Legal

Please read this page carefully before using this website, www.coalitionofschoolboardmembers.org, together with all of its sub-websites, materials, hyper-links, and related documents (collectively, the “Website”) and the materials accessible through this Website. By using this Website, you are agreeing to be legally bound by the following terms. The Coalition of School Board Members (collectively with its affiliates, "COSBM") reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use (“Terms”) at any time and without notice. Your continued use of this Website constitutes your agreement to such changes.

Limited License

COSBM provides this Website for your informational purposes only.

Subject to these Terms, COSBM grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to display this Website and download the material displayed on this Website (the “Materials”) solely to view general information regarding COSBM.

You agree to treat the information you obtain from the Website that requires a password or similar identification procedure as confidential. You agree not to reproduce, modify, make collections or compilations of, distribute, or publicly display the Website or the Materials. You must not transfer the Materials to any other person or entity. You must retain, on all copies of the Materials downloaded, all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials. You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Website from time to time. Any unauthorized use of the Website or the Materials, misuse of passwords and/or any other information listed on the Website is prohibited. Except as expressly provided herein, COSBM does not grant you any express or implied license or permission under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secret information.

You agree to access the Materials and this Website manually, by request, and not automatically, through the use of a “bot” or similar program, or by other means. You agree not to take any action, alone or with others, that would interfere with the operation of this Website, to alter this Website in any way, or to impede others’ access to and freedom to enjoy and use this Website as made available by COSBM.

Ownership and Trademarks

“COSBM” is the trade name for The Coalition of School Board Members and its affiliates. All content included on this Website, such as graphics, logos, articles and other materials, is the property of COSBM or others and is protected by copyright and other laws. All trademarks and logos displayed on this Website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with COSBM. Nothing on this Website shall be interpreted as granting any license or right to use any image, trade name, trademark, logo or service mark on the Website. Copying or downloading material from this Website does not transfer title to any material on this Website to you. You are prohibited from using any of COSBM’s marks for any commercial and/or infringing purpose, including but not limited to use as metatags on other pages or sites on the World Wide Web, without the written permission of COSBM or such third party, which may own the marks. Anything transmitted to this Website by you becomes COSBM’s property and may be used by COSBM for any lawful purpose. COSBM reserves all rights with respect to copyright and trademark ownership of all Materials on this Website, and will enforce such rights to the full extent of the law.

Proprietary Rights

All right, title and interest in this Website and any content contained herein is the exclusive property of COSBM, except as otherwise stated. Unless otherwise specified, this Website is for your personal and non-commercial use only and you may print, copy and download any information or portion of this Website for your personal use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, frame, create derivative works from, transfer, or otherwise use in any other way for commercial or public purposes in whole or in part any information, software, products or services obtained from this Website, except for the purposes expressly provided herein, without COSBM’s prior written approval. If you copy or download any information or software from this Website, you agree that you will not remove or obscure any copyright, trademark or other notices or legends contained in any such information.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The information, products and services on this Website are provided on an “as is” basis. COSBM does not warrant the information or services provided herein or your use of this Website generally, either expressly or impliedly, for any particular purpose and expressly disclaims any implied warranties, including but not limited to, warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. COSBM will not be responsible for any loss or damage that could result from interception by third parties of any information or services made available to you via this Website. Although the information provided to you on this Website is obtained or compiled from sources we believe to be reliable, COSBM cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness of any information or data made available to you for any particular purpose. COSBM disclaims any duty to update this Website.

None of COSBM or any of its directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries or third party vendors (collectively, the “Released Parties”) will be liable or have any responsibility of any kind for any loss or damage that you incur in the event of any failure or interruption of this Website, or resulting from the act or omission of any other party involved in making this Website, the data contained herein or the products or services offered on this Website available to you, or from any other cause relating to your access to, inability to access, or use of the Website or the Materials, whether or not the circumstances giving rise to such cause may have been within the control of the Released Parties. In no event will the Released Parties be liable to you, whether in contract or tort, for any direct, special, indirect, consequential or incidental damages or any other damages of any kind even if the Released Parties have been advised of the possibility thereof. This limitation on liability includes, but is not limited to, the transmission of any viruses which may infect a user’s equipment, failure of mechanical or electronic equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems (e.g., you cannot access your internet service provider), unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, strikes or other labor problems or any force majeure.

COSBM cannot and does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the Website.

LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES

NONE OF THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS, LIABILITY, COST, CLAIM, EXPENSE OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM) WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), THAT ARE RELATED TO THE ACCURACY, INACCURACY, USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE, OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE, EVEN IF COSBM IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Third-Party Sites

As a convenience to you, COSBM may provide on this Website links to websites operated by other persons or entities. If you use these sites, you will leave this Website. COSBM makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked websites or the information appearing thereon or any of the opinions, ideas, products or services described thereon. Links on the Website do not imply that any linked website is authorized to use any of COSBM’s trademarks, trade names, logos or copyright symbols. In addition, these third party websites may be governed by a different privacy policy or security practices from this Website, so it is important that you read the policies of those websites before sharing your personal information. Users shall comply with request(s) of COSBM or any of the third party providers to protect their respective rights in the information and services available on the Website.

External Links to This Website

COSBM shall have no liability for third party content or websites linking to or framing this Website. All links to this Website must be approved in writing by COSBM. COSBM reserves the right to revoke any such consent to link at any time.

Information Provided By You

Do not send any confidential or proprietary information to COSBM via the Website. No information or materials that you provide to COSBM via this Website will be considered or treated as confidential or proprietary. By providing any such information or materials to COSBM, you grant to COSBM an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit and distribute such information and materials, and you further agree that COSBM is free to use any ideas, concepts or know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to COSBM. You agree not to use the Website to distribute, email or post any advertising, promotion or solicitation without COSBM's prior approval. You agree not to use the Website to upload, display or distribute any materials that are defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporate the copyrighted, confidential or proprietary material of any other person or entity.

Changes

COSBM reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to grant or revoke authority to use this Website or to change, add, suspend or remove the information, products or services described in the Website or the Materials at any time without prior notice to you and without any liability to you.

COSBM may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of this Website without notice or liability. COSBM may terminate the authorization, rights and license given above and, upon such termination, you shall immediately cease using and destroy all Materials.

International Users and Choice of Law

This Website is not intended for use by any person or entity that is a citizen or resident of or located in any jurisdiction where such distribution, publication, availability or use would be contrary to applicable law or regulation or which would subject COSBM or its affiliates to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction.

COSBM makes no representation that the information available on this Website is appropriate or available for use in any jurisdiction. Prior to accessing the Website, users are required to ensure themselves whether the information available on this Website can be accessed and utilized in their respective jurisdictions and observe any relevant restrictions thereto. The user shall be solely responsible for compliance with all applicable laws and shall satisfy that they are not subject to any regulatory requirements which restrict or prohibit them from accessing or using the Website.

The services and facilities have not been registered under any securities law of any foreign jurisdiction and are only for the information of any person in any jurisdiction where it may be lawful to offer such services and facilities. COSBM will not undertake any requisite registration within any prohibited jurisdiction.

This Website is governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. You agree that the state and federal courts of New York City, New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any and all disputes arising from your use of the Website and/or the Materials.

This page constitutes the entire agreement between COSBM and you with respect to your use of this Website. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your use of this Website must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this page or portion thereof to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of the provision, and the remainder of this page shall continue in full force and effect.

Changes to this Notice

We may update this Notice from time to time. Any updated Notice will be made available on our website or on request by email using the contact details above.

Cookies Policy

Please note that COSBM’s website, at their discretion, can use Cookies. Any questions or concerns regarding this matter can be sent to info@coalitionofschoolboardmembers.org.