Surrogate Mothers Online Message Boards Rules and Policies

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Surrogate Mothers Online Message Boards

SMO Message Boards Rules and Policies

We are pleased to provide these message boards in hopes that they will foster information, support, and friendship among individuals with an interest in surrogacy, egg donation and other related issues. Because the Surrogate Mothers Online discussion forums are interactive, the majority of the content that you find here is provided by our users. Considering the real-time nature of these forums, it is impossible for us to review every message to confirm the validity of information posted and/or the identity of the author. Please be advised of the following:
* These forums are provided as a free resource and as a means of "meeting", sharing information with, and supporting others who share an interest surrogacy, gamete donation, infertility, and other related topics. However, users should be aware that SMO does not actively "screen" the individuals who post on the site, and therefore, we advise you to excercise a reasonable amount of caution, especially in regards to revealing any personal information.
* The information and/or opinions expressed in the messages herein represent the views of the author of the message and do not necessarily match the ideas and opinions of those who volunteer their time to operate Surrogate Mothers Online.
* We make no claims as to the veracity, either stated or implied, of the material contained within our discussion forums and/or any of the interactive areas of SMO. Furthermore, we would encourage you **NOT** to rely solely on the information that you find here, but, rather to seek appropriate professional advice or care for your personal situation or problem.
* We do not assume any legal or financial responsibility for contacts that may occur as a result of the messages posted on this site. All liability for the contacts made here and the subsequent relationship that may or may not occur remain solely with the individuals who post the messages and/or those who respond to them. Individuals who post or respond to such messages or ads on this website do so at their own risk.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this discussion forum to post any material which is known to be unlawful, false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, libelous, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, racially offensive, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you *or* you have been given permission by the copyright owner to post such material and you give due credit to the copyright owner by including the copyright information in your post.
Please note that advertisements and solicitations are inappropriate on these boards. For those of you are looking to find a partner to enter into a surrogacy or donation arrangement with, please visit our Free Classified Section and post your ad/or conduct your search there.
Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.
The volunteers who run this web site and discussion forum do not and cannot review every message posted here, nor are we responsible for the content of the messages posted here. However, we reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. Such decisions will be made at the discretion of the site administrator and/or moderators. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this web site and any entity associated with this web site, Madrona Park, Inc. (the makers of the bulletin board software), and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).
We at SMO also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.
In closing, we ask that all posters try to keep their messages *on topic* and keep the discussion as *polite* as possible. Remember that this forum is here as a means for others to find information, support and friendship. Flaming will not be tolerated here as it breaks down the supportive nature of this "community". Please handle any private disputes PRIVATELY as the majority of our members would really rather not read about them.
I agree to the terms and conditions stated above and I want to access the boards!
I do not agree to the terms and conditions stated above. Get me outta here!