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GameKnot clubs is the place where you can meet new friends, discuss things and play games. Club founder and club moderators are responsible for everything that happens in the club. The club founder can promote regular club members to moderator status, or take it back at any time. Moderators can approve or decline new club members, or remove anyone from the club for any reason. If you have a question about a club, please contact its founder or the club moderators directly. All clubs are subject to GameKnot's Rules and Policies, that supersede any rules established by the club founder and its moderators.

CHESS CLUBS FAQ

Q: What can be discussed in a club forum?: Anything, as long as it is within GameKnot's Rules and Policies.
Q: What will happen if someone breaks the rules in a club?: Club founder is the one responsible for everything that happens in the club (although the club founder can appoint moderators to help with maintaining the club). Any forum posts that violate GameKnot's Rules and Policies must be promptly deleted and an appropriate disciplinary action taken against the person who posted it (an official warning and/or removal from the club). If the offending post hasn't been deleted within 24 hours after the club founder and moderators were informed about it, the entire message thread with the offending post will be deleted, and the club forum will be closed for new posts. The temporary suspension of the club will last for 1 month the 1st time it happens, 2 months the 2nd time, 3 months the 3rd time, and so on. No further action will be taken if the offending post is deleted within 24 hours, unless there is an excessive number of violations (more than 3 per month), or if the club founder/moderators are intentionally waiting until the last possible moment, or if a club founder/moderator was involved in the violation.
Q: Does this mean anyone can post anything they want as long as their post is deleted within 24 hours?: No, all GameKnot's Rules and Policies still apply, including account termination for multiple violations. There will be no penalty for the club itself if all offending posts are promptly taken care of.
Q: How many clubs can I join?: As many as you like. Only premium subscribers can be club members though.
Q: Is there an extra fee if I want to join a club?: No, the only requirement is a premium subscription (any level). There's a small annual club fee if you'd like to start a new club (designed to prevent creation of an excessive number of GameKnot clubs and to ensure vested interest in enforcing the rules by the club founder).
Q: What is the difference between teams and clubs?: One of the main differences is that teams are for groups of people to compete against other groups of people, whereas clubs are for interaction within a group of people. Although there's certainly nothing wrong with a team opening their own club, or vice versa.
Q: At what point certain language violates GameKnot's "vulgarity" criteria?: A good guideline to determine whenever certain language is acceptable or not is whether you would repeat it in front of your young daughter (niece, granddaughter, friend's daughter, etc.). Also, looking up words in the dictionary (here or here, for example) can help. "Vulgar", "obscene" or similar qualifiers in the definition is a good sign that a certain word shouldn't be used on GameKnot. If in doubt, please simply consider using less offensive ways to convey the same meaning — the human language is pretty powerful that way.