Our Town Rules: The Willows Cove Code of Conduct

[Willows Cove Admin]

The Willows Cove Code of Conduct:

1.  Membership.  All members must be 18+ in biological age in order to join.  No member shall be excluded based on sex, gender, lifestyle choice, religious affiliation.  The Willows Cove is a membership community.  All members are required to fill out an application with approval to join the community.  Membership is based on application approval. 


2.  Privacy & Discretion.  We ask each member to respect privacy and observe discretion when sharing information from the Willows Cove.  What happens at Willows, stays at Willows.  All members should remember that sharing their member account information with others (user name & password) is not acceptable or allowed and can result in account removal. 


3.  Ageplay Environment.  We value a safe, non-sexual, tolerant, ageplay environment for all members.  There are various forms of ageplay and many ways to engage in it.  Because of this, we do ask that each member familiarize themselves with the overall Willows Cove community environment.  Behaviors, storylines or play that detracts from it will be addressed accordingly.   


4.  Conduct.  The Willows Cove asks that all members are treated with respect and courtesy. Please remember that there is a real life person behind the monitor and treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself.


5.  Community & Board integrity.  We ask that each member should respect and preserve board integrity in posting communication and expression. 

     - Due to the sensitive and emotional nature of certain Ageplay topics, issues or subject matter, we do ask that you be aware of other members' comfort zones.  Topics that may be potentially *triggery* or *squicky* should be marked clearly at the beginning of the topic or in the topic's title.  As well, some topics might be more appropriate to explore elsewhere.  Please feel free to ask a moderator if there are questions or concerns.

     - Please be aware that our open and public forums do not allow swearing, profanity or extreme negative behaviors that detract from the overall ageplay-friendly culture of our community.  Please respect the boundaries set up for each board area.  (*There are members' personal spaces in The Sanctuary area of our board that have more relaxed rules for expression, so please ask us!*)


6. Discipline.  The Willows Cove allows open discipline of Innerchildren in the open boards -- based on their limits set forth in their registry information.  Please read the member registry and respect the limits set in the entries.  Discipline should be realistic in scope and in appropriate context.  No abuse of a child will be tolerated. 


7.  Participation.  The Willows Cove is an active community forum board that encourages active member participation. 

     - Lurking is highly discouraged; habitual lurking without posting may result in account removal.  Member accounts that are completely inactive may be removed after 30 days for non-participation.   

     - To best address and meet the Ageplay Adult (Big Person) to Innerchildren ratio of our community, all members that have multiple Innerchildren at The Willows will be required to register an Adult (Big Person) role and be an active Adult (Big Person) in our community.

     - To best address and meet the Ageplay Adult (Big Person)to Innerchildren ratio of our community, you may be asked to register an Adult Member (Big Person) as well, and be an active Adult (Big Person) in our community.
 

8.  Moderation. The Willows Cove institutes a minimal moderation system, graduated in nature:  warnings, temporary bans and removal.  We reserve the right to remove membership if necessary.



Note: Rules for any online community are based on a social contract.  Please know that the Rules of Conduct are flexible and based on community needs.  When rules are changed or added, all members will be notified at the time they are made.  We value input and open discussion from all members; please bring issues appropriately to our “Town Hall” section of the board.  

If you have any other concerns or issues, please let the staff know by emailing willowscove@gmail.com