Discussion Group Rules & Etiquette

Thanks for being part of our LPGA Amateur Golf community. To ensure the best possible experience for all LPGA Amateur Golf members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation.

By joining and using these e-mail lists, you agree that you have read and will follow the rules and guidelines set for these peer discussion groups. You also agree to reserve list discussions for topics best suited to the medium. This is a great medium with which to solicit the advice of your peers, benefit from their experience, and participate in an ongoing conversation. Questions about LPGA Amateur Golf should be directed to our Memberships department (386-236-5353). Technical questions on association management issues should be directed to our IT department (386-236-5300).

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. If you have questions, contact the member services department. In order to preserve a climate that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, LPGA Amateur Golf association reserve the right to suspend or terminate membership on all lists for members who violate these rules.

The Rules

• Don't challenge or attack others. The discussions on the lists are meant to stimulate conversation not to create contention. Let others have their say, just as you may. 
• Don't post commercial messages on any discussion board. Contact people directly with product and service information if you believe it would help them.
• Use caution when discussing products. Information posted on the lists is available for all members to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws. 
• All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything in a discussion group message that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you. 
• Please note carefully all items listed in the disclaimer and legal rules below, particularly regarding the copyright ownership of information posted to the list. 
• Remember that LPGA Amateurs and other e-mail list participants have the right to reproduce postings to this discussion group. 
• Send your message only to the most appropriate list(s). Do not spam several lists with the same message.
• All messages must add to the body of knowledge. LPGA Amateurs reserves the right to reject any message for any reason.

• Remember the Rules of Play have changed for 2019.
• Proper attire for our home course includes pants, shorts, collared shirts. Course rules for proper attire does not include denim, T-shirts, cargo shorts, flip-flops.
   

The Legal Stuff

These discussions groups are provided as a service of LPGA Amateurs for the Association. LPGA Amateurs is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. The LPGA Amateurs disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by LPGA Amateurs or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall LPGA Amateurs 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 or performance of any information posted on this site.

Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials. Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants LPGA Amateurs and users of this list the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.

Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or implicitly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.

The LPGA Amateurs do not actively monitor the site 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 LPGA Amateurs' attention, LPGA Amateurs will take all appropriate action.

The LPGA Amateurs reserve the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.