Blastserve Rules

Introduction - As with any community, there are guidelines governing behavior on the Blastserve. By joining ISEE's Blastserve, you agree that you have read and will follow the disclaimer and rules set for this peer discussion list. For instance, violating antitrust regulations, libeling others, selling, marketing, and other inappropriate discussions are not permissible.

Discussions on this list are meant to exchange information about technical matters, not for debate or to create contention and not to discuss industry standards, matters of association policy, government regulation, or public policy. Questions of Society policy should be addressed directly to the ISEE Executive Director and/or the members of the Board of Directors. In addition, ISEE may periodically send announcements to participants for information purposes.

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important rules. If you have any questions regarding appropriate postings, contact the list manager before posting. ISEE will have the right, at any time and without notice, to add to or modify these Rules simply by posting such changes on this page. Your access to or use of the web site after the date such amended terms are posted shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of and agreement to such changes.

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ISEE's purpose is not to monitor messages before they are posted to the list. The Society reserves the right to take appropriate action, withhold a posting or to suspend or terminate your subscription for violation of the rules.  Accordingly, submitting a message to the Listserve is not a guarantee it will be posted.  Please adhere to the following rules:

Code of Ethics - All members of the Society are required to comply with the standards of conduct for engineers as set forth in the ISEE Code of Ethics, Fundamental Principles and Canons, as a condition of continuing membership in good standing. As such, ISEE Members agree to uphold and advance the integrity, honor and dignity of the engineering profession, strive to increase the standard of excellence of the explosives industry, and support the profession and technical societies of their disciplines. The Code applies to conduct on the Blastserve as well.

Libel and Slander - Remember that information posted on the lists is available for all to see and all comments are subject to the principles of ethics, common courtesy, and decency. In addition, libel and slander laws apply. Posting of defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal comments is strictly prohibited.

Antitrust - Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.

Copyrights & Tradenames - Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright, trademark, or tradename with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants ISEE the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.

Listserve - DO'S
* DO include a signature tag on all messages. Include your name, affiliation, location, and e-mail address.
* DO state concisely and clearly the specific topic of the comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.
* DO include only the relevant portions of the original message in your reply, delete any header information, and put your response before the original posting.
* DO only send a message to the entire list when it contains information that everyone can benefit from. Contact individuals directly with products or services that you believe would help them or to respond personally to a message.
* DO send messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too" to individuals, not to the entire list. Do this by using your e-mail application's forwarding option and typing in or cutting and pasting in the e-mail address of the individual to whom you want to respond.
* DO warn other list subscribers of lengthy messages either in the subject line or at the beginning of the message body with a line that says "Long Message".
* DO make administrative changes to your e-mail address directly by using the personal settings at the bottom of each Blastserve message. Be sure to also update your e-mail address on your ISEE membership record at Member Address Change

Listserve - DO NOT'S
* DO NOT challenge or attack other individuals, associations, institutions, agencies, or organizations. The discussions on this list are meant to exchange information about technical matters, not for debate or to create contention and not to discuss industry standards, matters of association policy, government regulation, or public policy.
* DO NOT post material that is defamatory, libelous, abusive, or obscene, including material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, federal, or international law; or material that infringes on the copyright or any other proprietary right of a third party.
* DO NOT post personal or anecdotal messages to this list. Only messages meant for everyone to see may be posted. And do not post material that would violate an individual's privacy or proprietary rights, or would interfere with another user's use and enjoyment of the web site.
* DO NOT post commercial messages, advertisements, charity solicitations, chain letters or pyramid schemes; or disseminate "spam" or mass-mailings. Contact individuals directly with information about specific products and services.
* DO NOT post messages for other people who are not authorized to participate in the listserve or use another person for access to the listserve, attempt to mislead others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of the message, or create a false identity or forged e-mail address or header.
* DO NOT send a message on behalf of corporations, organizations and/or associations.  Such information should be sent directly to the Executive Director.
* DO NOT create a new subject for a reply to an existing message. Instead, only reply directly to the message; DO NOT post any material that does not generally pertain to the designated topic or theme of the web site.
* DO NOT post any material that contains a virus, worm, trojan horse, time bomb, or any other harmful program or component.
* DO NOT post Job Openings. Job postings can be made on ISEE's Job Openings Page on ISEE's website.
* DO NOT send administrative messages, such as remove me from the list, through the listserve. Instead, go to the ISEE web site to change your settings or to remove yourself from the list. If you are changing e-mail addresses, you do not need to remove yourself from the list and rejoin under your new e-mail address. Simply change your settings.

Users expressly agree that you will not, after receiving warning, continue to post material which we have advised you not to post.

NOTE: ISEE reserves the right to suspend or terminate access of any member who violates these rules. I have read and understand and accept the terms of the Disclaimer and these Rules.