Dear Staff & Members,
As many of you know by now, our new owner, LeeD, has announced changes that he and Staff will be making over the next few weeks. We hope this will be a time of peaceful change, as we have just spent a few months that were rather hectic. I’m glad many of us decided to stay for the sake of the friendships and discussions that take place at Christian Forums/Foru.ms.
I would like to make Staff and Members aware that we will discontinue having and developing “Forum Specific Rules”, aka FSRs for ALL forums here at the site. It has been decided by LeeD that this site will have a set of general rules only.
However, each forum is allowed to take the FSR’s that they have in place and develop them to become guidelines for that forum. This means that a member will not necessarily receive an infraction (infraction system is still being discussed I believe) for violating a guideline, but may be asked to have the post deleted, edited, or moved to a different and more appropriate forum. Staff will be moderating based on the set of General Rules that the site will have.
Staff and members should be encouraged to spend the next few days developing guidelines for the forums where they participate or moderate in. Remember, these are NOT rules, but can describe what topics should be discussed and in what fashion.
Another reminder from LeeD: “Congregational Forums wishing to remain safe havens may choose to limit debate to members of their own denomination, insist that all posts conform to their creed etc.” The Ecumenical Staff Team and the members who participate in these areas should work together to come up with said guidelines for the sake of that forum having peace and stability. As of right now, ONLY Congregational forums have this right.
Should you have any questions regarding this announcement, please feel free to contact a Staff member and we will do our best to supply an answer.
