The Stoneleigh Community Facebook Page rules:

The Stoneleigh Community Facebook group is for the residents only.

General Expectations

1. Be Excellent to One Another: Be respectful and courteous. (a.k.a the Golden Rule).
2. Be Informative: The Stoneleigh Community Facebook group has a specific purpose: the exchange of information and help. The group is not for posting your random thoughts/posts or general negativity. Your own Facebook page is perfect for those things.
3. Internet Muscles: No public shaming. Posts that serve the sole purpose to incite or inflame will not be tolerated. Trollers and those who make personal attacks, threats, or otherwise use hateful speech will be removed immediately and will be blocked from the group. No exceptions. Do not expect to be warned.
4. Membership Courtesy: This is a privately-run group. Membership is a privilege. If you disparage the admins, moderators, or the group in general in Stoneleigh Neighbors, on other local Facebook groups, etc., you risk removal from this group.
5. Complaints about local businesses: If you have a bad experience at a business, please contact that business to resolve the issue rather than complaining about them in this group.
6. Not a resident of the Stoneleigh Community? We are happy to have former Stoneleigh residents in the group, but please keep in mind that current neighborhood issues are for people who currently live in Stoneleigh to discuss.
7. Over-posting and taking over posts: This group is for community discussion. We realize that our members might be passionate about a variety of topics. This means in a perfect Facebook universe, no single person’s name should dominate the discussion on the board, especially in the form of independent posts, but also in taking over other members’ posts. An example of over-posting is posting independent posts three or more times per day. An example of over-commenting is commenting on 25% or more of all new posts in the group. An example of taking over another member’s post is turning it into a discussion solely about your own opinion. Please do not over-post or over-comment in this group. Repeat offenders will be temporarily “muted” and risk being removed.
8. Keep it Legal: See questionable activity in the neighborhood? Please report it to the local police.
9. Photos & Personal Information: Do not post photos of people or their personal information without permission.
10. Bad Driving: Do not post photos or actual numbers of license plates (unless wanted by the police/state institution). If you would like to report traffic or other violations, please contact the local police.

Promoting Businesses and Advertising

1. Free advertising for your business is NOT permitted. Any post that benefits your business or organization constitutes free advertising.
2. If somebody asks for a recommendation, and your business applies, you may respond accordingly within the appropriate thread. 
3. If you advertise your business, we will give you one warning, and you may be prohibited from posting in the group for a 24 hour period. Repeat unapproved advertisers will be removed from the group.
4. Business job postings are advertisements.
5. Monthly Advertising Thread: Around the first of every month, we give all members the opportunity to post their business information in the POST YOUR BIZ thread for FREE. The thread is open from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST on the first of the month only. Your ad must be within the thread, not as a separate post, which will be removed.

Promoting Real Estate

1. No real estate soliciting from agents or brokers permitted.
2. For Sale By Owner (FSBO) home or rental listings are permitted one time only (per year) on this group.

Snow Emergencies

1. During snow emergencies, snow removal services (shoveling, plowing, etc.) are permitted to post their services *once* during the 72 hour period surrounding a storm. Outside of snow emergencies, snow removal services can only post in the monthly advertising thread or in response to a request for snow removal within the thread asking for the request.

Selling Your Stuff

1. Items for Sale: Not permitted unless posted in response to a request. Please post them on one of the many Facebook yard sales sites instead.
2. Tickets: Posting of last minute tickets (events less than 14 days out) is okay as long as they are at or below asking price.
3. Yard Sales: Yard sale listings may be posted on this group once per event (one post per multi family yard sale/full street yard sale/charity yard sale events). Multiple posts will be deleted and you risk removal from the group.

Posting Events

1. Charity events, Stoneleigh School events, not for profit events such as Girl Scout cookie sales, church holiday fairs, and official Stoneleigh Community events may be posted in the events calendar and group ONE TIME per event. 
2. All other business posts of an advertising nature are not permitted unless they are on the first of the month post your biz thread.
3. Additional Stoneleigh events are located on the Stoneleigh Website Calendar.

Political Posts and Introductions

Political introductions or advertising is not permitted on this group.

1. Backhanded political posts or endorsements are not permitted and will be deleted without warning. Example of backhanded posts: “I think Bob Smith is awesome. You should vote for him!” or “I really don’t like Jane Doe’s signs.” Backhanded posts OR criticisms of a candidate will be removed without warning. If you make more than three, you will be removed from the group without warning.

Political Discussions:

1. Arguments: Please keep your general (liberal vs. conservative, for instance) political arguments, discussions, and opinions to yourself or on your own personal page. They do not belong in this group.
2. Political Organizing and Related Requests: Posting of Stoneleigh resident-organized peacefulevents such as marches and rallies is permitted up to one time per event. Responses to political event organization should be kept polite and neighborly. Posting of individual candidates’ (ex: Selectmen candidate) campaign events is not permitted.
3. Posts that serve the sole purpose to incite or inflame will not be tolerated.

How to report a Facebook post:

See a post that is breaking the rules or is otherwise unsavory? You can easily report it and admins will be alerted immediately by Facebook:

1. Click the upper right arrow of the post.
2. Click Report to Admin.

General disclaimer:

Use common sense when providing your personal information. Purchases made and business recommendations used are done so at your own risk. Before messaging me regarding a personal gripe or other situation, please try to work it out. We only remove posts in extreme circumstances (for example, trolling, heavy duty swearing, name-calling, threats, etc.). We are not qualified to mediate or give legal advice and you post to the group at your own risk. Note that we cannot always reply to all personal messages. Please email us at stoneleighpresident@gmail.com, where messages are more likely to reach us. Rules subject to change without notice.

Enjoy!
– The Stoneleigh Community Association