Neighbors,

Please take a minute to review our update policies. These policies govern the use our networks and support the tone, culture, and community we are seeking to create.

Our policies are posted - http://www.neighborsforneighbors.org/how-to/management-and-polices/

Content Policy:

• All content must be family-friendly and respectful of all neighbors (including all persons protected by federal and state anti-discrimination laws).
• If you have an issue with the behavior of an individual or group and wish to discuss it on our networks, you must refer to the individual or group in a respectful manner and not be demeaning or derogatory in any way.
• Report all criminal and suspected criminal activity directly to the police by calling 911 or going to your local police station. You may not post criminal accusations about an individual or group of individuals on our networks.
• We reserve the right to delete any content at our discretion that we feel in not in the best interest of the community.
• Generally, If you violate this policy, your content will be deleted, and a message will be sent to you by one of our network administrators, and you will be banned from our networks.

Moderation Policy:

• Membership: Anyone is welcome to join and contribute content to our Neighborhood Networks. Currently, we are approving all members before they join the networks to weed out spammers who have been abusing the ning.com platform on which we operate.
• Content: We are current not approving Blogs Posts, Blog Post Comments, Forum Discussions, Forum Discussion Replies, Groups, Group Discussion, Group Discussion Replies, Group Comments, Photo’s, Photo Comments, Video’s, Video Comments, Status Updates, nor Wall posts.
• All content held accountable and moderated as need in accordance with our Content Policy above.

Privacy Policy:

• Neighbors for Neighbors will never share any of the personal information you’ve shared about yourself on your profile with any outside individual or any organization. The only people who have access to this information are the Neighbors for Neighbors organizers, the network creator, and network administrators. Neighbors for Neighbors does reserve the right to use information about membership in general such as gender or average age for purposes such as program development and fundraising. Neighbors for Neighbors also follows the guidelines set up by the network platform’s (NING) terms of use and privacy policy.

Use by Elected Officials:

• Elected officials may create profiles and fan groups on the network.

Use by Candidate For Public Office:

• Candidates may create profiles, contribute content, and create fan groups on the network.

Use by Businesses for Promotion of Products and Services:

• Local Businesses may create fan groups and start discussions in their groups about their products or services. If they are hosting a public event, and event and blog post may also be added.
• Affiliate marketing businesses are strictly prohibited.