BRAMA (meaning "gateway" in Ukrainian) is committed to a particular set of objectives, two of which are:

1) to nurture the growth of Ukraine's commerce within and beyond its borders.
2) to participate in the acquaintance and re-acquaintance of Ukrainian culture.

We have several regular contributors who have extensive experience with travel to/in Ukraine. Some are travel agents, others are business travelers or have relatives in Ukraine, and still others have simply fallen in love with the country. But anyone can pose a question, and anyone with the correct information/advice is encouraged to respond. Share your experiences - whether good or bad (we hope they are good) - so that others can benefit.

This is a privately owned bulletin board, with one webmaster (that would be me). It is not a profitable board. It costs money and time to run it, and contributors are offering their time as volunteers. We do our best to help anyone seeking advice, but please don't assume that we owe you anything. We are all running this board together (1) because we love Ukraine and believe it's a great place to visit and get to know, and (2), because we can (provide the space and technological support).

Our thanks to all those who take the time to make this board as valuable to travelers as it is. Please help us keep it that way - read the policy/guidelines below and adhere to them.

thankyouverymuch,
the management
 

RULES, POLICIES and DISCLAIMERS

• Anonymous and pseudonymous postings are permitted (for the time being).
• Irrelevant and inappropriate postings will be deleted promptly.
• Zero tolerance for:

• Tour and travel agents that contribute substantive responses and advice are encouraged to do so and are welcome to include contact information with their posts. Brama has no objection to private businesses, large or small, benefitting from participation on this board as long as the contributions made are deemed by the moderators to be of some value and not seen as blatant advertising (such posts will be deleted without explanation).
• Options for apartment/hotel accomodations advertisers:

1 - purchase a banner ad to help support this bulletin board and website [http://www.brama.com/services/]
2 - if you can't afford to purchase an ad, use the free classified ad section to offer your travel-related services (rentals/hotels/other): http://www.brama.com/news/classifieds/classifieds.cgi?catagory=RealEstUkr.
Classifieds about women or the search for women, mail order brides, international dating, sex, prostitution, etc. are NOT permitted anywhere on this website.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use the Brama Travel to Ukraine Bulletin Board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you.

You agree not to post any advertising, URL's with affiliate id's or tracking numbers or anything which actively promotes a site or company. You agree not to use the addresses of any member on the bulletin board for any other purpose than 1-1 personal communication.

Although Brama does not and cannot review each message posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we at Brama reserve the right to delete or edit any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Brama and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). We at Brama reserve the right to disable your posting ability for any or no reason whatsoever.

We at Brama also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.

Note: Brama has a zero tolerance policy for personal attacks. Posting something to the Brama bulletin board which personally attacks another bulletin board member or contains profanity or any type of recial or ethnic slur will result in immediately disabling your posting ability.

We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.

A bulletin board, by its very nature, is a public place. Everything you post can be read by anyone who wants to read it, anywhere in the world. We encourage you to use the BB to share your thoughts, feelings and experiences in Ukraine, but we caution you to use good judgment.

Keep in mind that the opinions expressed in postings on this board are those of the individuals making the postings and thus do not necessarily reflect the views of the BRAMA. We each come to this board with different personalities, symptoms and backgrounds. Please take what you like and leave the rest without comment.

Be careful about attacking someone over the Internet. Most states and countries have laws against libel.

Abuses should be reported to the webmaster at abuse@brama.com.