The Easy-to-Find Information Center
Slightly Creaky is a community effort. The operational team is devoting over 40 hours a week to maintain this site, but we can not do it alone. Thus, we are seeking volunteers willing to give a few hours a week to assist as:
Columnists: We welcome regular and sporadic contributions from those willing to submit 200 to 400 word columns on a variety of topics. We feature five to seven new articles a week. Specifically we are hoping to offer the following
| Travel | Medical | Living |
| Gadgets | Outdoor Life | Hobbies |
| Home Repair | Pets | Entertaining |
| Finance | On The Road | The Single Life |
| Communities | Support Groups | Actively Disabled |
Additional topics will be considered. Please contact submissions@slightlycreaky.com
Message Board Leaders: Every community needs leaders. We are willing to set up message boards on relevant topics (similar to what is listed in the chart above) and provide access to moderation tools for anyone willing to open discussions, keep them active, and handle improper or abusive posts.
Researchers: Most of our information and links have come from extensive research through search engines. Although the operational team will continue to provide such material, we will grow faster and be more valuable if we had a team of people contributing to our growth. Anyone can contribute a favorite link by submitting it to suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. Please annotate submissions.
Editors: Quality is more important than quantity. We try our best to keep things accurate. We seek people willing to proofread items on the site and to check to make sure our informational links are accurate.
Partners: Visitors seek not only information, but trustworthy commercial links as well. We are looking for partners with travel agencies, national organizations, and other commercial interests that can provide support for our readers. Please contact partners@slightlycreaky.com for information. Mutual linkages are appreciated.
Supporters: To keep this site free, we provide an opportunity for visitors to contribute to our operations. Additional information and a list of our supporters can be found on the Supporters page.
For more information:
>To volunteer at Slightly Creaky, send an e-mail to volunteers@slightlycreaky.com. Provide us with your first name, location (state, province, or country if not in the US or Canada), and your preferred Email address. Include the topic(s) you are interested in assisting with and a brief description of your experience in the areas you list. Please state: Columnist, Board Leader, Editor, or Researcher so we can list you in the proper category or categories. Read the Volunteer Guidelines below and the Legal Stuff on our policies page.
> Partnerships: To discuss mutual web-to-web links or for commercial partnerships, write to partners@slightlycreaky.com.
All persons submitting a request to volunteer for any aspect of this site shall agree to the following terms.
1. Volunteers shall remain polite and editorially neutral in their written submissions and their relationships with viewers and other volunteers.
2. Each volunteer shall be responsible for a mutually agreed upon aspect of the Slightly Creaky website and shall not infringe upon other areas or the activities of other volunteers. Moderation tools shall only be used in the specific areas of responsibility.
3. Volunteers may not use their position with Slightly Creaky for economic gain.
4. Volunteers shall maintain the privacy of our viewers and other volunteers. They shall not divulge or otherwise make use of facts, material, or concepts that belong to this web site or those involved with it.
5. Volunteers shall agree to have their full names listed on our Volunteer web page. All other information provided to the Slightly Creaky managers shall remain strictly confidential.
5. Volunteers can be removed from their position at any time for violation of any principle listed in these guidelines or for improprieties that might cause harm to this web site, our viewers, other volunteers, the management team, or our partners.
Also see the information on our Policies page.
Editorial Procedures
For solicited and unsolicited submissions
Slightly Creaky accepts submissions of commentary, suggestions for links to helpful Internet sites (annotated only), and provides message boards for discussions on a variety of topics. All submissions become the property of this web site and may be edited, published anywhere on the site, or placed in our archive files. We will never resubmit your contributions to any other site nor may items published in any part of Slightly Creaky be reproduced without permission from both the editors of this web site and the original author. The editors grant the right to contributors to submit their own original material previously published on the Internet, as long as such materials do not violate previous publication agreements or violate any laws. Such items must give credit to the original place of publication and, where possible, should contain a link to the original article. Contributors alone are responsible for the content and accuracy of their submissions. Slightly Creaky is a vehicle for presenting such contributions to the public and is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or opinions of such articles.
The editors and volunteer representatives of Slightly Creaky maintain the right to edit or delete commentary published on our message boards. Items found to be inaccurate, inflammatory, or otherwise improper shall be removed.
Featured Link
- From About.com. "The first step when selecting a pet is to determine if the pet is legal where you live. This can be complicated as there are a variety of levels of government involved in animal regulation. Do not rely what you hear from others, including on the internet."
Featured Volunteer or Contributor
Bill Turley
We first met Bill in 1993 when he was running AOL's Electronic Schoolhouse. He was directly responsible for us getting involved with AOL, first as volunteer tutors then as employees. One of our fondest memories of our AOL days was spending a Christmas vacation with Bill and Gloria in Florida, picking fresh grapefruit off their trees for breakfast,
Soon after, Bill moved to Colombia, South America where he still lives. When he heard about Slightly Creaky he agreed to write a series of articles about Americans who retire to places outside the United States. His insight of life in Colombia has been well received and we hope he continues to contribute.
Brief Disclaimer
The obvious legal statement.
The folks at Slightly Creaky are volunteers. None of us get any salary or compensation in any form. We are not a corporation, just a few folks working out of our houses. If anything on this site bothers you, if you notice mistakes, please let us know.
While we do maintain editorial rights, things slip past, especially on the message boards. The submitted columns and news articles, as well as the postings on the message boards, belong to the contributor(s), not to the Slightly Creaky team. We are simply a vehicle bringing you information to the best of our ability.
Be sure to read our complete Legal Information and Policies