Terms and Conditions

Membership Terms and Conditions 

A complete Membership Application must be submitted and approved by the WLMA Membership Committee.  Upon submitting your Membership Application, you must agree to WLMA’s Membership Terms and Conditions in order to activate your membership and to renew your membership annually.   Your use of our WLMA Internet sites and attendance at any WLMA event is subject to these Membership Terms and Conditions.  Your agreeing to these Membership Terms and Conditions constitutes your binding acceptance of these Membership Terms and Conditions, including any modifications that we make.

 

Members will be removed if they violate, as determined in the sole discretion of WLMA, any of the Membership Terms and Conditions including but not limited to solicitation of services to other members or exhibiting unprofessional behavior.

 

Content on our internet site and at our events
Our Internet site and WLMA events include a combination of content that we create and that our partners create. All materials published on our site or distributed or displayed at our events, including, but not limited to, written content, photographs, graphics, images, illustrations, marks, logos, sound or video clips, and Flash animation, are protected by our copyrights or trademarks or those of our partners. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or in any way exploit any of the materials or content on our sites in whole or in part. If you would like to request permission to use any of the content on our sites, please review our copy right notice page.

 

Our site contains content that we create as well as content provided by third parties. Without limitation, we are not responsible for postings by users in the message board of our site.

 

Privacy policy
All of the information that we collect from you, such as your membership application, is subject to our privacy policy. Please click here to see our full privacy policy.

 

Your conduct on at our events and on our sites
You will provide us with true, accurate, current, and complete information on your membership application.  You will promptly update your information to keep it accurate, current, and complete. If we issue you a password, you may not reveal it to anyone else. You may not use anyone else's password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your accounts and passwords. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your passwords or accounts or any other breach of security. You also agree to exit from your accounts at the end of each session. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may result if you fail to comply with these requirements.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that you will not use WLMA sites or events to take any of the following actions:

  1. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal right of others;
  2. Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for any purpose unless you have our written consent to do so;
  3. Transmit surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, spam, unsolicited advertising or promotional materials, or chain letters;
  4. Engage in any illegal activities.

 

You agree to use our bulletin board services, chat areas, forums, communities and/or message or communication facilities (collectively, the "Forums") only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to that particular Forum.

 

Additional Conditions

WLMA Membership is a privilege. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to refuse entry and/or Membership to a Member and to revoke a Membership if a Member or Member’s guest behaves in an unprofessional manner at any WLMA event. You must be 18 years or older to apply for membership at WLMA and to use our website. By using our website and accepting these Terms and Conditions, you acknowledge that you are at least 18 years of age.

 

Disclaimer

Information on this website is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. The data set forth herein is for informational purposes only, and no warranty is made that the information is error-free. Please note that once you leave this site, either by using a link we may have provided for your convenience or by specifying your own destination, WLMA accepts no responsibility for the content, products and/or services provided at these non-WLMA locations. WLMA does not control, endorse, promote or have any affiliation with any other website unless expressly stated herein.

 

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL WLMA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THIS WEBSITE, OR ANY OTHER HYPER-LINKED WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR DATA ON YOUR EQUIPMENT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OR LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

Choice of Law

By accepting these terms and conditions and using WLMA’s website, you agree that any disputes arising out of an your use of the WLMA website, your membership with WMLA, or your attendance at any WLMA event (“Disputes”), shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.  You further agree that the courts located in Chicago, Illinois shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any such Disputes, and you consent to the jurisdiction of all such Chicago, Illinois courts.

 

Changes to This Site

Information may be changed or updated without notice. WLMA has no obligation to update information presented on this website, so information contained herein may be out of date at any given time. WLMA may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or programs described in this information at any time without notice.