Kitchen Table Forum Guidelines AgreementKitchen Table Forum Guidelines Agreement

Please review the following before using the Kitchen Table Forum:

(Last revised on July 15, 1998)

This Guidelines Agreement ("Agreement") governs the use of the Kitchen Table Forum ("Service") produced by the Land Stewardship Centre of Canada ("Service Provider").

Since the Service is designed to provide a forum for the free-flowing exchange of information, opinions and comments — and an enjoyable and informative experience for all — its users must abide by certain guidelines. Your use of the Service will constitute your agreement to comply with these guidelines (i.e. rules).

The following guidelines (rules) may be modified by the Service Provider from time to time, and the text will be updated as necessary. Continued use of the Service by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Agreement, so it's recommended to check this page regularly.

Guidelines For Use

  1. Comments by Users Are Not Endorsed by Service Provider
  2. Use of the Service by You
  3. Use of Material Posted by You
  4. Indemnification
  5. Editing and Deleting Postings
  6. Website Disclaimer Applies to This Service
1. Comments by Users Are Not Endorsed by Service Provider
The Service Provider does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the comments, opinions or statements posted by users. Any information or material placed online by users, including advice and opinions, is the view and responsibility of those users and does not necessarily represent the view of the Service Provider.
2. Use of the Service by You
You agree not to use any obscene, indecent or offensive language, or to place on the Service any material that is false, defamatory, abusive, harassing or hateful. Further, you may not place on the Service any material that is encrypted, constitutes junk mail or unauthorized advertising, invades anyone's privacy, encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or that otherwise violates any local, provincial, national or international law or regulation.
You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and you acknowledge that your failure to do so may subject you to civil and criminal liability.
You are responsible for ensuring that any material you post to the Service, including but not limited to text, photographs and sound, does not violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party — or is posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such rights.
3. Use of Material Posted by You
Postings to the Service are not private. By posting a message to the Service, you grant the Service Provider and its designees the unrestricted right to transmit and display the information or material you supply or communicate to the Service via such postings.
4. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify the Service Provider and its affiliates, employees, agents and representatives, and to hold them harmless from any and all claims and liabilities that may arise from your submissions.
You agree that the Service Provider is not responsible, and shall have no liability to you, with respect to any information or materials posted by others, including defamatory, offensive or illicit material.
5. Editing and Deletions
The Service Provider reserves the right, but undertakes no duty, to review, edit, move or delete any material posted by users of this Service. The Service Provider may remove postings for any reason it sees fit and without notice to the author(s).
Typically, postings to subjects that are idle, with no responses or new postings for approximately one year, will be removed.
6. Website Disclaimer Applies to This Service
The disclaimer (link located at the bottom of the homepage of the Land Stewardship Resource Centre) for the Resource Centre applies to this Service as well as all other aspects of this website