1. Any Subaru enthusiast can freely visit the NASIOC website and post messages on the forums.
   
2. While the club is very Impreza oriented, any Subaru owner can become an official member.
   
3. Subaru enthusiasts from Outside of North America are welcome to become an honorary member of the club.
   
4. NASIOC Administrators and Moderators reserve the right to edit any and all content of the forums.
   
5. The views, and opinions, expressed on NASIOC are not necessarily those of NASIOC or it's administrators. NASIOC and it's administrators are not held responsible for views or opinions posted in the forums.
   
6. Members are limited to one username on NASIOC, creating extra usernames will result in deletion of accounts.
   
7. Prohibited Types of Posts on NASIOC Include:
   
   1. Links to copy-written Subaru of America material (factory service manuals).
      
   2. Carfax requests.
      
   3. Links to, or requests for, software serial numbers, warez, mp3s, illegal software, any copyright material including, but not limited to, movies, television and music.
      
   4. NWS (Not Work Safe) material. This can include everything from websites about hate groups to pornography.
      
   5. Misleading links. A misleading link is a text link that says one thing and takes you to another site.
      
   6. Links to websites that contain crazy pop-ups, make your CD tray open, or otherwise disturb your computer.
      
   7. Weapon sales of any kind
      
   8. Sale of non-tangible items or virtual property (i.e. online game accounts)
      
   9. Selling/Trading of SubaruBucks
      
   10. No hotlinking images or "leaching" images from other websites, please host any images you might want to post on NASIOC on your own or approved webspace.
       
   11. Animal cruelty of any kind
8. Any profanity or pornography (or internet links to them) are strictly prohibited on the NASIOC forums.
   
9. The forums use a “swear filter” to block profanity, using symbols or creative spelling in order to “dodge” the filter is prohibited.
   
10. Personal attacks directed towards other members and other websites are strictly prohibited on the NASIOC forums.
    
11. No CROSS-POSTING of topics is allowed in the forums. Definition of Cross-Posting: posting the same thread, or a link to the original thread, in more than one forum. This will get you put into TimeOut.
    
12. No post whoring. This is where one creates a lot of small, worthless posts to increase their post count.
    
13. Absolutely no "elite" style (***, @@@, iMpReZa) or all caps writing is allowed anywhere on the forums, especially in the subject lines.
    
14. All Off-Topic posts must be posted in the Off-Topic forum. Please try and keep off-topic posts to a minimum.
    
15. Trolls are not welcome on the NASIOC website.
    
16. Please always try and be considerate of your fellow NASIOC members. The club is comprised of men and women, young and old, white, black, and all shades in between. Please keep this in mind when posting.
    
17. No ethnic, religious belief or sexual preference "bashing" will be tolerated.
    
18. No flame wars, if a topic appears inflammatory, the moderators will take care of it.
    
19. Street racing posts of ANY kind, illegal or otherwise, must be posted in the Off-Topic forum or they will be locked or deleted without warning or notification. NASIOC does not support illegal street racing in any way, shape or form.
    
20. Posts that contain items for sale or items wanted to buy must be posted in their appropriate section of the Classifieds forum.
    
21. NASIOC's Classified sections are provided to allow members and vendors a place to advertise their items. Do not post negative comments about pricing or quality in response to a thread, if you want to offer a lower price you may message the seller privately.
    
22. Requests of payment through Paypal as a "gift" is prohibited.
    
23. User names, signatures or locations that contain URL’s to websites with parts, service or items for sale are not allowed UNLESS the user is a REGISTERED Vendor with NASIOC.
    
24. Vendors who wish to promote products or service to the club must be registered with a Vendor status. Information on becoming a vendor can obtained by writing to [email protected]. Please use "NASIOC Vendor Request" in the subject of the e-mail.
    
25. The NASIOC vendor fees help pay for operation costs of this site in order to keep the site free for all other members. A Vendor label is located below the vendors screen name to identify Registered Vendors of the site. Non-registered vendor advertisements on this site are not allowed. Please report any advertisement by a non-registered vendor to the moderator of the forum immediately. For more information please visit this thread here: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1692256
    
26. NASIOC's services may include communications such as service announcements and administrative messages from us or from our partners and that these communications are considered part of our services. You also understand that our services may include advertisements.
    
27. Automated access to any and all information contained under the NASIOC domain is not allowed except with express written permission by NASIOC administration. This applies to websites not directly affiliated with NASIOC pulling and storing content originating and stored on NASIOC’s servers. This does not apply to personal use of automated access such as an RSS news reader.
    
28. All users of NASIOC agree to the following terms and conditions of site use to be found here: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/terms.php

A pre-defined set of warnings can be assessed to you by a moderator or administrator for disobeying the rules of the site. At any time should you reach 20 warning points you will be placed in TimeOut, and you will be unable to make any new threads or replies. At 25, or more, warning points your account will be placed in a ban status, and you will be unable to view the forums. In this case you will have to speak with a moderator or administration to see if you will be allowed back into the forums again. Please note: Most warning points will expire over time, from 2 days to 3 months depending on the warning given. Some points give for more serious infractions never expire.