CHISAGOGOP.ORG TERMS OF USE

Please read these terms carefully because they apply to your use of the chisagogop.org site available at http://www.chisagogop.org (“chisagogop.org“). Your use of chisagogop.org in any way indicates that you have read, understood and agree to these terms. By using chisagogop.org you also represent that you have the legal authority to accept these terms on behalf of yourself and any party you represent. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the site.

Chisago County Independent Republicans, a Chisago County, MN organization makes chisagogop.org available to you to use on these terms.

Changes to these terms: From time to time, chisagogop.org may change these terms. In that case, we will post the updated terms and post a notice, notifying users of the change. Your continued use of chisagogop.org after this notification will indicate that you have read, understood and agreed to the current version of these terms.

About the chisagogop.org site generally: chisagogop.org makes chisagogop.org available to you on these terms. You may only use chisagogop.org in accordance with these terms and, in particular but without limitation, you may not use chisagogop.org for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms or any other conditions or notices that are made available at chisagogop.org. For example, you may not (and may not authorize another party to): (i) frame or otherwise co-brand this site (for example, by displaying a name, logo, trademark or other means of attribution of a third party that is reasonably likely to give the user the impression that that third party has the right to display, publish or distribute this site; or, (ii) use chisagogop.org in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage or impair the chisagogop.org or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of chisagogop.org.

About the content you post to chisagogop.org: You may only post content to chisagogop.org that you have the right to post and license under a Creative Commons license. For example, this means that you can only post content that you yourself create, content that is in the public domain or any other material that you have the express permission to use and license to the world, for example, under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus license or a Creative Commons Noncommercial Sampling Plus license. For the avoidance of doubt, materials that infringe the rights of any third party (ie. materials used without express permission of the copyright owner) may not be used.

By submitting content to chisagogop.org, you represent and warrant to chisagogop.org that you have the necessary rights and authority to upload the content to http://www.chisagogop.org site and license it to the world under a Creative Commons license.

Your conduct in the discussion forums: chisagogop.org offers the discussion forums on chisagogop.org for you and the other users of chisagogop.org to discuss content, contents on chisagogop.org and directly related issues. You may only use the discussion forums to post, send and receive messages that proper, conform to these terms of use and are related to the purpose of which the forums are made available. This means, for example but without limitation, that you must not post or otherwise make available any:

• Material that you do not have the right to post, for example, under intellectual property, confidentiality, privacy or other applicable laws;
• Unsolicited or unauthorized materials, including advertising or promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of unsolicited or unwelcome solicitation or advertising.
• Material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or otherwise interfere with or disrupt the chisagogop.org site or servers or networks connected to the chisagogop.org site, or that disobeys any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the chisagogop.org site.
• Material that is harmful, offensive, obscene, abusive, invasive of privacy, defamatory, hateful or otherwise discriminatory, false and misleading, incites an illegal act, or is otherwise in breach of your obligations to any person or contrary to any applicable laws and regulations.

The limited extent of chisagogop.org’s responsibility for the content at the site: By using the chisagogop.org site, you represent that you understand that all information and content made available at or submitted to the chisagogop.org site is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. You also acknowledge that chisagogop.org does not make any representations or warranties, including without limitation, about the accuracy, integrity or quality of the content and information made available at the instigation of users of the chisagogop.org site. You understand that by using chisagogop.org, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances is chisagogop.org liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to: any infringing content, any errors or omissions in content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the chisagogop.org site.

You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of such content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any content not created by us or submitted to us, including without limitation information in any of our public forums, and in all other parts of the chisagogop.org site.

You further agree that, while chisagogop.org makes every effort to ensure that the content made available at chisagogop.org is legal, non-infringing and that the use of it in accordance with the chisagogop.org Terms and the applicable Creative Commons license will not infringe the rights of any third party, Creative Commons cannot guarantee that all content made available at this site does not infringe the rights of any third party. In the event that content is posted to chisagogop.org and made available for download that is subsequently found to be non-infringing, chisagogop.org will undertake reasonable efforts to notify you about this, for example, by posting a notice to the discussion forum or contacting you via email in accordance with the chisagogop.org Privacy Policy.

Links to third party sites: The chisagogop.org site may contain links to third party sites that are not operated and controlled by chisagogop.org. You acknowledge that chisagogop.org: (a) is not responsible or liable for any third party site, including without limitation, the content, information or products made available at any third party site for third party linked sites; (b) has not reviewed any third party linked sites; (c) has not sponsored or otherwise endorsed third party linked sites; and (d) makes no representations or warranties about any third party linked sites.

chisagogop.org’s rights to remove content and change the site: chisagogop.org may not pre-screen content submitted to and make available at the chisagogop.org site, however chisagogop.org has the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to refuse or remove any content that is submitted to and made available via the chisagogop.org site.

In addition, Creative Commons may, at any time: (a) modify, suspend or terminate the operation of or access to the chisagogop.org site or any portion of the chisagogop.org site for any reason; (b) modify or change the chisagogop.org site or any portion of the chisagogop.org site and any applicable terms and policies governing the use of the chisagogop.org site; (c) interrupt the operation of the chisagogop.org site or any portion of the chisagogop.org site, as necessary. chisagogop.org will use reasonable efforts to notify you in advance about any modification, suspension or termination.

About the personal information you submit to chisagogop.org: chisagogop.org agrees to use your personal information in accordance with the chisagogop.org Privacy Policy and these terms.

All users of the chisagogop.org site who upload material or post content to the chisagogop.org site must provide accurate information upon registering at the Registration page to enable us to contact them. It is your responsibility to ensure that chisagogop.org has up-to-date contact information for you.

You agree that, in the event that chisagogop.org is served with an infringement notice under section 512(c)(1)(C) of the US Copyright Act, chisagogop.org will have taken reasonable steps (as required by section 512(g)(2)) if it promptly notifies you using the latest contact details you provided via the chisagogop.org Registration page.

You further agree that chisagogop.org is authorized to disclose any information that is necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, court order, or government request.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, CHISAGOGOP.ORG OFFERS CHISAGOGOP.ORG AS-IS AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING CHISAGOGOP.ORG, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT. CHISAGOGOP.ORG DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR CONTENT CONTAINED IN THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. CHISAGOGOP.ORG DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION REGARDING USE OR THE RESULT OF USE OF THE CONTENT IN TERMS OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND THEN ONLY TO THAT EXTENT, IN NO EVENT WILL CHISAGOGOP.ORG, ITS EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS (“THE CHISAGOGOP.ORG PARTIES”) BE LIABLE TO YOU ON ANY LEGAL THEORY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE OR INCOME, LOST PROFITS, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OR SIMILAR DAMAGES SUFFERED OR INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY THAT ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHISAGOGOP.ORG SITE OR THE USE OF ANY MATERIAL INCLUDED AT CHISAGOGOP.ORG, EVEN IF THE CHISAGOGOP.ORG PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Termination: Your right to use the chisagogop.org site terminates automatically upon your breach of any of these terms. chisagogop.org also reserves the right to, in its sole discretion, terminate your access to all or any part of chisagogop.org at any time without notice.

You indemnify chisagogop.org for your breach of these terms: You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the chisagogop.org parties (as defined above) from and against any and all loss, expenses, damages and costs, including without limitation reasonable attorneys fees, resulting, whether directly or indirectly, from your violation of these terms. You also agree to indemnify and hold harmless the chisagogop.org parties (as defined above) from and against any and all claims brought by third parties arising out of your use of the chisagogop.org site and the content made available via the chisagogop.org site.

Trademarks: chisagogop.org may contain trademarks, service marks, logos and other names that are the property of chisagogop.org or such other party as indicated with respect to that name or icon. In the case of chisagogop.org’s trademarks, logos and icons, these may only be used in accordance with our trademark policy (http://creativecommons.org/policies).

DMCA Compliance: chisagogop.org complies with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In compliance with the DMCA, a Designated Agent has been established with proper documentation sent to the US Copyright Office. If you have a concern regarding the use of copyrighted material on any chisagogop.org Web Site, please contact the agent designated to respond to reports alleging copyright infringement.

General: (a) These terms are governed by and construed by the laws of the State of Minnesota, USA, exclusive of its choice of law rules. (b) You agree that any disputes or proceedings between chisagogop.org and you concerning these terms and chisagogop.org shall be brought in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Minnesota, US. (c) chisagogop.org’s failure to insist on or enforce strict performance of any of these terms shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. (d) If any of these provisions is held to be invalid or unenforceable by any law or regulation or final determination of a competent court or tribunal, that provision will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. (e) You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and chisagogop.org as a result of these terms or your use of chisagogop.org.

(f) These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and chisagogop.org relating to this subject matter and supersedes all prior, contemporaneous and future communications (with the exception of future amendments to these terms as made available by chisagogop.org from time to time) between you and chisagogop.org. (g) A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based on or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generating and maintained in printed form. (h) chisagogop.org may revise these terms at any time by updating this posting and posting a notice in the discussion forum.