1. The group has no requirements for members, however we do hold a strict standard on what is submitted to our gallery.
To quote rule 5:
"5. All submissions must be of high quality; both the build as well as photography will be evaluated by the admins:
-The build should be more advanced, visually and/or technically, than official LEGO sets.
-The photos should be well lit and have a monochrome background. (Excluding photoshop or Mocs Mocing Mocishly submissions.)
-Revamps will be held to a higher standard; they should redefine the set, not just add to them."
2. There's nothing wrong with copying other designs and modifying them for your mocs. Depending on how blatantly the design has been copied, it would be recommendable good manners to credit the builder you got the design from. It gives no grounds to kick a member however, unless they were straight up posting other people's mocs and claiming them as their own.
3. You're free to ask advice anytime, but do consider that we're a bunch of individuals giving away our free time for the group. Answers may be slow at times if we're busy.
Also, whenever we decline a submission to our gallery, we aim to leave feedback on how to improve the submission to an acceptable level.