moontimeguide

The membership greatly contributed to the content of these guidelines. They voted and agreed to abide by them. We would ask that any future members read through them and by the act of joining the club agree to abide by them as well. If you have any questions please e-mail me.

Concerning Men

We are a WOMEN ONLY club. This means that only women may be members and participate in posts and chats. We as a membership decided early on that this should be like the menstrual huts of old, a plave where women could gather and have a safe enviroment in which to connect with each other.
We would ask that all men would respect our personal and sacred space and our right to have it. If you choose to ignore the rules and wished of this club and join, the following will happen.
First I will e-mail you personaly asking you to remover yourself from the club. If you do not provide and e-mail address I will post a similar request at the hut. If you fail to remove yourself with in a few days I will delete you from the club myself. If you post at the club, I will know that you are ignoring the guidelines of the club and you will be deleted immediately. Thank you for you co-operation and respect in this matter.
**Note: If you are genuinely intersted in discussion of women's issues I do know of several women's clubs that encourage male membership. For more information please e-mail me.

Member Conduct

The nature of the Internet can often lead us to misinterpret what others say. Most of the time, most people are not intending harm or hurt with their comments and opinions. So please ask someone to clarify their meaning if their comments or words seemed unclear or hurtful to you. Understanding is the key to good communication.
I belive that disagreements between people is a good things. It helps us to grow and creates winderful diversity that we have throughout the world's cultures. But disagreements can often lead to arguments and fights that can hurt the people involved. There are a few things that we do not wish to see and will not tolerate at the hut.

It is expected that members will treat each other with respect and understanding at all times. Personal attacks of any kind are not allowed. Wether the attack is directed at the person or indirectly in posts in a thread they are involved in it is still considered a personal attack. Personal attacks can include; name calling, defamation or slander of a persons character, gang-up attacks or harassment directed towards one person, broad generalized attacking statements about a person or their beliefs, threats of any kind, and anything said with the intention of hurt or harm to another member.
E-mail attacks are also not allowed. E-mail will only be considered relevent to the club (and therefore considered an attack) if the members involved in the e-mails were already discussing the issue at the hut and the e-mail in questions is relating to that issue. E-mails concerning things other than that club abd the issues being discussed there will be considered personal. If you do receive and e-mail from another member that you consider attacking and relevant please let me know and send me the e-mail.
It is also understood that all memebers will respect the privacy of other members. Members may only disclose (wether through posts of e-mails) personal info about other members in the club with the express permission of that member. This can include phone numbers, location, real name, or anything that has been told to you in confidence.

If I receive complaints about a member's conduct towards others and view it to be attacking and/or disrespectful I will ask them in a post in the hut to remeber and follow the guidelines. This will be considered a first warning. If they continue to act in this manner I will contact then be e-mail to discuss the matter in greater detail (what actions or post were considered inappropriate) This will be their second warning. If they still continue I will warn them a third and final time. If the members still dose not follow the guidelines I will delete them from the club. This will be considered carefully and will not be cumulative (ie: if a member gets a first warning and then five months later has another complaint from a different thread or person they will just get another first warning) However if a member continues to have a steady stream of complaints and they continue to display disrespect in all or most of their posts the warnings will be cumulative.

A good way to avoid arguments and hurtful statements is to remeber that most of what you say is an opinion of your own, and that others may not share these same opinions. Try to use statements such as "I think...", or "It is my belief..." when stating opinions. This avoids generalized statements that can offend and hurt other people. Also remeber what others say are their own personal beliefs and you don't have to agree with them either.

Message Content

There are no real restrictions on the content of posts at the hut. Anything relatating to women and their lives, and of interest to the membership is suitable. We would ask that any moms(or women) considering asking a young daughters to join, would be aware that we do discuss issues of an adult nature, such as sexuality. Please make sure you are comfortable with the content and issues being discussed before you invite your young daughters to join us.

However, sometimes certain threads can get long winded or unsuitable for the club. When I receive two or more complaints or requests to have the subject removed I will take the concern to the membership. We will have an immediate vote on wether or not to remove the thread from conversation (no posts would be deleted though). The outcome would come into affect immediately and be respected by all members. If we vote to keep the thread those members who object to the thread can stop participating and reading it. If we vote to take the thread of the board, those members wishing to continue are completely encouraged to take the discussion to e-mail.

If any thread or post is deemed extremely inappropriate (ie: graphic sexual content, adds**, or disregaurd of the member conduct guidelines) the person, or persons will be asked to stop the thread or posts. I do not like to delete posts (I don't like censorship) but if there are posts like the above and the members wish me to remove them I will.
** Note: Any adds for clubs, products, or websites that are of interest and relevance to the club and its members is completely welcome.

Member Participation

The greatest way that you can suport these guidelines and help to keep our club a safe and friendly place is to communicate with me, the founder. Many of these guidelines are based on member participation. If you are concerned about something or belive that these guidelines have been broken PLEASE contact me. I do not always see what is going on in the club between members, so action may not be taken if you do not speak up. I encourage contact and e-mails from all members. Any comments you have for me or about the club please feel free to drop me a note anytime. I enjoy member feedback.

Many Blessings,
Your Founder
Moonwillow