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Do not publish any information, material, or opinions about pricing, boycotting, or other impermissible business topics.
Do not post information that is owned or copyrighted by someone else without his or her written permission. By posting material on a ProviderTalk list, you are certifying that you own the copyright or a license with respect to that material, that you have received the copyright owner's permission, or that the material is in the public domain.
Important: Be aware that posting information or material on these discussions DOES NOT GRANT the users of the list a non-exclusive, irrevocable license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or material in any manner, without payment to the posting party.

ProviderTalk's goal in helping our members, is to create a "virtual" community whose members exchange information, explore new ideas and discuss issues of interest to the group. Every community has standards of behavior that help the community to remain cohesive-online communities are no exception. For example, violating anti-trust regulations, defaming others, violating copyrights, selling, and marketing are not permissible. To avoid even the appearance of such activity, avoid making negative comments about specific organizations or individuals to the group, and think carefully about possible misinterpretations when discussing controversial issues. Generally, the same restraints we use in face-to-face professional conversation apply to a list community. However, it is also important to be mindful of the differences between online discussion technology and informal interaction.
Please remember that online discussion technology "lengthens your communications reach" by automatically sending your comments to the entire community of subscribers. What's more, there is no retracting the messages you send.

Dislaimer

ProviderTalk accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted on this discussion by others. ProviderTalk disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted, whether posted by ProviderTalk or any other party. In no event shall ProviderTalk be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use of any information posted on this discussion.
ProviderTalk does not actively monitor the discussion for inappropriate postings and does not on its own undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to ProviderTalk's attention, ProviderTalk will take all appropriate action.
ProviderTalk reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by its guidelines. Therefore, when you join this online community (by subscribing to a ProviderTalk list), we ask you to read and agree to abide by the Prohibitions, Guidelines, Disclaimer and Etiquette posted on this page.

Do sign all of your communications. Include your name, affiliation, location, and e-mail address. Although you are identifiable by the e-mail address you are using, community atmosphere is more easily encouraged by the use of names.
Do reply to all messages about which you believe you have helpful information or advice.
Do identify the specific topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.
Do send a message to the entire list only when it contains information that everyone can benefit from.
Do send messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too" to individuals--not to the entire list. Do this by clicking your e-mail application's forwarding button and typing in or cutting and pasting in the e-mail address of the individual to whom you want to respond.
Do not send administrative messages such as "remove me from the list," to the ProviderTalk Group. Instead, visit our ProviderTalk main page to unsubscribe. If you need to change the e-mail address used by the ProviderTalk, you can do this on this page, as well.
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."