Terms of Use

AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA TERMS OF USE

WEBSITE USERS

AIA Northern Virginia’s website is controlled and operated in whole or in part by AIA Northern Virginia from its offices within the United States. AIA Northern Virginia makes no representation that these materials are appropriate or available for use outside the territory of the U.S. Users outside of the U.S. who access the AIA Northern Virginia website do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. AIA C Northern Virginia reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse or terminate access to its website at any time.

AIA Northern Virginia reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time. Your continued use of the website shall be deemed to be your acceptance of any modified Terms of Use. If any future change is unacceptable to you, you should discontinue using the website.

AIA Northern Virginia website is owned by AIA Northern Virginia, which owns (or licenses) all the wallpaper, characters, artwork, icons, graphics, music, text, and other content on the site, unless otherwise indicated (“Content”), and all HTML, CGI, and other code and scripts in any format used to implement the site (“Code”). You may not copy, modify, upload, download, transmit, (re)publish, or otherwise distribute any Code or Content from these sites except as expressly permitted by these rules and the instructions for each section of any portion of the website.

You may not modify or use the Content or Code you receive from these sites for any purpose other than those permitted and doing so will violate AIA Northern Virginia’s copyright and other proprietary rights. AIA Northern Virginia’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of AIA Northern Virginia’s right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to the user’s use of these sites or information provided to or gathered by AIA Northern Virginia with respect to such use.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Copyright Notice, Unless otherwise specified herein or within the website, the following notice applies to all content of this website:

AIA Northern Virginia Trademarks

AIA Northern Virginia’s registered trademarks include but are not limited to “AIA Northern Virginia.” Nothing in these terms of use or on the AIA Northern Virginia website shall be construed to grant any rights or license to any AIA Northern Virginia trademark.

NON-ENDORSEMENT

AIA Northern Virginia does not sponsor or endorse any enterprise – whether public or private – operated for profit. Further, no AIA Northern Virginia officer, director, committee member, or employee or any of its component organizations in his or her official capacity is permitted to approve, sponsor, endorse, or do anything that may be deemed or construed to be an approval, sponsorship, or endorsement of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE

You acknowledge you have read and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. You further agree to comply with all local laws, regulations, and rules regarding online conduct and acceptable website/internet content. You represent you have the legal authority to accept these Terms of Use on behalf of yourself or any party you represent.

If you do not agree to these terms, please discontinue use of the AIA Northern Virginia website.

AIA Northern Virginia may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these terms and any referenced policies, at any time by posting the amended terms on the website.

USER GENERATED CONTENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The following terms apply to areas of the AIA Northern Virginia website that allow third party users to post content (“User Generated Content”), including, without limitation, in discussion forums (“Forums”). You agree that your registration for, access to, and participation in any Forum is subject to these terms, and applicable law.

AIA Northern Virginia does not prescreen User Generated Content. AIA Northern Virginia retains the rights, but not the responsibility, to edit or remove any User Generated Content and/or terminate your account for any reason in its sole discretion.

Do not post any content that violates any applicable local, state, national, or international law.

Do not post any content, or take any action, that is designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or to interfere with or disrupt the website or services connected to the website.

Your User Generated Content is not confidential or proprietary. You grant to the AIA Northern Virginia a non-exclusive, non-revocable, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual right to use, digitize, modify, alter, edit, except, adapt, create derivative works, publish, display, transmit, distribute, broadcast, reproduce, exploit, sell, rent, license, or otherwise use your User Generated Content in any manner or media now or later known without limitation including but not limited to the right to sublicense and assign and commercialize without any compensation due to you, including but not limited to the User Generated Content and your name, image, likeness, and appearance as they may appear in the User Generated Content. Your further irrevocably grant AIA Northern Virginia the right to use your name, image, likeness and professional biographical information in connection with any advertising or promotion connected to the website.

Ownership. You represent and warrant, and are responsible for ensuring, that any User Generated Content that you post does not and will not violate third-party rights of any kind (including statutory or common law copyright, right of privacy or trade secrets). You warrant and represent that you own or control all rights or have obtained the necessary permissions from the owner of such rights, in any User Generated Content that you post to any Forum.

General Use. You acknowledge and agree that AIA Northern Virginia does not have any obligation to review User Generated Content, that AIA Northern Virginia is not in any manner responsible for User Generated Content, that AIA Northern Virginia does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of User Generated Content, and that AIA Northern Virginia cannot ensure that harmful, inaccurate, deceptive, offensive, threatening, defamatory, unlawful or otherwise objectionable User Generated Content will not appear on the website. You also acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to access, view and/or post User Generated Content on the website, AIA Northern Virginia is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any User Generated Content or activities of users on the website.

Users agree to use the AIA Northern Virginia website user-generated content functions only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Forum. In addition to the terms stated herein and by way of example and not as a limitation, the user agrees that when using a Forum, users shall not:

post anything harassing or discriminatory;
post any materials that violate any federal or state laws, including but not limited to libel, slander, antitrust, trademark, copyright, patent, or unfair competition;
advocate or discuss illegal activity;
post anything which could encourage or facilitate discussions or any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another’s business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade;
post anything that could encourage or facilitate discussions about salaries, prices, discounts, terms of sales, profits, profit margins, cost data, or market shares;
post any materials that do not pertain to the discussion, topic or theme of the Forum;
infringe upon a third-party copyright, nor invade the privacy or publicity rights of others;
post anything protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner;
post anything that is knowingly false, defamatory, profane, vulgar, obscene, threatening, abusive, hateful, bigoted, racially offensive, pornographic, embarrassing, or that has any potential to cause any harm or damage to anyone as determined by AIA in its sole discretion;
post anything of a sexual nature;
use the Forum for junk mail, spam, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
impersonate anyone or misrepresent who you are;
advertise, sell, or solicit others;
use any Forum for any commercial purposes, even if you disclose that you are doing so; and
post personally identifiable information or financial information.

You represent and warrant also that the content you supply does not violate these terms, and that you will indemnify and hold AIA Northern Virginia harmless for any and all damages, costs, expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, claims, suits or losses resulting from content you supply or a breach of these warranties and representations.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any User submission or other content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail):

AIA Northern Virginia’s designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is: Executive Director, Jaclyn Toole, email: [email protected]. For clarity, only DMCA notices should go to the Copyright Agent. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section, your DMCA notice may not be valid.

Counter-Notice. If you believe that your User Submission that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the content in your User Submission, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the

If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, AIA Northern Virginia may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at AIA Northern Virginia’s sole discretion.

DISCLAIMERS

THE CONTENT, CODE, ACCESS, AND OTHER FEATURES OF THESE SITES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY SUCH FEATURES WILL OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE FASHION, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THESE SITES OR THE SERVER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, POSTINGS, ANY FACTS, CONTENT, OR OPINIONS APPEAR ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, OR ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT OR SERVICE. IN NO EVENT SHALL AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS AND COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS, ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY CONTENT OR FEATURES, OR YOUR FAILURE TO ACCESS OR CLICK-THROUGH ACCESS ANY CONTENT OR FEATURES, EVEN IF AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS BROUGHT BY THE OWNERS OF CONTENT OR SITES ACCESSED THROUGH CLICK-THRU ACCESS BASED ON YOUR INAPPROPRIATE OR UNPERMITTED ACCESS OF SUCH CONTENT OR SITES. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY THE AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA FOR SUCH CLAIMS IF BROUGHT AGAINST THE AIA IF YOU USED THIS SITE FOR SUCH INAPPROPRIATE OR UNPERMITTED ACCESS.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold AIA Northern Virginia, and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers harmless from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of or related to: (i) your access to or use of the Website, including User Generated Content, (ii) your violation of these Terms, (iii) your breach of your representations and warranties provided under this Terms, or (iv) the infringement by you, or any third party using your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. AIA Northern Virginia reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any mater for which you are required to indemnify AIA Northern Virginia and you agree to cooperate with AIA Northern Virginia’s defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any such matter without the prior written consent of AIA Northern Virginia.

APPLICABLE LAW

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Those who choose to access these sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. All claims, disputes, or other matters in question arising out of or related to this agreement must be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in Fairfax County, Virginia.

The United States controls the export of any software downloadable from this website. No software or any other materials associated with the AIA Northern Virginia website may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported to countries or persons prohibited under export control laws, including but not limited to countries against which the United States has embargoed goods, or to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or the U.S. Commerce Department’s Table of Deny Orders. You are responsible for compliance with the laws of your local jurisdiction regarding the import, export, or re-export of any such materials. By using and/or downloading any such materials from the AIA Northern Virginia website, you represent and warrant that you are no located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country to which such import, export, or re-export is prohibited or are not a person or entity to which such export is prohibited.

If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

To all users of the AIA Northern Virginia Job Board and Resume File:

The AIA Northern Virginia chapter does not perform background checks on either candidates or on employers posting job opportunities. The chapter remains uninvolved in any transaction between employers and candidates. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the jobs posted or the truth and accuracy of the listings.

The user assumes all risk in dealing with other users with whom you come in contact through the job board. Employers and job seekers are encouraged to request reference information from each other as needed to establish qualifications, credentials and overall fit between the employer and the applicant.

According to Virginia law, only individuals licensed to do so may represent themselves using the title “architect” or engage in the practice of architecture as defined by law.

The Chapter reserves the right to review and change any information provided to this site and to refuse and/or remove any listing deemed unsuitable for any reason.

The Chapter does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of listings submitted by users. As a user of this job board, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting.

By using this job board, you acknowledge that you have read the terms and conditions and indicate your acceptance to be bound by them.

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