NACAC MemberToMember Community Subscriber Agreement 

NACAC may make changes to this Agreement from time to time. NACAC will notify Community Subscribers on the Community Discussion board when the Agreement changes and will post the updated Agreement on the NACAC Web Site. Your continued use of the Community after the notification or posting of such changes will be deemed to be your agreement and the agreement of your institution, company or organization to comply with such changes.

Use of this Community is solely at NACAC's discretion, and NACAC reserves the right to (a) prohibit members from accessing, browsing, supplying information to, downloading information from, or conducting business using this Community; (b) remove content that does not comply with this Agreement; and (c) terminate access to the Community if a Subscriber violates any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. 

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I. Purpose of the Community

NACAC's Community is a member inclusive network for professional discourse on topics related to the college admission process.

II. Rules of Behavior

• DO make only truthful statements or opinions.
  
• DO use good judgment and caution when posting messages to the Community. Information posted on the Community is available for all members to see, and comments are subject to various laws. Your actions can subject you and your institution, company, or organization to liability.
  
• DO comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding your use of the Community, including defamation, copyright and antitrust laws. A brief description of these laws is described below under "Legal Statements."
  
• DO use the Community to engage in discussions related to the college admission process.
  
• DO be respectful of other Subscribers and their opinions.
  
• DO use good Community etiquette (see below).
  
• DO NOT quote any Community message without prior approval from the person who posted the message.
  
• DO NOT post anything in a Community message that you would not want the members to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you.
  
• DO NOT retransmit, publicly display, sell or use the Content (as defined in Legal Statements, Item 6, below) other than solely for your personal use.
  
• DO NOT use the Community to post or transmit any material that violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others (such as copyright infringement) that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, abusive or otherwise objectionable that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law.
  
• DO NOT post any confidential information or any information that would infringe upon the proprietary, privacy or personal rights of others.
  
• DO NOT distribute, post, publish or communicate any material that contains promotional, commercial or advertising messages except those specifically permitted in Section V of this agreement.

III. Community Discussions Etiquette

• Subject Line: State the specific topic of your comments in the subject line.
  
• Replying to Postings: Stay on topic when replying to discussion threads and avoid responses like “I agree” or “me too.” Asking further questions about a post or looking for more specific feedback is also helpful to your colleagues who may be following the thread. Refrain from starting sub conversations within the original discussion. If you have other ideas that you would like to share, simply start a new discussion.
  
• Respect for Others: Avoid personal attacks on others. The discussions on this Community are meant to stimulate conversation, not to create contention.
  
• Requests for Information: The Community is meant to be a member network for professional discourse on topics related to the college admission process. Requests for resources, specific programs that meet certain criteria, etc., are permitted.
  
• Attachments: Do not send attachments.

V. Promotional, Commercial and Advertising Use Prohibitions

A.  All postings must be for informational purposes only. Use of the Community for promotional use, commercial or advertising or other unauthorized purposes, except as provided under section V.C. herein, is prohibited. Opportunities for reaching out to NACAC members with a promotional message are available through the NACAC Bulletin, Journal, and via the NACAC Web site. For more information, please contact the communications department at:

NACAC
1050 N. Highland Street
Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22201

Phone: 800/822-6285
Fax: 703/243-9375
E-mail: advertising@nacacnet.org

B. Subscribers may not use the Community to solicit or conduct business, including the direct or indirect marketing of products and services, in any manner or to provide information, materials, products, or services in exchange for compensation of any kind.

C. The following promotional messages are expressly permitted:

1.  NACAC affiliate organizations ("affiliates") may submit information about their affiliate-sponsored programs, provided these postings are kept to a minimum. Announcements of this nature should be clearly identified as "Workshop" or "Conference" in the subject line.

2. Subscribers may submit announcements for employment opportunities for college counseling and admission professionals at their institutions.   Such employment announcements must be posted in the Career Opportunities Group discussion board. Acceptable employment announcements must:

a. clearly identify announcement as  “Employment Opportunity" at the beginning of the subject line,
b. include information about the application process, AND
c. include contact information.

Any postings that do not comply all with these requirements may be rejected.

VI. Legal Issues

A. Defamation Laws. Defamation laws, such as laws prohibiting libel and slander, generally prohibit untruthful statements. Truthful statements and statements of opinion are generally allowed.

B. Copyright Laws. Copyright laws protect the copying, modification and display of certain tangible expressions. By posting Content (as defined in Item F, below) using the Community, Subscribers grant to NACAC a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, display, and broadcast that Content. Subscribers agree that NACAC shall be free to use any ideas, concepts or techniques contained in your Content for any and all purposes. By posting Content, Subscribers represent their ownership of the copyright with respect to such material, and/or have received permission from the copyright owner, or the material is in the public domain.

C. Antitrust Laws. The antitrust laws generally prohibit any agreement or understanding inconsistent with the right and obligation of competitors to exercise independent business judgment in pricing their products or services, dealing with their customers and suppliers, and selecting the markets in which to compete. Subscribers agree not to post any information concerning market shares, salaries, costs, sales territories or profit margins.

D. No Political Activity. Because NACAC is a Section 501(c)(3) organization, Subscribers may not use the Community to discuss or advocate for the election or defeat of any candidate for political office, whether at the federal, state or local level. 

E. Monitoring of Community. While NACAC may monitor, remove or delete Content, NACAC is under no obligation to monitor, remove or delete any transmissions. NACAC exercises no editorial review and assumes no responsibility for misleading, fraudulent, defamatory, libelous, threatening, harassing, pornographic, obscene or illegal Content supplied to this site; provided, however, that NACAC may take any action with respect to any Content that NACAC deems in its sole discretion is necessary or appropriate, including the deletion of any such Content. NACAC reserves the right to monitor any and all activity using the Community and may notify the proper law enforcement officials suspicious activity is detected.

F. Disclaimer. The opinions, advice, statements and judgments or other information or content expressed or made available made by Community Subscribers and the matters discussed using the Community ("Content") are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of NACAC. NACAC neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any Content.

SUBSCRIBERS USE OF THE COMMUNITY OR ANY OF THE CONTENT IS AT THEIR OWN RISK. THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE." NACAC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONTENT, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTION, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

SUBSCRIBERS HAVE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR VERIFYING THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY AND TIMELINESS OF ALL CONTENT. NACAC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE COMMUNITY OR ANY CONTENT.