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It is our policy to support the free flow of information in a manner best befitting the renewable energy, green, and sustainable building community at large. Green Power Talk is an online community where people may come together to share and discuss a common interest. You are free to discuss both objective test measurements, findings and opinions and subjective opinions.

Members must use their real first and last names, handles are not allowed. Members may add an extension to their last name such as city or state when necessary to provide a distinct username. We believe that this helps foster a sense of community, make members behave more responsibly, and help you identify your fellow forum members (As they say, "your reputation precedes you"). By the same token, if you choose to associate an image or avatar with your profile the only image allowed is a picture of yourself.

Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we at Green Power Talk do not actively monitor the contents of this board at all times and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this forum or any entity associated with this forum. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this forum to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violate of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this forum.

Although this forum does not and cannot review the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we at this forum reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Solacity Inc., Jelsoft Enterprises Limited (developers of vBulletin), and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).

The Green Power Talks are designed for members to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.

Green Power Talk is committed to protecting the privacy of our members. In order to implement or enforce the Terms, Green Power Talk may use user-provided e-mail addresses to contact users on an individual basis. At no time, unless such disclosure is required by law, a governmental agency, or specifically authorized by the user, will Green Power Talk disclose individual user personal information without your prior consent. Green Power Talk and Solacity Inc. will never use your e-mail address for unsolicited mass-mailings.

Please note that advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are very inappropriate on this forum.

Special Note to dealers, re-sellers, or any person or company that deals in equipment, products, or services for sale. You are not allowed to post items for sale on the forums, or post with the apparent intent of using Green Power Talk for the purpose of promoting your products or services. Such posts will be subject to removal. Solacity Inc. is the only dealer/re-seller allowed to post commercial items for sale inside the forum or promote items. If you need promotion services you can contact Solacity Inc. to enquire about banner advertising. This also holds true for individuals looking to sell used gear or "special deals" that may have. This is further carried into the forum signatures and the private message feature. On the same note...REFERRAL CODES are not allowed to be referenced for they are a sales tool.

It is OK to discuss products or services, commercial ones included, for the purpose of promoting discussion on the forums. As long as it is not a direct advertisement.

If you have personal items for sale, or are looking for an item, you can post in the "Marketplace" forum. Please note that this is for personal use only, not for commercial activity nor promotion!

Please do NOT display your e-mail in your signature of the site. We do this to limit the attraction to e-mail spamming robot collectors.

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