illegal or irresponsible activity occurs.

We reserve the right to remove any or all communications, posts, usage privileges, or user accounts and/or any other access or usage of or to this site with or without notice and at our sole discretion. In short we do not need a reason to ban or remove your id or to delete your posts.

While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.

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