TERMS OF USE
This page states the Terms of Use ("Terms") under which You may use ‘www.aencnet.org’, an on-line association management services portal and guide owned by Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC). Please read these Terms carefully. If You do not accept the Terms stated here, do not use ‘www.aencnet.org’ and its services. By using ‘www.aencnet.org’, You agree to be bound by these Terms, including the ‘www.aencnet.org’ Privacy Statement.
1. Eligibility.You must be 18 years of age or older, or the age of majority as that is defined in your jurisdiction, whichever is older, to visit or use the site in any manner. By visiting ‘www.aencnet.org’ or accepting these Terms, You represent and warrant to ‘www.aencnet.org’ that You have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction, and that You have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by these Terms. You also represent and warrant to Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC) that You will use ‘www.aencnet.org’ in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
2. Use of ‘www.aencnet.org’ Content.‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ authorizes You to view and access a single copy of the content available on or from ‘www.aencnet.org’ solely for your personal use. The contents of ‘www.aencnet.org’, and of all other Web sites under ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’'s control, whether partial or otherwise (‘www.aencnet.org’ and such other Web sites are sometimes collectively referred to as "InsertDomain Sites") such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other ‘www.aencnet.org’ Content (collectively, "‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Content"), are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ content is the property of Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC) or its content suppliers or clients.
You further agree to in no other way misuse ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Content that appears on this Site, other than those specifically permitted herein or by written agreement with ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’. Unless specifically permitted herein or in writing by ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’, the use of the Content on any other Web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.
3. Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’s Ownership Rights. ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ and its licensors own all right, title and interest, including without limitation all worldwide intellectual property rights in the ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Products and Services, and all such rights to all derivative works or enhancements of, in and to, or relating to, the ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Products and Services. By using ‘www.aencnet.org’, You will not acquire any intellectual property or similar rights in the ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Products or Services other than a limited right to use the Products or Services for Your personal benefit.
4. Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC) Site Restrictions.You may not use any ‘www.aencnet.org’ Site in order to transmit, post, distribute, store or destroy material, including without limitation, ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Content, (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.
You agree that you will not use the ‘www.aencnet.org’ site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the ‘www.aencnet.org’ site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the ‘www.aencnet.org’ site. You may not obtain, use or access, or attempt to obtain, use or access, any materials or information through any means not intentionally made publicly available or provided for through the ‘www.aencnet.org’ site.
5. Advertisers. If You Participate as an Advertiser, You are solely responsible for all advertising content You transmit or submit to ‘www.aencnet.org’ or through the ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Advertiser Program, whether created by or for You, including but not limited to: (i) artwork, written content, images, photos, graphics, music, animation, data, text, information, URLs, hypertext links, scripts and the content and material included in such components; and (ii) websites and content proximately reachable from such advertising content (collectively, "Ads"). Prior to providing any Ads and Participating as a Advertiser, You may be required to read and accept additional written terms and conditions governing Your submission of Ads to ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ (the "Advertiser Agreement"). ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ disclaims all liability relating to Your Ads and You agree to indemnify ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ for all loses ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ incurs associated with the Ads.
By submitting Content for advertising to any public area of any ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Site, You automatically grant to ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ and its affiliates an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, fully paid non-exclusive right (including moral rights) and worldwide license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, communicate to the public, perform, display, and distribute such Content (in whole or in part) and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works (in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content) such Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses thereof (through multiple tiers).
‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of Advertiser Content.
6. Copyright Agent.We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the Site do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward the following information to ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’, designated as such pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), named below:
Your address, telephone number, and email address;A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; andA statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Attn: Copyright Agent[Company Name] Attn: [person][address][fax][email]
7. ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’'s Liability.‘www.aencnet.org’ acts as a venue for on-line association management services portal and guide. ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ may take any action with respect to Content that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes that such Content could create liability for ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’, damage ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’'s brand or public image, or cause ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers. While ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove Content or other material from ‘www.aencnet.org’ from time to time, ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ does not assume any obligation to do so and disclaims any liability for failing to take any such action.
The www.aencnet.org Sites and the www.aencnet.org Content may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Content. The use of all ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Content is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Sites and may be made at any time. ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ or any ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Site. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by You from ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ or through or from www.aencnet.org or any other ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Site shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS AND MATERIALS, IS PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE, FOR INFORMATION, DATA, DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, UPTIME OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED. WE DO NOT WARRANT, REPRESENT OR COVENANT THAT THE WEB SITE OR THE SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEB SITE WILL MEET USERS' REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. ‘ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA (AENC)’ ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE SITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, AUDIO OR SOFTWARE FROM THE SITE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.IN NO EVENT SHALL ‘ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA (AENC)’, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROTECTED ENTITIES") BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN AN ACTION BASED ON A CONTRACT INDEMNIFICATION, OBLIGATION, TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NEGLIGENCE), COLLATERALLY OR ARISING FROM ANY STATUTORY DUTY, PRE-CONTRACT OR OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, OR OTHERWISE, HOWEVER ARISING, FOR ANY ECONOMIC LOSSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, CONTRACTS, BUSINESS, GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS) OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF INFORMATION VIA THE WEB SITE, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
10. Local Standards.We do not represent that materials on the ‘www.aencnet.org’ site are appropriate for use in all locations. Persons who choose to access the ‘www.aencnet.org’ site do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
11. Links to Content and Other Sites.‘www.aencnet.org’ contain links to third party Web sites and content. These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and not as an endorsement by ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ of the contents on such third-party Web sites. ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party Web sites. If You decide to access linked third-party Web sites, You do so at your own risk.
‘www.aencnet.org’ contains links to social media sites, including but not limited testimonials. These links are provided solely as a convenience to You and not as an endorsement by ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ of the content on such social media sites. ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ is not responsible for the content, accuracy of such content, or manner in which such content is provided to these third party social media sites. You specifically agree that the use of these social media sites in conjunction with ‘www.aencnet.org’ is at your own risk.
12. Indemnity.You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from (i) any Content or other material You provide to any ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ Site, or (ii) your breach of the terms of these Terms.
13. Miscellaneous. The Terms of Service and the relationship between you and us shall be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any cause of action that may arise under the Terms of Service shall be commenced and be heard in the appropriate court in the State of North Carolina, Wake County. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Wake County in the State of North Carolina. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Service by ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ must be made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ specifically referencing these Terms of Service and the provision to be waived. Headings used in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and are not to be relied upon. If any provision of the Terms of Service is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Service remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Service will inure to the benefit of, and are intended to be enforceable by, ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’'s successors, assigns and licensees.
14. Legal DisputesIf any dispute arises between You, another Advertiser and/or ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’ or any combination thereof, as it relates to ‘www.aencnet.org’ and this Agreement, such dispute shall be submitted and settled in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, in Wake County North Carolina and the decision of a single English speaking arbitrator shall be final and binding.
These Terms constitute a binding agreement between You and ‘Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC)’, and is accepted by You upon your use of the ‘www.aencnet.org’ Site.
