Guidelines

Dawn is about being solutions orientated.

Dawn is about creating a dialogue that will build into a powerful collective vision, where mutually respected ideas for positive social change are shared, discussed and acted upon.

Change is up to us. Up to us, to step past our own belief systems to create a mutual future that is independent from our ethnic past. Challenging us to create a new global identity or story that supports fundamental human rights, that maintains diversity and celebrates our cultural richness.

These guidelines are the courtesy and interaction code for all Dawn users. If you have any questions or would like to add to these guidelines, please post your comments at the bottom of this page.

Collaborate and Share your Knowledge Dawn shares information across geography, culture, and language. We encourage individuals and groups from different parts of the world to contribute their knowledge to the Dawn 'digital commons' (Dawn Vision Platform) and to work together so that we can become more intelligent and humane in our practices and more effective in our use of resources.

Be Polite and Civil Remember that the Dawn community consists of people from all over the world with different native languages and varying degrees of technical knowledge. Please be polite and civil with other people and assume good faith at all times.

Question We encourage active discussion around any subject that may be of interest to you. We also support comments, questions and discussions relating to the organizations, resources, events, and activities featured on Dawn. However, we ask that your comments relate directly to the page of content you are commenting on.

Embrace Diversity and Transparency Dawn comprises a myriad of individuals and groups working on many different issues relating to ecological and social restoration. Should somebody else have motivations that conflict with your values or ideals, please do not attack them. While we have different motivations and agendas, overall we share similar principles about the necessity for fairness and equity for all partaking of the Earth's systems.

Do Not Infringe Copyright Dawn is a free, community-driven website based on open source software protocols which means that anyone can use or modify the content and resources included on the site. Submitting resources (beyond reference) or content which are not yours will infringe copyright and may incur legal problems. It will also limit our ability to share and redistribute content and features across the community.

Build Community and Visibility The success of Dawn is based on an active user community. Encourage your friends, colleagues, and associates to become involved, network with others, and help us build awareness and visibility of this amazing movement. You can do so by linking back to the site. Give feedback whenever you can.

Write From a Neutral Point of View Write from a neutral point of view. This means that there must be no incentivized or 'paid for' content on Dawn. This includes buzz marketing or other artificial marketing activities. Neutral does not mean 'without feeling'; you may feel very strongly about a particular cause, but your writings must not be incentivized in any way.

Community Guideline Infringement Repeated infringements of these community guidelines will result in the deactivation of your account.