Hill Farms Neighborhood Community
How do I join the Hill Farms Neighborhood Community?
Use your real name - you're among your neighbors here, and we want to know you!
Submit a request to community.hillfarms.org or the Facebook Group and respond as quickly as you can if we have any questions.
We cross-check your name with the list of paid members, and if you've paid up, then you're in.
Membership Code of Conduct
As a University Hill Farms Neighborhood Association member, you will be able to join and participate in the official Community under the following conditions:
You will DO the following:
Respect your neighbors, always
Use Chats, Events, Recommendations, Channels, and other Community features as Intended by the Community administration
Report and leave enforcement of illegal activity to the proper authorities
Handle personal disputes between your immediate neighbors directly
After finding something worth more than $100 and posting about it, take it to the Madison Police Station or, if found on school grounds, to that school’s office (Wisconsin Statute 170.08)
When reporting content that you find to be offensive, please explain the reason why
You will NOT DO the following:
Post private posts from another group that cannot be seen by all members
Post potentially false or misleading information that cannot be corroborated with official or known factual sources
Post sensational or unnecessarily alarming news stories that upset other members and do not necessarily pertain to the group
Flame or insult other members
Use of abusive language, including swearing
Racism or discrimination in any form
Seek to identify a member of the neighborhood or community for the purpose of shaming or harassment for legal activity (Wisconsin Statute 947.0125(2)(f))
Threats or advocation of violence, harassment, or intimidation, even as a joke
Inappropriate or offensive content, or anything you wouldn’t share at work or with children
Post politically motivated messaging or cartoons intended to offend or belittle and undermine discourse
Repost the same post more than once in a short period of time (exceptions given for official UHFNA sanctioned events)
The sale of goods at a large scale (such as but not limited to Multi-Level Marketing Schemes products/schemes), or events or services with personal commercial interests
The sale of dangerous/illegal goods or services
Report content that does not break our rules for any reason
give something away and then ask for it back
Publicly complain about the enforcement of the above group rules
Administration of the Community
Administrators will be chosen by the University Hill Farms Neighborhood Association Board
Administrators pledge to do the minimum and participate as normal members of the community
Posts that violate the above rules:
Will be removed at the moderator’s discretion
Offenders will be notified of reason for removal and allowed to respond
If reversal is justified and offensive portions can be corrected, the moderator may reinstate (if not too much time has passed per application limitations) or allow the post to be reposted
Members who do not follow the above guidelines will be subject to the following policies:
Repeatedly posting content that is against the rules may result in Post Approval for the member by Group Administrators at a last resort before removing the member
Depending on the egregiousness of the offense, members may be muted for a period of 30 days and/or removed from the group entirely
A member who has been muted, had post approval turned on, or removed from the community may appeal the decision at the next board meeting