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As a member of the group you agree to abide by the Groups Rules.
They will be strictly enforced.
Failure to do so will result in removal from the group.

As a member of the group you agree not to hold the Arboretum, group owner, the moderators and members of this group responsible for the accuracy of the information provided by the members of this group.
If you elect to rely on any such information you do so at your own risk.
As a member of this group you also agree not to hold the Arboretum, group owner, moderators and members of this group responsible for any problems resulting from purchases or exchanges of scions,  plants, seeds, books etc. You agree any type of transactions are done at your own risk
If you don't agree DO NOT join this group.

          The list may not be used for:

  • Commercial activities (advertising) (Examples might be: Posting your mail-order conifer list)
    The posting of conifer book releases and other conifer research material is NOT considered advertising. It is considered sharing of information.
  • Personal conversation that is of no interest to other members and conversations that have nothing to do with conifers or growing plants .
    Off-topic/high volume postings will result in loss of your posting privileges.
    Do not use this group for private messaages.


    Security of messages:

  • This is a private discussion group and the messages do not appear on the Internet.
    Important: It is not allowed to post a message or part of a message to another Forum.
    Do Not copy and paste anyone's message or comments about a topic to another group.
    All E-mail messages and their content have to remain private; they are only accessible to members of the group. You may not publicize a message or use any part of a message without written permission from the author.
    Text, graphics and  photos may not be copied, reprinted, published, translated, hosted or otherwise distributed by any means without explicit permission.


    This list serves an international audience.
    As a  courtesy to our international community please specify F or C units when stating temperatures,
    and feet or inches (or meters & cm) when stating plant sizes.
    In order to get a correct answer, the members should use a signature:
    Your full name, country (and state or region in large countries with diverse climates),
    USDA hardiness zone, type of soil, and any other physical or environmental influences
    that might be pertinent to growing. 


  • Inappropriate postings are not allowed

  • Sending photos:
    It is recommended to send photos to the group as an 'Attachment' or provide a link. Attachments are not viewable by members who receive a 'Daily Digest'.
    Photos imbedded in the message are NOT acceptable. They are problematic in a reply message.

  • Messages on how you would like to run the Conifer Group how you would like to change the Group are not appropriate for the list.

  • Replying to messages - Important :
    When replying to messages, please remove irrelevant text from the original message(s) repeated under your reply - if you do not, digest messages will become very difficult to read and you will inconvenience readers of your message with unnecessary repeated text.

    Disclaimer: 
    The Arboretum, list owner, moderators and group members are not responsible for the accuracy of the information provided by any member of the Discussion Group. If you elect to rely on any such information you do so at your own risk.

    You agree not to hold the Arboretum, group owners, moderators and members responsible for any problems resulting from exchanges or purchases of scions, plants, seeds, books etc.You agree any type of transactions are done at your own risk.
    By joining this group you agree to abide by the group rules. If you don't agree, do NOT join this group.

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