Canadian Rural Partnership
Rural Dialogue On-Line Discussion

Welcome to the Rural Dialogue!
We hope you will join in the discussions!

The Rural Dialogue listserv is a tool dedicated to citizens from rural and remote regions for the discussion of issues relating to rural Canada. This is the place where you can ask questions, share your thoughts and ideas, and build networks from Bonavista, Newfoundland to Old Crow, Yukon! Information shared on this listserv helps the federal government to better understand the issues, challenges and opportunities as well as to identify solutions or ways to address them.

• the key strengths of your community as you look to the future;
• the biggest challenges that you, your family and your community face as you look to the future and what is preventing you and your community from overcoming these challenges;
• what organizations, levels of government or others should be involved in working to overcome these challenges and how they should be involved;
• what role you see specifically for the federal government in working with you to overcome these challenges;
• how federal programs and services can better support your community’s needs (e.g. are there changes needed in the design, delivery, awareness or accessibility);
• what is the best way for the federal government to continue to hear the views of rural people on an ongoing basis (e.g., meetings, surveys, polls, newsletters, advisory groups, the Internet, etc.); and
• examples of a rural success story that you would like to share with others.

This listserv automatically distributes an e-mail message from one member on the list to all other members on the list.

When you subscribe to this list, your name and e-mail address is automatically added to the list. You will receive a letter of welcome (via e-mail) telling you about the list. From that time on, you will receive all mail (postings) sent to the list by its members. You may follow the discussions or join in on them. If you respond, you can send your response to the list (in which case, all members of the list will receive it), or to an individual on the list, if you have their e-mail address. Feel free to post in English or in French. You can sign off (unsubscribe) from the list at any time.

Audience

The Rural Dialogue is specifically aimed toward Canadians living in rural, remote and northern regions, but anyone is welcome to join the discussion.

Wherever there is a community, there will be certain expectations of acceptable behaviour among its members. The Rural Dialogue On-line Discussion is no different. In order to make our Rural Dialogue a welcoming and civil place for everyone, the following policy will govern all postings to the Rural Dialogue.

Your subscription to this discussion group means that you understand and accept the terms and conditions. If you chose not to accept these terms and conditions, do not subscribe. If these terms and conditions change in some way that you find unacceptable, you should unsubscribe.

We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time. They were last revised on August 30, 1999. The subscriber will be provided notice of any changes to these terms and conditions.

We reserve the right to terminate your subscription at any time for violation of this posting policy or Canadian law, or as we otherwise deem appropriate. We may discontinue the Rural Dialogue On-line Discussion at any time.

1. Enter at Your Own Risk

This service is provided as-is; without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, reliability, or availability. You are responsible for any use of our service through your account.

2. Use of Content

By providing content to our site, you have granted Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada unrestricted use of that material including your name and hometown. We reserve the right to modify, reproduce and distribute materials posted to our services, both internally and for external use.

3. Jurisdiction

This site is controlled and operated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Those who choose to access our site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

4. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and their officers, directors, employees and representatives from any penalties, claims or liabilities we may incur due to your use of this service.

Contents on this site are copyright by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Information on this site is provided only for your own personal use and may be copied, printed or saved for private, non-commercial use.

5. Your Opinions are not Necessarily Our Opinions

Information contributed to our Rural Dialogue and other online services represents the views of the person posting the message and is not necessarily endorsed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The person posting the message is solely responsible for that posting and its legal consequences.

6. Registration

Register under your "real" name (no aliases please) and in no event can you post message under someone else’s name.

7. Content of Messages

All messages must relate to the general topic of issues relating to rural Canada. We interpret this rather broadly, but messages that are clearly off-topic will be removed. Feel free to post in English or in French.

8. Be Original

Information that you place on our service must be your own original content. You are responsible for assuring that any material (text, images, multimedia or any other type of material) you provide does not violate, plagiarize or infringe upon the right of any third party, including copyright, trademark or proprietary rights. If non-original content is included in your posting, you must obtain permission from the content owner and provide due credit.

9. Keep it Clean

Please do not place any material considered discriminatory, an invasion of the privacy of others, or violation of the criminal code on our service that could be considered offensive, indecent, abusive, hateful, harassing, libellous or unlawful. For example, comments that are intended only to enrage the recipient rather than contribute to a meaningful discussion will be removed. We have the right to remove, edit or relocate any content that we feel violates the standards of our site. Because of the real-time nature of our Rural Dialogue, it is not always possible for us to remove offensive material immediately.

10. No Advertising Please

Advertisements are not appropriate. However, a simple statement that offers a way to follow-up for more information on a service or product is tolerated if it accompanies a substantive message discussing a subject appropriate to the list.

11. Virus Warnings

Virus warning (not bug reports) are strongly discouraged, and only official CERT or CIAC advisories are acceptable. In addition, before forwarding any virus information, you may wish to check Internet Hoaxes and Virus Hoaxes for hoax information and how to spot hoaxes.

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