MFCA Code of Conduct

[WEIRDWOLF]

The Code of Conduct Committee and the MFCA Officers hereby enact the following Code of Conduct for all MFCA and forum members as it relates to posting on this forum. This will be strictly enforced. Each member shall abide by the COC or face the consequences as stated below.

MFCA Code of Conduct
Each dues paying member of the MFCA shall conduct themselves in a manner that upholds the tenants of the MFCA mission statement, unity, fellowship and integrity. This shall include good sportsmanship and proper behavior as deemed fitting by the accepted norms of society. Any incident deemed to be outside of those norms as judged by the MFCA Officers; President, Vice President and Secretary will be acted upon in the following manner. (In the case of the forum, the moderators also will be given power to act on minor offenses as stated below.)

MFCA Members
First offense-written warning and deletion of the offending post/s (Moderators and or MFCA officers)
Second offense-written notice, deletion of the offending post/s and 1 week suspension from the forum (Moderators and or MFCA officers)
Third offense-written and verbal notice, deletion of the offending post/s, MFCA membership revoked for 1 year (membership fee is forfeited and will not be refunded)(MFCA Officers only may act upon membership revocation)
*Exception-MFCA Officers through an immediate verbal vote may call for a temporary or permanent revocation of any membership based on the extent of an offense.
Non MFCA Members
First offense-written warning and deletion of the offending post/s (Moderators and or MFCA officers)
Second offense-written notice, deletion of the offending post/s and 1 week suspension from the forum (Moderators and or MFCA officers)
Third offense-written notice, deletion of the offending post/s, permanent ban from the forum. May not apply for membership to the MFCA. (MFCA Officers)

[Reginald Rutledge]

one of the things that drove me away from the Miggle site was censorship. Beenutt ask me in the beginning of this site to come on and write things and respond on this site and I have.

I, for the most part, have not engaged in coming at people in a negative way most of the time (even when I was baited or provoked). However, I think all should have a voice to express their opinions. Grown men will debate and not agree on things but at the end of the day, I think most have the game's best interest at hand.

So many people use to post here or read here but when things become over-policed, you lose the essence of what make a site special.

I guess my only problem really comes when negative spin comes on someone or someone's preference of rules or figures at the expense of someone else. I can not comment intelligently on a style of play when I have never played that style but an off the cusp remark of "hearsay" on that style could be inflammatory.

So my best bet is not to comment on that style of play due to my ignorance. I admit, I am about as igonorant about some styles of play as a child is about Einstein's Theory of Relativity! But negative attack ads about one style of play gives me no reason to want to try or invest my time in the attacker's style of play either. Simply marketing the good points would!

But with that being said, silencing voices can be a dangerous thing because it will eventually silence a chatboard. I definitely understand your concerns and I probably would have put out some warning but we must be prudent in running people away.

Just an opinion,

Reg

[Anthony D Burgess]

I remember some time ago that I suggested something like this befor, but every one thought it was stupid and not needed.

I am very very pleased. NFL Players have to conduct them self in a proper way as to reflest positively on the NFL and to set an example of professionalism, sportsmanship, and ethics. And now we do to, well done guys, WELL DONE

I hope that this will encourage coaches to take on the posture of learning and understanding what they are reading. We all have similar ideas and the same wants and we must understand that some one may have a better idea on something then you do or vise versa.

Ask question to try and understand rather than to defend. Remember if you never operated under something then how can you really understand it fully? If you never have eaten a type of food, how can you tell others what it tast like? You simply don't know. Going by what you heard someone else say is not the right way to go.

I love to learn and understand how things work, I look at facts, I don't go by what I like or favor because then I am not objective, and if you're not objective then you will close you're mind to understanding.

Now this next statement applies to every member and reader on this board,
( When you open you're mind to learn and understand the hobby and every one in it will benefit. Be honest, be objective, and if you believe you can then you will. Lets be allies one to another and not an adverary ! )

[WEIRDWOLF]

It has been brought to my attention that I am not enforcing the code of conduct as it was written. My apologies to the MFCA membership. I will attempt to do a better job or will resign as moderator as soon as a replacement can be found.

I just don't have the desire to continue any further with this position.

[NEW CASTLE HiTMEN]

My grandfather once told me an old Sicilian proverb " If two people know something or are involved in something thats one too many". Unfortunatly the older I get the more I believe that proverb. Come on guys. Lets do the thing that this site was meant to do, PROMOTE THE HOBBY. HAVE FUN and ENJOY COMPANIONSHIP. I personally would like to thank those that maintain this site. Have one on me! I am not refering to one or a group of individuals. LETS BE MEN!

[artlax]

no matter what type - seem to go down this path eventually. People seem to think it is their right to do and say whatever they like. Opinions can sometimes spin out of control and head down paths not intended.

I hope that is NOT where we are headed.

I would also like to thank all those involved with maintaining the MFCA site and providing all of us the opportunity to share our passion for the game!

[rjackson]

........but you are fair and you have done a good job. even though I am 1 offense for being banned for a year it is because of so much behind the door talking like lil girls that gets to me. No one should ever come on this board and make themselves higher then the hobby by saying my way is better tehn yours. Promote why your Hobby is better and stop the side by side comparisons then issues will be resolved. When you have men from all different corners of the US you will have some issues but as a man if you can't agree to disagree things will never get settled.

I have been guilty of mis-conduct on this board several times but it is always just a couple of people not everyone as a whole. As a man I can come forward and say I have been guilty. What I can not stand is someone politicing behind a keyboard with topics and not saying what they have to say man to man, face to face.

[The Rookie]

TO Ever who started this site

Thanks

We should be able to take care of what we say by our selfs

[Shabby J]

OK, the problem I see is that the COC is far too vague, that's number one. I also hope that we have moderators with no agenda of their own, not sure about that, not accusing anyone, just not 100% on this.

I also think...and hold on to your hats for this one, that at times our best intentions turn into our own worst enemy, point being, we say we promote unity, integrity and fellowship, do we? On the surface we do, but when you peel several layers away and look, I feel we are doing the exact opposite.

Why? Because we censor, moderate, police, edit, delete, move and bury posts. By doing this no one really nows how anyone truly feels on anything, we have to go on hearsay or form our own opinions based on what the MFCA wants us to read, but we should be forming our own opinions based on what was deleted, edited, censored, moved, etc...The feeling of not knowing and not being able to read what the others truly think and feel about not only each other, but rules sets, tourney's techniques, equipment, leagues, etc.. creates an underground divide by causing people who are close to each other, be it geographically or by other means of communication to further form cliques and to speculate about this, that and the other, in turn, looking good on the surface, but breaking apart underneath.

This may offend and shock some of you, some of you may agree, some of you may think I am just the loud mouth I usually am and not give a rat's arse about what I have to say, but Wolf knows how I feel about this, we have talked several times about moderating, and censoring posts.

I don't want to live in a world where it's one big group hug, that's boring and promotes complacency in my opinion. There are and have been great things come about from groups of guys being able to argue and have heated debates to get their point across. Ever been on a jury, I have, several, that's a good example. No way 12 people all agree on the same thing at the start and at times even the end, but through hashing it out, as ugly as it can get at times, people learn, they change, new ideas sprout and oft times a common ground can be reached. Then there are times when we have to agree to disagree, but at least everyone knows where everyone stands.

I love Wolf and I love the MFCA, but if I had one complaint, it is the nonsense of censorship that is a big negative for me.

I digressed a little maybe, but this is a topic I have been sore on for a while.

I joke around a cause trouble myself a lot on here, but I always love and repect everyone until they give me a reason not to. Let people be and let people talk.

[WEIRDWOLF]

Originally Posted by Shabby J

OK, the problem I see is that the COC is far too vague, that's number one. I also hope that we have moderators with no agenda of their own, not sure about that, not accusing anyone, just not 100% on this.

Shabby, as you know, I sent you a pm regarding most of your post. I do have to comment on the part quoted.

When the community was asked 9 months ago for input on the COC and a committee was formed there was little to no input from the community and then barely any from the committee. Offer up a better suggestion and we can look at it at it and add it to the agenda for the annual business meeting. Otherwise you get what you get.

Moderator agenda needs to be layed to rest right now . I am real tired of hearing that one! I have the logs to back it up as every move a moderator makes is recorded by the software. I didn't do the math, but 99.5% of the post deletions that have anything to do with the community at large are deleted by me. The moderators are doing there jobs without bias. We do make mistakes sometimes and I will openly admit it when I do and usually send that person a pm but to bring up agendas is completely out of line and uninformed and I will not stand by and accept that.

You said you wanted open talk and discussion, well there you go.