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PCC Editorial Guide
Portage County Connects (PCC) is meant to be a collaborative community — one in which we share information that contributes to economic development in Portage County. We encourage members of our community to participate — be it answering a poll, posting a comment or submitting a blog.
That said, PCC reserves the right to edit written blogs (both from set PCC contributors and the general readership) and review comments prior to posting. We will do so to ensure the content is relevant, to screen for potential libel, slander or malicious content, to balance release dates of posts and to ensure quality (grammar, spelling, readability). PCC will review blog entries and post with or without notice at their discretion based on content and relevancy. We reserve the right to remove those that violate our standards and will ban future posts from bloggers who repeatedly violate the PCC Editorial Policy.
Following are PCC guidelines for participation.
Be relevant.
PCC is meant to foster communication and collaboration that drives new business development and helps current business owners retain and grow their businesses. Please be sure your posts are related to issues relevant to business and economic development. Any and all blog content is published at the sole discretion of PCC.
Be yourself.
Posts are meant to be personable — you talking to the collective “me.” Connect with readers, let your personality shine forth, be informative without lecturing.
Be reasonable.
Refrain from offensive language, slander, libel and willfully malicious content. The PCC site is meant to foster collaboration and communication — not incite division. United we stand, divided we fall — that is an economic development mantra to live by because we all benefit from building better businesses in our community.
Be civil.
Treat one another with respect. If we feel someone has crossed the civility line, we reserve the right to remove that post or comment. Avoid content that is obscene, offensive, sexually explicit, improper, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable. We will not tolerate racist, slanderous, sexist comments or personal attacks. We will screen blogs and comments prior to their appearance to ensure our standards are upheld.
Be responsible.
All opinions expressed in PCC blogs and comments are those of the individual authors/commenters and do not necessarily represent the views of the Portage County Business Council. Blog authors are solely responsible for the material they submit for posting on the PCC website. Do not post content that is not yours to post — refrain from posting content that could cause the blogger or PCC to incur legal liability, such as violations of copyright or defamation laws. If you use other primary resources in your blog, cite them and provide links to those resources. Give credit where credit is due.
PCC cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information in the PCC blogs and disclaims any liability for any information or content in blog postings. Bloggers agree that PCC maintains the sole right to remove blog postings for these reasons or for any reason at any time.
Be aware.
Comments and blogs may contain links to information on other websites. When you select an external link, you are leaving the PCC site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the outside website. We are not responsible for content on external websites, nor do we specifically endorse these external websites.
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