<center><h1> Communication</h1></center>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="#importance"><b>The Importance of Communication</b></a><b><a href="#address"></a></b></li>
        <li><b><a href="#e-mailing">E-Mailing Editors</a></b></li>
        <li><b><a href="/ddp/02003/">Editor Discussion Fora</a></b></li>
        <li><b><a href="/ddp/02001/">Contacting Submitters</a></b></li>
        <li><a href="/ddp/02002/"><b>Contacting Metas</b></a></li>
        <li><b><a href="/ddp/02005/">The Newsletter</a></b></li>
        <li><b><a href="#privacy">Email and Forum Privacy</a></b></li>
        <li><a href="#abuse"><b>Communications Abuse</b></a></li>
      </ul>
      <p><b><a name="importance"></a>The Importance of Communication</b></p>
      <p>It's very important to communicate with your fellow editors. If you want
        to make major changes in your categories, you should post your ideas in
        the appropriate forum to gather feedback, and gain concensus before taking
        action. If have an editing question, or need advice, either post a message
        in one of the forums or send e-mail feedback to one of your fellow editors.
      </p>
      <p><b><a name="e-mailing"></a>E-Mailing Editors </b></p>
      <p>If editors wish to contact one another, they should use the editor feedback
        feature located on each editor's profile. </p>
      <p><b><a name="privacy"></a>Email and Forum Privacy</b> </p>
      <p>The content of the ODP Editor Forum, Editors' Notes, and Editor-to-Editor
        email or Feedback are private and intended only for internal use by ODP
        editors. Editors may not publish or disclose quotes from these sources
        to anyone other than other editors or the ODP staff. Rephrasing is allowed
        only if the communication as rephrased could not be attributed to a specific
        editor and disclosure would not violate any editor's expectation of privacy,
        with the understanding that a diplomatic choice of words is the rephraser's
        responsibility. It is never appropriate to disclose the identity or e-mail
        address of an ODP editor without the consent of that editor. </p>
      <p>Violation of ODP email or forum privacy will not be tolerated and is
        grounds for <a href="/ddp/03001/#removal">removal</a>
        and possible legal action. </p>
      <p>Netscape Communications Corporation may disclose the relevant contents
        of forum threads, e-mail, editor's notes, and other ODP communications
        in legal matters involving the ODP. This means that the contents of the
        forum threads, including the private meta forum, as well as email sent
        to staff, may be forwarded to legal representatives. </p>
      <p><b><a name="abuse"></a>Communication Abuse </b></p>
      <p>All communications related to the ODP -- with other editors, submitters,
        or ODP Staff-- should be civil and polite. Abusive or harassing behavior
        will not be tolerated. </p>
      <p>From time to time, users and editors may contact other editors through
        avenues outside of the editor feedback function. This is a function of
        the public nature of the directory, and by using the Open Directory Project,
        editors are acknowledging the possibility and waiving any claims against
        the Open Directory Project. The Open Directory Project does not support
        such contacts, nor do we require any personal information about our editors.
        However, please note that the contents of editor profiles are viewable
        by other editors and the public. If you believe that your privacy or personal
        rights have been violated as a result of your association with the Open
        Directory Project, please notify the ODP staff and provide a detailed
        account of the incident(s). While the ODP has no control over such contacts,
        in some situations we may be able to discourage them. </p>
