Welcome to the et-shalom.org community. et-shalom.org is a private educational initiative. Opinions expressed in the et-shalom community do not necessarily represent the views of the site owners, members and/or sponsors.

In order to ensure that et-shalom.org remains a friendly and informative space, we ask all et-shalom members and mentors to adhere to the following guidelines:

• Be respectful.  Show courtesy and respect to everyone, both within the et-shalom community and in your interactions with the site managers and mentors. Remember that our community members come from a variety of backgrounds and will have varying levels of experience with writing, in general, and writing in English, in particular. Our collective aim is to provide the feedback, support and encouragement necessary to cultivate exceptional writers and critics. Offensive remarks, texts, images, videos and/or links have no place in this community.

• Protect everyone’s privacy.   All members-only content is clearly designated and viewable only by the et-shalom community. Your dashboard is viewable only by you. We strongly advise you to protect yourself and others by never posting any confidential or personally-identifiable information, such as your password, surnames, addresses or phone numbers, in any member area or comment thread. Please see our Privacy Policy to better understand how et-shalom.org will keep your personal data secure.

• Respect © copyright laws. All of the et-shalom.org resources are provided for your benefit and edification. These are resources we are entrusting to you as valued members of our community. All content creators have been paid for their contribution, and we ask that you please respect their time and expertise, as well as the parameters of this membership community, by not sharing, copying, or disseminating any of the content outside of the et-shalom.org environment. You are, of course, welcome to share your general experiences as a member of the et-shalom.org community on social media, and we welcome your comments, suggestions and testimonials. Simply tag your post #etshalomwriters.

• Obey the Law. et-shalom.org will not tolerate posts that violate any law or appear to support any illegal activities.

• Keep it relevant. Ensure your posts and critiques contribute to the prompt, category and/or writing group. Spamming, solicitation, personal promotion or advertising of any kind will be deemed inappropriate and removed. If you would like to discuss an idea or issue directly with the et-shalom.org administrators, please complete the contact form on the website. Your thoughts and input are always welcome.

If you violate any of these community guidelines, intentionally or by accident, moderators will remove your post. et-shalom.org reserves the right to manage and moderate the community as we see fit for the benefit of all, and the right to remove members who disregard the site’s Guidelines, Terms & Conditions or Privacy Policy. We also reserve the right to amend these Guidelines at our discretion and without prior notice.