Sunshine Artist Forum
The Sunshine Artist Forum is "moderated." This means the content of your posting will be reviewed and approved or rejected prior to posting on our board. For this reason, your post will not appear immediately on the discussion board.
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The Forum is open to everyone - subscribers and non-subscribers. You do not need to log in to view messages. However, you must log in to post. You can log in using the current magazine username and password, or if you prefer, you may register and log in with your personal username and password. The only category that is restricted to subscribers is the "Advertise your Supplies" category. Everyone may view messages in that category, but only subscribers may post. To post in that category, please log in using the magazine username and password. If you post in that category using your personal username and password, you must include your subscription i.d. number or full name at the bottom of the post. (For privacy reasons, that information will be deleted before your post is approved.)
Forum Rules
The Sunshine Artist forum is a moderated discussion area where participants can discuss topics covering art and crafts business, exhibiting at shows and other related material. It is our intention to provide a safe, congenial place for SA's audience to share and communicate with each other.
All forum posts must comply with the following rules:
- Be Polite. If you wouldn't say it in a room with school-age children present, you probably shouldn't say it here. That means no profanity, no SHOUTING, no name-calling. It's always a good idea that if you read a message that makes you angry, you should wait a few hours before posting a reply.
- If you wish to report a problem or take issue with someone else's comments, stick to facts as much as possible, and let the other readers draw their own conclusions.
- Stay on topic.These forums are limited to art/crafts topics, particularly those concerning show exhibitors. Please try to post messages in the appropriate forum category. The Chat area is for things which would be off-topic in the other areas, such as gentle ribbing, arranging to meet for dinner after a show, weather reports and so on.
- No Crossposting. This means that you cannot post multiple copies of the same message in more than one forum area. Choose the single area that best fits your message, and leave it at that.
- No political discussions. After more than 10 years of participating in and moderating online discussion lists, I'd say that the topics most likely to degenerate into name calling, wild accusations and other impolite postings are those centered on politics. There are too many "hot buttons" that get people angry, and few of these issues are ever resolved by the argument. It's too hard to moderate these posts without offending someone, and they are off-topic for the purpose of these forums.
Example: It's OK to say "I express-mailed a check to company X on Oct. 16 to pay for their product to be rush-shipped to me by the 25th. According to the delivery service, they signed for receipt of the check on the 17th. I called on the 20th to confirm that they were shipping and was told that everything was on time. I called again on the 24th, and they said the shipment was in transit. The product never arrived, they cashed my check, and now I can't get anyone to talk to me on the phone."
It's NOT OK to say: "Company X and all its employees are slimy, sleaze-ball liars."
Ron Jones
Publisher, Sunshine Artist
