The Community is made up of Museums & Galleries stakeholders, partners, employees, funders and enthusiasts. It serves as your go-to destination for discussions around industry, thought leadership, growth, sales and marketing. The Community is a place where you can connect with others, grow your organisation and career, share your expertise, and build your influence. 

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 1. Be respectful.

The Community is a place where you can ask questions and seek out the knowledge of your peers. This is a shared space of connection and learning. So please be polite and considerate in your interactions with other members. All people are welcome to use the Community. However, personal insults, threats of violence, and/or harassment have no place in the Community and will result in revoked Community membership. 

2. Be relevant.

There’s a lot of conversation happening in the Community. Keep your comments constructive and relevant to the topic. If you have a new question, start a new thread rather than interrupting a conversation.

3. Share the love.

Power is gained by sharing knowledge, not hoarding it! Help make the this Community a richer place by sharing your expertise. Start a thread, post a comment, get involved. 

4. Be responsible.

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other community members. Please practice common sense and use good judgment when posting and/or interacting with others. Do not post anything that would violate any contractual agreements (copyright, trade secret or otherwise) or nondisclosure agreements to which you are a party.

5. Protect everyone’s privacy.

Don’t share anything about yourself, your organisation, or another community member that you/they would not want to be made publicly available. Do not post personal information that you receive in private messages or other one-to-one communications on the Community without the other party’s consent. 

6. Keep in mind, this is user-generated content.

This Community is full of user-generated content with plenty of good advice, instruction, and insight. Community managers, moderators and partners is not responsible for the content generated by other users. Please apply the same good judgment pertaining to 3rd party content on the Community that you would apply to information anywhere on the Internet.

By engaging on, and contributing to, the Museums & Galleries (UK) Community you agree to follow these rules.

Flagging inappropriate content for review.

If you recognise any violation of these guidelines or our Community Terms of Use, please notify us within the community by choosing “Report” from the messages, posts and comments and let us know why you feel the content is inappropriate.

It’s your community. You make the rules!

These rules don’t cover every possible use of the community, but they explain its initial purpose and perspective. But, this is a community focused collaborative platform – it’s yours! As such, these rules may change, evolve and iterate over time as required.