Terms of Use / Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

electionforum.ca

The following are the terms and conditions for the use of electionforum.ca. BY ACCESSING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions, you may not use the website. These terms may be modified or revised at any time without notice.

1. Description of Service

• The purpose of this website is to provide a forum where candidates for Mayor, City Council, Red Deer Public School Board, and Red Deer Catholic School Board can present their campaign platforms and interact with community members in an online environment.
• We provide a page for each candidate, but all the information is provided by the candidates themselves.  Red Deer Public Library cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information, nor does it endorse any candidate.
• Members of the community are invited to ask questions and post comments on the candidates’ pages, and candidates are encouraged (though not required) to respond.
• In addition to the candidates' individual pages, there will be a number of different discussion forums for everyone to participate in based on questions from community organizations and Red Deer citizens and from media coverage of election issues.
• The goal is to promote positive, interactive dialogue between voters and candidates; the more community members participate by contributing to the forums, the more successful they will be. We encourage everyone to become involved in electionforum.ca – you have a voice, and we want to hear it!

2. Proper/Intended Use

• This website is created and maintained in order to provide a link between the citizens of Red Deer and the candidates for Mayor, City Council, Red Deer Public School Board, and Red Deer Catholic School Board. Please be respectful of this website and its goals.
• The website is intended for anyone with an interest in Red Deer’s 2010 Municipal Election or a desire to know more about it. Participation in the forums and on candidates' individual pages is encouraged, though everyone is invited to simply read through the existing dialogue between candidates and community members. 
• For more information on how to use this website, visit electionforum.ca/about/howTo

3. General Practices Regarding Moderation

• Comments and questions will be moderated by a team of Red Deer Public Library staff and community volunteers.
• Those that do not adhere to the terms of use will not be posted.
• You must provide your full name and a valid email address or phone number when submitting questions or comments. Any posts that do not include the writer's full name and email address/ phone number will not be published. Your name will be visible to the public, but your email address/ phone number will only be seen by the moderators.
• The moderators of this website reserve the right to block or remove material at any time without notice or explanation.
• The moderators’ decisions are final.

4. Blocking/Removing Material

• Posts may be blocked or removed by moderators as a result of the following:
• Submitting posts that do not include the writer's full name and a valid email address.
• Posting comments or questions that contain profanity.
• Publishing material that is deemed to be malicious, threatening, or offensive.
• Unauthorized advertising or spamming.
• Bombarding the forum or individual threads with repetitive, irrelevant posts.
• Posting obscene, objectionable, or pornographic material.
• Harassment.
• Impersonating other individuals.
• False representation; or, the posting of information that does not accord with the truth.
• Posting comments or questions that breach the privacy of others by providing personal or otherwise restricted information.
• Illegal conduct of any sort.