Revised and posted July 1,2010

Welcome to Bonaire Talk: In an effort to clearly state the Bonaire Talk
policy on what can and cannot be posted as a Bonaire Talk message and

to participate on Bonaire Talk by posting, sending messages or uploading,
you agree to abide by the posting policies as stated below:



Posting policies

Bonaire Talk a friendly, informative chat site based on mutual respect. The
Moderators will do their best to keep it that way, and every post is
reviewed. All posts are the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect the views of Bonaire Talk . We are not responsible for posts'
content, authenticity or accuracy.

Profanity, race profiling, insulting language or just being down right mean,
is simply not allowed here and this includes any sort of harassment or cyber
bullying. Threats of any sort are grounds for immediate banning from further
posting; there is never a reason to resort to personal attacks, if you could
not say this to someone in person please do not say it here. If you feel
that you have been attacked, please do not retaliate on the board or in a
private email ; instead please notify us at Moderators@bonairetalk.com .
Any person posting a personal attack* against another member of this board
will be immediately banned and their access blocked whenever possible. There
will be no second chances or reinstatement of any violators. If you receive
a Private Message through the Board mail ,from anyone that says something
nasty or threatening, please alert the moderators at
moderators@bonairetalk.com.
Any user that sends hateful or threatening emails will be banned from
Bonaire Talk

* determining what constitutes a personal attack will be up to the
owners/moderators of BTCInc. ONLY.

Playing nice is appreciated, Gossip is NOT appreciated.

Trolling posts or off-topic posts (hijacking) may be moved, edited or
removed from the threads.



Bonaire Talk retains all rights and privileges to all its editorial content.


Spamming is a no no and will be dealt with promptly


We are dedicated to keeping our users' information private and will never
sell it to a third party. Please read our privacy policy that can be found
here http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/privacy.html






Remember You and you alone are responsible for your diving safety. Plan your
dive and dive your plan.



Please note that the Bonaire Talk Moderators have full discretion as to how
to interpret and enforce these rules at all times, and their lack of
enforcement or speed to enforce is entirely dependent on what the Moderators
decides (or when they decide to act).



The Moderators of Bonaire Talk will have the last word in any dispute When
they{the moderators} think it is in the best interest of Bonaire Talk, they
may edit or delete:, pictures, signatures, posts and threads. They may
suspend users when they{the moderators} agree it is necessary.

Membership is a privilege. If a member feels they have been unfairly denied
service or has received unfair moderation, Please email us at
moderators@bonairetalk.com The problem will be reviewed by all owners and
moderators of Bonaire Talk .



Bonaire Talk reserves the right to add to or amend the posting policies
without any prior warning or consent from its users. By completing your
registration, you agree that your Bonaire Talk participation will conform to
any such additions or amendments to the posting policies.



You May Not Post:
- Messages which promote a commercial business from which you derive
compensation. Such compensation may include, but is not limited to, outright
payment, a commission, salary, and/or free services or goods. You may not
post pricing information. An exception to this exists below.
- Messages via a false name or anonymously which promote, denigrate, or
libel another person, business, or entity.
- Messages in which you are selling time shares, offering to sell your time
share, property, tickets, or selling any items of any kind.
- Material which is copyrighted by others, and to which you have no clear
license or title or permission to post on Bonaire Talk. Such material would
include text, images, graphics, etc.
- Spam of any kind is not allowed. Single or multiple postings to include:
posting the same message in several threads in a short period. While the
purpose of this newsgroup is to provide discourse amongst its participants,
repeating the same message over and over, whether good or bad, is not
acceptable. Most newsgroup readers check for the newest postings and read
the messages in that fashion, so one post in the right topic area is more
than enough to get the message across.



You May Post:
- Messages about your Bonaire-based or oriented business if a genuine,
unsolicited request for information was made. But, you need to clearly
identify your affiliation with said business, and you may not mention prices
on-line. (Use e-mail for such prompted requests)
- Messages with content that is authored by you (text or images) and/or in
the public domain. You may also, within reason, post WebCam images captured
from the Bonaire WebCams Web site, as directed in the FAQ page on that site.


It should be noted that violations of the primary "You May Not Post" rules
will result in deletions of posts (or content) and possible banning from
ever posting on Bonaire Talk. Should someone have replied to a such an
improper post, we will instead remove the content and replace it with a
highly visible and potentially embarrassing message chastising the poster.

That said, we will not edit, remove, or otherwise change posts made by
people who later decide, for whatever reason that they did not want to post
what they ended up writing. So, think twice before confirming that you want
your message preview content posted. Bonaire Talk messages are publicly
archived indefinitely, so please make sure that you don't post something you
may regret tomorrow or years from now.

In an effort to clearly state the BonaireTalk policy on what can and cannot be posted as a BonaireTalk message, please see below:

You May Not Post:
- Messages which promote a commercial business from which you derive compensation. Such compensation may include, but is not limited to, outright payment, a commission, salary, and/or free services or goods. You may not post pricing information. An exception to this exists below.
- Messages via a false name or anonymously which promote, denigrate, or libel another person, business, or entity.
- Messages in which you are selling time shares, offering to sell your time share, property, tickets, or selling any items of any kind.
- Material which is copyrighted by others, and to which you have no clear license or title or permission to post on BonaireTalk. Such material would include text, images, graphics, etc.
- Spam of any kind is not allowed. Single or multiple postings to include: posting the same message in several threads in a short period. While the purpose of this newsgroup is to provide discourse amongst its participants, repeating the same message over and over, whether good or bad, is not acceptable. Most newsgroup readers check for the newest postings and read the messages in that fashion, so one post in the right topic area is more than enough to get the message across.



You May Post:
- Messages about your Bonaire-based or oriented business if a genuine, unsolicited request for information was made. But, you need to clearly identify your affiliation with said business, and you may not mention prices on-line. (Use e-mail for such prompted requests)
- Messages with content that is authored by you (text or images) and/or in the public domain. You may also, within reason, post WebCam images captured from the Bonaire WebCams Web site, as directed in the FAQ page on that site.

Please note that the BonaireTalk Moderators have full discretion as to how to interpret and enforce these rules at all times, and their lack of enforcement or speed to enforce is entirely dependent on what the Moderators decides (or when they decide to act). However, it should be noted that violations of the primary "You May Not Post" rules will result in deletions of posts (or content) and possible banning from ever posting on BonaireTalk. Should someone have replied to a such an improper post, we will instead remove the content and replace it with a highly visible and potentially embarrassing message chastising the poster.

That said, we will not edit, remove, or otherwise change posts made by people who later decide, for whatever reason that they did not want to post what they ended up writing. So, think twice before confirming that you want your message preview content posted. BonaireTalk messages are publicly archived indefinitely, so please make sure that you don't post something you may regret tomorrow or years from now.

If you receive a Private Message from the Board from anyone that says something nasty or threatening, please alert the moderators at moderators@bonairetalk.com.
Any user that sends hateful or threatening emails will be banned from BonaireTalk.

Effective immediately, any person posting a personal attack* against another member of this board will be immediately banned and their access blocked whenever possible. There will be no second chances or reinstatement of any violators.


Playing nice is appreciated, Gossip is NOT appreciated.

* determining what constitutes a personal attack will be up to the owners/moderators of BTCInc. ONLY.



(Message edited by modtom on October 24, 2009)



(Message edited by modfreddie on June 24, 2010)

We've had a few questions from users about the mail that they have received about the policy we have about posting messages. The emails you get from BonaireTalk Discussion with email address noreply@bonairetalk.com are general emails that are not personally for you.

If you receive a personalized email from one of the moderators, telling you there was a posting from you that is not allowed, that's the sign you did something wrong.