WELCOME RV'rs!

Thanks For Joining! It is our goal to efficiently support the thoughtful exchange of knowledge, values and experiences among RV enthusiasts. Our underlying philosophy is that the strength of the member relationships we build here is what sets us apart from the other boards. We aim to ensure that the forum is an enjoyable place that you want to visit time and time again. We encourage everyone to participate in and enjoy the Community while at the same time adhering to these rules:

Be Courteous!
Please think before you post and keep your comments limited to the topic at hand and above all be nice. If you come across any violations to these guidelines or have any problems navigating the site, do not hesitate to let us know through the Forums Contact Form. We'll be happy to address your concerns. Treating each other with respect and kindness, and thinking before you speak will go a long way toward making this an enjoyable place.

• Our rules extend to all sections of the website including messaging functions, blogs, galleries and any other public or private posting.
• Do not engage in personal attacks. Challenge others' points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully and thoughtfully. Sarcasm, belligerence, insults, profanity, extreme anger, offensive comments about race, gender, sexual orientation,and national origin are not acceptable.
• Discussions of politics and religion are not allowed at iRV2.
• Do not post libelous remarks or directly misleading information.
• Do not start or participate in brand wars, i.e. my XXX brand is better than your XXXX brand.
• The language of this forum is English. If you are not a native English speaker, do your best. We are glad to have you as a member and will be supportive and polite.
• This forum is largely self-policing, which means that moderators will respond and react to problems reported through the REPORT POST option, via the CONTACT FORM at the bottom of each page, or via PM. Do not hesitate to use these tools to report any problems regarding the forum.
• Do not post the same discussion more than once or in more than one forum.
• We take the "be nice" rule VERY seriously! We do not tolerate ANY rudeness. If we feel the guidelines are violated we may remove, edit or delete posts and if necessary restrict or remove account access. Any abuse toward our administrators or moderators may result in immediate suspension of your account. Complaints about a moderator's decision regarding a particular post are not be made in posts; instead send a private message to a moderator. If a moderator deletes or edits one of your posts and you disagree with the action, contact the moderator concerned. Do not repost deleted material.

Be Appropriate!
Please don't post it here if you wouldn't say it to your grandmother. Posts containing explicit, obscene or vulgar language, images or links to websites with adult content/images or punctuation marks designed to "trick" our obscenity filter may be removed or edited at our discretion. Discussion of politics and religion is not permitted.

Be Welcoming!
Welcome newcomers to our growing community. Many of our community's members have a wealth of knowledge and much to share. Please help new members learn about how to find information and resources and how to get involved in the Community.

Be Ethical!
Many participants have commercial interests associated with the forum topic and bring valuable information and expertise to share. With a few specific exceptions (see Commercial Participant section), forum members may not use the Forum for commercial gain.

• Participants may not post affiliate links or direct others to any pages at their own commercial website or website in which they have a commercial interest unless a commercial account has been established. Exception to this may be found in Signature standards (see below).
• Participants may not send out SPAM via our Private Message system.
• Our user base is not a resource to be "mined" by individuals, groups, or businesses, for profit or not for profit.
• Participants may not bump threads unnecessarily. Bumping is posting useless information, posting one-liners or any other action to deliberately keep a thread hot.
• Trolling, Flaming, or cyber-bullying are NOT allowed and are grounds for account restriction or banishment.

Posting standards:
Forum members may use standard fonts available on the forum. The standard font size is 2. The use of bold, large or colored fonts should be used sparingly. Posts containing inappropriate formatting will be removed or modified at our discretion; e.g. all caps or excessive color.

• E-mail addresses, URLs, business names and vulgar or offensive names are not appropriate forum user names
• If you choose a username that is confusing, misleading or similar to an already existing account, we may require you to change it.
• Posts are to be made in the proper forum for the subject and are subject to be moved if posted in the wrong place.
• Posts made in the various 'Owners' forums should be relative to the brand of that forum.

About the First Amendment, censorship and your "right to free speech":
You do indeed have an absolute right to free speech. However this forum is privately owned and requires members to abide by our rules and by the decisions of our staff. If you cannot accept these guidelines we encourage you to contact one of the many good web hosting companies out there to and exercise that right to your heart's content.

Do not post protected/copyrighted content:
Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the member should not be posted on the discussion forums without the consent of the owner. Copyrighted material includes images and text produced and owned by others. If such an event occurs, the individual posting the information shall be held solely responsible. You cannot legally post entire articles or news in the forum without permission from the copyright holder. Even if you attribute the article correctly it’s still copyright infringement. Under Fair Use provisions you can legally post a small abstract of an article - or perhaps the opening paragraph. The exception to this rule is press releases; they are meant for distribution and can be copied and distributed. If you are not sure if you can copy something then always err on the side of caution and simply post a link to the material.

Signature Standards:
Signatures must be setup in your profile rather than manually added to your messages. They will appear at the bottom of every post you make.

• Signatures must be kept to a maximum of three lines (including blank lines) and contain no more than one link. (non-commercial).
• Signatures may not include email addresses, links to competing websites, prompts to contact or a sales pitch.
• Signatures must follow our forums posting standards and only one line may be bolded.

Classifieds posting rules:
Our classifieds system is offered as a benefit of membership. We expect ads placed to be related to the topic of this forum.

• Place only one ad per item - do not post or repost an ad in more than one section of the classifieds.
• Do not place ads directing others to an e-bay or other online sale or directing others to another website.
• Discussion forums, galleries or other sections of our site may not be used to sell products or to direct members to the classifieds pages.
• Ads automatically expire after a set period of time and upon expiring may be renewed or reposted.
• Ads may be removed by our staff at any time for any reason.
• Only ads for used items are permitted in our classifieds.

Blogs:
Blog space is provided as a benefit of membership. We reserve the right to remove content that does not conform to our forum rules. Members may edit their own blogs as well as manage comments posted to their blog, by others. Blogs are not intended for commercial use or advertising or for the sole purpose of linking to another site. If you wish to post a link to your blog or personal website, please use our links library.


iRV2 Sponsors
To support our commitment to provide a member based RV resource community, iRV2 accepts sponsorship and advertising from companies providing quality products and services. We value our site sponsors and the expertise and experience they bring to RVing community.

• Sponsors are encouraged to post and join in general forum conversations.
• Sponsors may post information about their products and answer questions posed by any party that requests information.
• Sponsors may post links to or provide press releases and technical articles in discussion threads or news section of the forum.
• Sponsors may offer information that points out the differences between their product and a competing product only if it serves to clarify an issue but may not post in a disparaging way about a competitors product.
• Sponsors may not actively pursue sales by directly marketing to uninterested forum members or posting sales threads.
• Sponsors must have their business name incorporated into their signature block (may be link to website) and may include their business telephone number within their Profile (but not in their signature).

Commercial Parties (For-profit companies, Industry Professionals, Vendors):
The forum does not discourage nor endorse any commercial entity and is not intended for soliciting business by commercial parties (advertising info). Our purpose is sharing knowledge so others can benefit. Commercial participants must adhere to all the forum policies including these specifically set out for commercial participants. If you are interested in becoming one of our industry pros please contact any moderator.

• Members with a commercial interest in participating in our community will be identified as commercial vendors or sponsors at our discretion.
• Commercial parties may not solicit our membership or advertise except as specifically allowed in these policies or by prior arrangements with SK networks. This includes: posting prices, directing members to phone for more info or directing members to any pages at their own commercial website or website in which they have a commercial interest in, including informational pages.
• Commercial participants will refrain from making direct, emotionally charged, posts to, or about competitors.
• Commercial participants may not post product comparisons.
• Commercial participants may not use any section of the forum to discuss their products or services unless answering a direct question and even in this case may not quote prices.
• Commercial participants must have their business name incorporated into their signature block (may be link to website). Commercial participants may include their business telephone number within their Profile (but not in their signature).

Dealer/Vendor and Customer Disputes:
This forum is not intended to be a mechanism for people to vent frustrations about vendors or sales from private parties. Please settle your differences with sellers, manufacturers and dealers through the long-established legal or arbitration systems or the Better Business Bureau but not through our community.

Site Management & Member Concerns: If we feel site rules are violated we may remove, edit or delete posts and if necessary ban or restrict account access. Abuse directed towards toward our site staff may result in restriction or suspension of your account. Complaints about moderator decisions are not to be made in posts; instead send a private message to a moderator. If a moderator deletes or edits one of your posts and you disagree with the action, contact the moderator concerned or any other member of our site team. Do not repost deleted material. This forum is largely self-policing, which means that moderators will respond and react to problems reported through the REPORT POST option, via the CONTACT FORM at the bottom of each page, or via PM. Do not hesitate to use these tools to report any problems regarding the forum.

Account Management: Requests for changes to your account should be made by using the Contact Us link at the bottom of every forum page. Participants may only have one account. Moderators may consolidate or delete multiple accounts.

Disabling Accounts: We may remove accounts that have no posts. If the account has many posts, completely deleting the account can significantly disrupt thread continuity. In that event, we may (if requested and at our discretion) disable your account in some or all of the following ways:Change the user name, remove signature content, subscriptions, avatar and any info from the profile that might be identifying or replace it with fictitious info, change account options to refuse contact and ban account. Where communication features were used to share information with other individuals (e.g., sending a personal message to another Forum user) we generally cannot remove content. If someone quoted your post, the original user name will be shown as having been quoted (which we cannot purge).

Someone has to interpret the above guidelines and how they apply to this forum. Ultimately it's up to our site moderators and administrators to make this decision. If you have any questions about these guidelines, please feel free to contact a moderator or administrator. Thanks to everyone for keeping the tone appropriate for a group of friends.

Registering and participating at iRV2.com constitutes agreement to abide by these rules and to abide by the Social Knowledge Network Terms of Service (Social Knowledge is the company that owns this forum) We reserve the right to modify these rules at any time without giving prior notice to you.