Through its OrangeDemocrats.com site (the "Services"), the Orange County Democratic Executive Committee ("OCDEC") provides individuals information and resources. The following are the terms and conditions for use of these Services. By clicking the "Submit" button on the sign-up page, you accept these terms and conditions.

1. Services and Support

1.1 The Services are provided subject to this Agreement, as it may be amended by the OCDEC, and any guidelines, rules or operating policies that the OCDEC may establish and post from time to time (the "Agreement"), including without limitation the OCDEC's privacy policy as published at the OrangeDemocrats.com web site or otherwise furnished to you (the "Policy") (unless otherwise stated, all references to the Agreement shall include the Policy). By posting updated versions of the Agreement on the OrangeDemocrats.com web site, or otherwise providing notice to you, the OCDEC may modify the terms of the Agreement and may discontinue or revise any or all other aspects of the Services in its sole discretion. All such changes shall become effective upon posting of the revised Agreement on the Service.

1.2 The Services are available only to persons who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Services are not available to individuals under the age of 18. If you do not qualify, please do not use the Services.

1.3 The Services enable individuals to sign up to receive email newsletters and, if approved, to contribute online articles.

1.4 You must complete the registration form on the Sign Up page in order to use the Services. You will provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as requested in the registration form. As part of the registration process, you will identify a username (email address) and password for your OrangeDemocrats.com account. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, passwords, and files, and for all uses of your account and of the Services in your name. The OCDEC reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel, accounts it deems inappropriate.

2. Restrictions and Responsibilities

2.1 This is an Agreement for Services, and you are not granted a license to any software by this Agreement. You will not, directly or indirectly: reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code, or underlying structure, ideas, or algorithms of, or found at or through the Services or any software, documentation, or data related to the Services ("Software"); remove any proprietary notices or labels from the Services or any Software, modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Services or any Software; or copy, distribute, pledge, assign, or otherwise transfer or encumber rights to the Services or any Software. The Services shall be used for your internal personal or business (which includes civic or charitable) purposes only and you shall not use the Services or any Software for timesharing or service bureau purposes or otherwise for the benefit of a third party. If you are using the Services in any country in the European Community, the prohibition against modifying, translating, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or creating derivative works based on the Services or the Software does not affect your rights under any legislation implementing the E.C. Council Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs.

2.2 You acknowledge and agree that the Services and the OrangeDemocrats.com and the OCDEC names and logos and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans, are the property of the OCDEC or its affiliates or suppliers (collectively, the "Marks"). You are not authorized to use any of the Marks in any advertising, publicity or any other commercial manner without the prior written consent of the OCDEC. Your use of the Services confers no title or ownership in the Service, the Software or the Marks and is not a sale of any rights in the Service, the Software or the Marks. All ownership rights remain in the OCDEC or its third party suppliers, as the case may be.

2.3 You represent, covenant, and warrant that you will use the Services only in compliance with the Agreement and all applicable laws (including but not limited to policies and laws related to spamming, privacy, obscenity, or defamation). You may not use any OCDEC Service to, including, but not limited to: (i) display material containing pornographic material of any kind; (ii) provide material that is grossly offensive to the OCDEC online community, including blatant expressions of bigotry, prejudice, racism, or excessive profanity, or post any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable content; (iii) sell or promote any products or services that are unlawful in the location at which the content is posted or received; (iv) access illegally or without authorization any computers, accounts, or networks of SeminoleDemocrats.org, or attempt to penetrate our security measures ("hacking"), or conduct a port scan, stealth scan, or other information-gathering activity the intent of which is to gather information to be used to attempt a system penetration; or upload, send through OrangeDemocrats.com, or have OrangeDemocrats.com host or distribute any Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses, other harmful code, pinging, flooding, mail bombing, or denial-of-service attacks; or disrupt the use of or interfere with the ability of others to effectively use a OCDEC Service or any connected network, system, service, or equipment; (v) display material that exploits, or otherwise exploit, children under 18 years of age; (vi) post any content or otherwise infringe in any way or violate any copyright, patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of any third party; (vii) promote, solicit, or participate in pyramid schemes; (viii) post any content that holds the OCDEC up to public scorn or ridicule; (ix) engage in any libelous, defamatory, scandalous, threatening, or harassing activity; (x) post or disclose any personally identifying information or private information about children or any third parties without their consent (or their parents' consent, in case of a minor). You hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the OCDEC against any damages, losses, liabilities, settlements, and expenses (including without limitation costs and reasonable attorneys' fees) in connection with any claim or action that arises from an alleged violation of the foregoing or otherwise arising from or relating to your use of the Services. Although the OCDEC has no obligation to monitor the content provided by you or your use of the Services, the OCDEC may do so and may remove any such content or prohibit any use of the Services it believes may be (or is alleged to be) in violation of the foregoing.

2.4 The Services may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission or solicitation of any material that violates United States federal, state or other laws that may apply in this jurisdiction or your local area is prohibited. This may include material that is obscene, threatening, harassing, libelous, or in any way a violation of intellectual property laws or a third party's intellectual property rights.

2.5 In using the varied features of the Services, you may provide information (such as name, contact information, or other registration information) to the OCDEC. The OCDEC may use this information and any technical information about your use of the Services to tailor its presentations to you, facilitate your movement through the Service, or communicate separately with you. The OCDEC will not provide information to companies you have not authorized, and the OCDEC will not permit the companies that get such information to sell and redistribute it without your prior consent.

3. Termination

3.1 You may terminate this Agreement at any time by sending an email message to william.r.robinson@gmail.com

3.2 The OCDEC may terminate this Agreement or the Services at any time with or without cause, and with or without notice. The OCDEC shall have no liability to you or any third party because of such termination.

3.3 All sections of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership, warranty disclaimers and limitations of liability.

4. Warranty Disclaimer; Remedies

USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY RELIANCE BY YOU UPON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY ACTION TAKEN BY YOU BECAUSE OF SUCH USE OR RELIANCE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SCDEC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES IT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICES. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND INTERMEDIA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

Your sole and exclusive remedy for any failure or nonperformance of the Services shall be for the OCDEC to use commercially reasonable efforts to adjust or repair the Services.

5. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE OCDEC OR ANY OF ITS UNDERLYING SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS, ACCOUNT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, MEMBERS, DISTRIBUTORS OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AS "OCDEC") BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY MONEY DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, COVER, RELIANCE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF OCDEC SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.

6. Export of Services or Technical Data

You may not remove or export from the United States or allow the export or re-export of the Services, or any direct product thereof, including technical data, in violation of any restrictions, laws, or regulations of the United States or any other applicable country.

7. Miscellaneous

7.1 If any provision of the Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.

7.2 The OSCDEC and you agree that the Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications, and other understandings relating to the subject matter of the Agreement, and that all waivers and modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. No delay or omission by either party in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement or existing at law or equity shall be considered a waiver of such right or remedy.

7.3 No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of the Agreement, and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind OCDEC in any respect whatsoever.

7.4 Your use of the Services and any of your rights hereunder may not be assigned or transferred to any third party. The OCDEC reserves the right to assign this agreement to any third party that acquires all or substantially all of its relevant business or assets.

7.4 In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under the Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its costs and attorneys' fees.

7.5 The Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA without regard to its choice or law or conflict of laws provisions. All legal actions in connection with the Agreement shall be brought in the state or federal courts located in Orlando, Florida or appropriate venues.

Last Modified = May 5, 2007 (contact email address changed)