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Throughout "The COM", you'll find numerous places to voice and post your opinion, viewpoint, expertise, comments, rants, raves, boastings, events, schedules, URL's, and Ads!

We are working hard to remain the most interactive site in the High Desert, and to become the most interactive site in Southern California. We have the tools, we have the time, we have the vision. Your input is all that is needed... so, as we say... TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US!

Please take the time to read our Netiquette below as well.

Dive into our interactive message forums.

• Our Guestbook.
  The best entry level place to leave a general posting. Do it lots of times as well. It's supposed to be mildly entertaining!
• More to open shortly... Suggest some subject areas that interest you!

Participate in posting to special places on "The COM"

• The IWire Comical Classified Ads
  • You can post any ad for free in 14 different categories!
  • You can post updates to your ads, questions to others' and jokes to all!
• The Commmunity Calendar
  This is the place to announce local events and have them immediately inserted into the page. They'll be inserted into just the right spot for all to know what is happening with your organization!
• High Desert LINX
  High Desert Linx is THE complete search engine for the High Desert. Every web page originating here should be represented soon. If yours, or one that you know should be, isn't, ADD IT NOW!

Unlike most Usenet newsgroups, you'll find our local opinion arena free from many of these common pitfalls:

• Ridiculous ads that are irrelevant. (and insulting to our intelligence!)
• Long treatises that don't get to the point.
• Endless traffic that makes finding things difficult.
• Flames from irritated people you'll never meet. (nor want to!)
• Opinions that have no bearing on Victor Valley life!

Additionally, you will be able to work with these message boards without ever having to leave The WWW and "The COM". And, Each message board will have links to the relative articles that inspired the board. Please feel free to dig in and discover the advantages of "The COM!"

Message Posting Rules

The purpose of these posting rules are simply to keep our boards relevant, clean, and enjoyable to all who read them. Deletions of postings will be exercised against only those who cannot operate within this framework. Deletions or edits will not be exercised toward anyone for simply having a different opinion (either real or imagined) from the b.b. monitors of "The COM"

Hard and Fast Rules

1. No profane or sexually suggestive language. (You will be auto-booted from chat for non-compliance)

2. No advertising. (except on boards stating that they allow it)

3. No irrelevant postings. (you'll be informed of a more appropriate board, if one exists)

4. No suggestions/messages for "The COM" (there is an email link on each for that purpose)

5. No flaming. (please take out your aggressions on Usenet! We'll take care of any violators)

Light Rules (more like suggestions/etiquette)

1. Keep your messages brief. If you want to submit an article please contact us.

2. Apply some thought, reason and research to your statements. (don't fabricate)

3. Don't belittle the opinions of others, but do make a stand for your viewpoint.

4. Be prepared for rebuttal. (our ideas and convictions are perfected as they are tested!)

Please Do's

1. Place links in your postings to your home page, or places that support your position.

2. Place graphics in your postings to help keep our boards interesting.

3. Please make suggestions for additional boards, formats, etc. to suggest@victorvalley.com

4. If you notice any violations, please report them to the monitor@victorvalley.com

For more instructions on how to make the most of your postings, take a course at The Internet Flight Training School at "The COM"

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