CommunityCentral welcomes you! CommunityCentral is a community site that provides services to a diverse range of people from all sectors of the community. This diversity is what makes it an exciting place to share ideas and to network. So, in the spirit of community, we ask that everyone who uses the site accept a few rules and responsibilities designed to help make sure everyone is treated with respect.

CommunityCentral is provided by the community related organisations listed at the end of these terms. These terms are between you and those organisations (referred to as "we", "our" or "us" in these terms).

You are considered to have accepted these terms if you click to confirm this (where this option is provided to you) or if you otherwise view or use CommunityCentral in any way. If you do not accept these terms you are not permitted to use CommunityCentral.

Use CommunityCentral according to these terms…

You have the right to access and use CommunityCentral but only for your own non-commercial purposes in the manner permitted by CommunityCentral and so long as you comply with these terms. This right is limited by these terms and any notices and limitations displayed on CommunityCentral. Some parts of CommunityCentral such as certain workspaces, networks or other areas may be restricted to certain members.

We don't own your materials…

We do not own any of the materials that you may transmit or post to or through CommunityCentral. This means that you alone (and not us) are ethically and legally responsible for those materials and any consequences of their use, and you:

• must make sure that you have first obtained all the necessary rights and permissions from the owners or licensors of those materials;
• grant to us and our service providers a non-exclusive and royalty free right to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, publish and distribute those materials for the purpose of providing and supporting CommunityCentral; and
• grant other users the right to access, download and view those materials for their lawful, personal and non-commercial purposes.

Using other people's materials with care…

You may access, download and view the materials posted by other users for your lawful, personal and non-commercial purposes. However, if you want to do anything else with those materials you must first obtain the necessary rights and permissions from the relevant owners or licensors. You must also comply with any licence terms that those owners or licensors may specify for those materials.

Unless we have specified otherwise, you may use text content created and posted by us on CommunityCentral under the New Zealand Creative Commons Non-commercial Attribution Share-Alike license.

Respect others…

When accessing and using CommunityCentral you must do so in a reasonable and proper manner and never in a way that breaks any laws or regulations or infringes our or anyone else's rights. You are responsible for honouring the rights of others, and for treating others who use the site with respect.

You agree not to post or transmit material that is offensive, discriminatory or illegal, or which otherwise causes annoyance or inconvenience.

CommunityCentral is your space, and we don't screen material before it is posted on the site. In order to ensure that the site is running well, and that the Terms of use are upheld, from time to time it may be necessary for us to monitor site activity.

We reserve the right, in our absolute discretion, to:

• remove or edit any material that is offensive, discriminatory, or illegal, exposes CommunityCentral, us or its users to any risk, or is otherwise unacceptable to us; or
• remove or suspend the accounts of users.

You must comply with all our instructions and restrictions regarding the use of the CommunityCentral.

Keep it commercial free…

CommunityCentral is a community site, not a commercial site. When you use the space you agree not to post commercial ads; send unsolicited emails; collect email addresses for commercial use outside the site; or use the site for any other commercial purposes.

We will try to keep you safe, but you're responsible too…

While we try to make CommunityCentral secure we do not promise that it is completely secure or that the materials you post or transmit will never be lost or damaged. It's up to you to make sure that you can recover or replace any of your materials that are lost or damaged for any reason.

You are responsible for ensuring that your password is kept confidential. You must also provide us with registration and other required information that is current and accurate.

We look after your personal information…

Please see our Privacy statementfor how we collect and use your personal information and your rights in relation to that information. By accepting these terms you also accept our Privacy statement.

We may send occasional technical messages by email…

You agree that we may from time to time send you emails that relate to CommunityCentral (for example, emails explaining any important technical or practical issues affecting the operation of the site).

The Terms of use may be updated…

As circumstances change we may decide to change these terms. We will try to give you at least five days' notice before any changes take effect (and we can do this by posting a notice in CommunityCentral). Any use by you of CommunityCentral after the new version of these terms has been posted in CommunityCentral confirms that you accept the changes. Any other changes to these terms must be in writing and signed by one of our authorised representatives.

Our intellectual property is protected...

We or our licensors own and shall retain all rights, title and interest, including intellectual property rights, in CommunityCentral (including in its user interface, design, look-and-feel and underlying software). This is collectively known as "CommunityCentral IP".

Your limited right to use CommunityCentral IP is set out in the "Use CommunityCentral according to these terms…" section above. You may not distribute or modify any CommunityCentral IP.

Our trademarks, logos and business, product and domain names are also owned by us alone and you are not granted any rights or interests in any of them.

Rights and limitations you need to be aware of…

CommunityCentral is provided to you on an "as is" and "as available" basis, and your use of it and all materials posted or transmitted on or through CommunityCentral is at your own risk.

The nature of CommunityCentral means we do not promise that it will be:

• secure, reliable, free of defects or viruses or always available (including at a certain speed); or
• that all problems can or will be corrected.

This is in part because of the reliance of CommunityCentral on systems and networks that are not owned or controlled by us.

Sometimes CommunityCentral will be unavailable or your use will be limited because of maintenance or other work that is being undertaken.

All implied warranties and conditions in relation to the Services, are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. However, nothing in these terms limits any rights you might have under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.

We may, at our sole discretion, change, delete or remove the whole, or any part of, CommunityCentral at any time without notice to you.

Our liability to you is limited…

All materials (including links) that you may access in or through, or receive from, CommunityCentral are the sole responsibility of the person who first provided those materials to CommunityCentral. We do not endorse or approve those materials and are not liable in any way for your (or anyone else's) use or reliance on them.

We (including the organisations listed at the end of these terms), and our suppliers, contractors, directors, employees and agents ("Our Personnel"), will not be liable to you or any third party for any loss or damage to information or data, breach of security or privacy, loss of profit, revenue, opportunity or saving, or any incidental, indirect, special or consequential loss or damage.

If we or Our Personnel are liable to you for any reason, and for any reason we have not been able to exclude that liability under these terms, then the maximum aggregate liability of us and Our Personnel (together) to you for all things we or Our Personnel have done or not done (including any breach of these terms) will under no circumstances exceed $100.

The maximum aggregate liability above, and any exclusions or disclaimers of liability in these terms, shall apply however liability arises, whether in contract, in tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty or otherwise.

General stuff…

Any waiver of any of these terms must be in writing and signed by one of our authorised representatives. Any delay or failure by us to exercise any right does not prevent us from exercising that right, or any other right, on that or any other occasion.

In these terms, words in the singular include the plural and vice versa; any examples in these terms, and references to "including" and similar words, are illustrative only and do not imply any limitations; and any headings are for ease of reading only and do not affect the interpretation of these terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.

Linking

You are welcome to link to pages on our website. Contact us to provide graphical, text and hyperlink information. Linking to the CommunityCentral website from any other website is not an endorsement of any kind by CommunityCentral.

Organisations behind this site…

CommunityCentral is provided by the following organisations:
ANGOA (Association of Non-Governmental Organisations of Aotearoa)
NZ Council of Social Services (NZCOSS)
NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations (NZFVWO)
SHORE (Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation)
Volunteering New Zealand.

Last updated 29 October 2008

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