Discussion Forum Rules


Please read the following guidelines. Use of the Forums acknowledges your acceptance of these guidelines.

Discussion Forum Purpose

ISM Discussion Forums provide a communication link for those involved in supply management to share information and knowledge. When adding your thoughts and comments, please stay on matters relevant to supply management (e.g., certification and professional credentials, affiliate management, eCommerce, technology, diversity, etc).

To foster a more open community, most of the Forums on ISM's web site are open to members and non-members.

A Forum is a friendly place. We ask that at a minimum you sign your first name to each posting and respect those using this service.

Misuse of a Discussions Forum

Participation in the Forum requires participants comply with antitrust laws. Please do not discuss the following topics:

• Current or future prices.
• Current or future business plans.
• Specific contract terms and conditions used with suppliers.
• Strategies or plans to award business or remove business from a particular supplier.
• Refusing to deal with any company or supplier.
• Confidential information or trade secrets.

Forums are not the appropriate place for unrelated discussions and surfacing matters of controversy.

Use of content from a Forum for anything other than a professional personal purpose is strictly prohibited. "Polling" for research is an inappropriate use of a Forum and is prohibited. Joining a Forum to sell, advertise and/or for "spamming" is prohibited.

Please respect others using the Forum. Do not use obscene or vulgar language.

If you notice any inappropriate content posted to the Forum, please let ISM know immediately by emailing webmaster@ism.ws.

Please forward messages to or from this or other groups only when you have the permission of the individual to receive the forwarded message. When forwarding, please include the "forwarded with permission of the original poster" at the beginning of the message .

Guidelines are updated from time to time. You can find the most recent set on our Web site at www.ism.ws

Let Us Hear From You

Please email ISM if you have suggestions about our Guidelines or our Forums. E-mail webmaster@ism.ws.

Due to the open nature of each Forum, ISM cannot be responsible for the content or accuracy of messages posted.

ISM reserves the right to remove posted messages at its sole discretion.