Community Guidelines

Welcome to the Association of Cancer Care Centers. Thank you for being a part of our community. To ensure the best possible experience for all Users, we have established some basic guidelines for participation in the ACCCeXchange and the messaging feature on the Portal. In addition to your compliance with our Privacy Policy, the following Community Guidelines are a requirement for your use of the Portal.

By joining and using this community, you agree that you have read and will follow these rules and guidelines. You also agree to reserve discussions and shared files and content 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 regarding these Community Guidelines should be directed to membership@accc-cancer.org.

In order to preserve an environment that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate membership in this community for anyone who violates these rules.

Rules

• Respect others. Focus on the content of posts and not on the people making them. Please extend the benefit of the doubt to newer guests and Users; there’s no such thing as a stupid question. All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited.
• Respect the purpose of the community. Use the community to share successes, challenges, constructive feedback, questions, and goals instead of products or services that you provide. If you’ve found a product or service helpful, please share your experience with the group in a respectful way.
• Use caution when discussing products. Information posted on the discussion groups and in the libraries is available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.
• Obey the Law. Illegal content or activities are strictly prohibited. You agree to comply with all applicable laws, including without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, equal opportunity laws, and regulatory requirements.
• Beware of Oversharing. ACCCeXchange is a public community and your content will be visible to other Users of the Portal. Do not post anything that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you. Be cautious about what personal information you choose to share. If you decide to share any personal information about yourself, via the ACCCeXchange, the Portal messaging option, or otherwise, you do so at your own risk. You should assume that anything you post or submit on the Portal may be publicly-viewable and accessible, both by Users and non-Users.
• Respect intellectual property. Post content that you have personally created or have permission to use and have properly attributed to the content creator. When posting items in our collaborative environment, please indicate if the item is not available for reuse. It’s also advisable to contact the owner of any material if you would like to reuse it.
• Post in Appropriate Community. Post your message or documents only to the most appropriate communities. This helps ensure all messages receive the best response by eliminating "noise."

Discussion Group Etiquette

• State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line. This allows Users to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for Users to search the archives by subject.
  
• Send messages such as "thanks for the information" or "me, too" to individuals, not to the entire list. Do this by using the "Reply to Sender" link in every message.
• Do not send administrative messages, such as “remove me from the list,” to the group. Instead, use the web interface to change your settings or to remove yourself from a list. If you are changing email addresses, you do not need to remove yourself from the list and rejoin under your new email address. Simply change your settings.

Reporting Misconduct

We want to foster a friendly and collegial environment and take violations of our Community Guidelines seriously. You can report any abuse or complain about User content posted by contacting us at: membership@accc-cancer.org.

Enforcement

We do not take violations of our Privacy Policy and these Community Guidelines lightly. We investigate all reports of misconduct received and will respond to them accordingly.

We reserve the right to investigate any possible violations of our Privacy Policy and these Community Guidelines, any Portal User’s rights, or any third party rights. We may, in our sole discretion, immediately terminate any User’s right to use Portal without prior notice or refund, as set forth further in our Privacy Policy, and/or remove any improper, infringing, or otherwise unauthorized content submitted to the Portal.

Last Updated: October 15, 2024