1.0 Agreement and General Terms of Use

1.1 This Terms of Use Agreement constitutes the agreement between Seven Lakes Sailing Club ("SLSC" or "Site") and you as a user who accesses or establishes a connection ("user," "you," or "your") to the World Wide Web site known as Seven Lakes Sailing Club ("SLSC” or “Site”).

1.2 You agree to abide by all of the provisions in this Agreement in order to remain an authorized user of the Site and your use of the Site constitutes your agreement to abide by those provisions. You are solely responsible for your use of the Site and for ensuring that your use complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement.

1.3 SLSC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change any or all of the provisions of this Agreement at any time. SLSC will notify users of any changes by posting them on the Site or through other reasonable means of providing notice. Any changes to this Agreement will be effective immediately upon notice to you. Your use of the Site after notice of changes to this Agreement will be deemed your acceptance of the changes.

1.4 SLSC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, limit, or discontinue any aspect, content, or feature of the Site, as well as any aspect pertaining to the use of the Site.

1.5 If you do not agree with any of the provisions of this AGREEMENT or are not satisfied with this site or its content, your SOLE and EXCLUSIVE REMEDY is to discontinue use of this site.

2.0 User Activities and Information on the Site

2.1 Your use of the Site and any content, material, or information provided by or through this Site is solely for lawful, non-commercial purposes. You shall not upload to, distribute to, or otherwise disseminate through the Site or download and use any material or information of any kind that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise violates any law or infringes or violates any rights of any other person or entity, or contains a solicitation of funds, advertising, or a solicitation for goods or services, except for "approved" for sale items.

2.2 You warrant that any material or information that you make available through or to the Site, including, but not limited to, for example, internet links, postings to chat areas and forums, is solely your original work, or that you have all necessary rights to make the material or information of any other person or entity available on the Site. You will be solely responsible for the content of any material or information that you make available through the Site. You will also be liable for any damage resulting from making any material or information available through the Site.

2.3 By making any material or information available through or to the Site, you automatically grant to SLSC a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute and sublicense any such material or information (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate it in other works regardless of form, media, or technology. By making any material or information available through or to the Site, you also grant to users other than yourself the right and license to access, view, store, or reproduce your material and information for that user's personal use.

2.4 SLSC has no obligation to, and does not and cannot, review every item of material or information made available through or to the Site. SLSC can not and will not be responsible for any content of this material or information. However, SLSC reserves the right to delete, move, or edit any material or information that it deems inconsistent, at its sole discretion, with the theme and purpose of SLSC , unacceptable, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise in violation of any law or that infringes or violates any rights of any other person or entity. Further, SLSC reserves the right at all times to disclose any material or information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, or governmental request.

2.5 SLSC reserves the right to collect, use, and distribute demographic data about you and your use of the Site in forms that do not identify you individually or reveal your identity.

3.0 Rights in Site Content and the Site

3.1 All content provided by SLSC on the Site is protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable intellectual property and proprietary rights laws and is owned, controlled, and/or licensed by SLSC . The Site is protected by copyright, patent, trademark, and other applicable intellectual property and proprietary rights laws and is owned, controlled, and/or licensed by SLSC . All other trademarks appearing on the Site are the property of their respective owners.

3.2 You will not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. You will download copyrighted content solely for your personal use, but will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of SLSC . You will not make any changes to any content that you are permitted to download under this Agreement, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any downloaded content.

4.0 Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

4.1 You expressly agree that your use of the SITE is AT YOUR SOLE RISK. Neither SLSC nor any of its owners, affiliates, employees, agents, third party content providers or licensors warrant that the SITE will be uninterrupted or error free. Nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the site, or the accuracy, reliability, completeness or contents of any content provided on or through the SITE. any merchandise or services provided through the site or any links to other sites made available through SLSC .

4.2 The site and all content, material, and any other unspecified items found on SLSC are provided on an "AS IS" basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

4.3 Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES, including, by not limited to negligence, shall SLSC or any of its parent or subsidiary organizations, affiliates, owners, employees, agents, third party content providers, licensors, and/or their respective directors, officers employees or agents, be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, any content, information, material, posting or any other unspecified items as may be developed and incorporated into the site or the SITE itself. These limitations apply regardless of whether the party liable or allegedly liable was advised, had other reason to know or, in fact, knew of the possibility of such damages. You specifically acknowledge and agree that neither SLSC or any of its parent or subsidiaries, affiliates, owners, employees, agents, third party content providers or licensors, are not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user, including you.

5.0 Disclaimer of Club Liability

By joining or being a member of the Seven Lakes Sailing Club (hereafter referred to as “SLSC”) and by participating in any of its sailing, boating swimming and/or social events or activities, or by otherwise enjoying the benefits of membership (collectively hereinafter called “participation”), you and the other members of your family agree that neither the club nor any of its directors, officers, members or volunteers shall be liable to you (and/or to a member of your family who is a minor) for any harm to you and/or your family as aforesaid (including any damages or expenses and including injury or death to you and/or a family member as foresaid) arising from such participation. You and/or your family, as foresaid,  agree that this disclaimer of liability shall be effective even if the club or its directors, officers, members or volunteers are negligent, in whole or in part, in performing or failing to perform, in whole or in part, any of its duties to you and/or your family, as aforesaid. This disclaimer shall remain in full force and effect for as long as you and/or your family are members of the club and thereafter for any of said harm arising while you and/or your family, as foresaid, were members of the club.

6.0 Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless SLSC , its parent or subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, agents, third party content providers, or licensors, and their respective owners, directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims, liability, and expenses, including attorneys' fees and legal fees and costs, arising out of your use of the Site or your breach of any provision of this Agreement. SLSC reserves the right, in its sole discretion and at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You will cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim.

7.0 Fees and Payments

SLSC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time to charge fees for access to and use of the Site, or any portions of the Site. If SLSC elects to charge fees, it will post notice on the Site of all provisions pertaining to fees and payments.

8.0 Notices between Us

You will contact us by submitting your message via Site's Contact Form. We will contact you by sending electronic mail to the address you provide to us.

9.0 Termination

9.1 SLSC may terminate this Agreement and block your use of the Site at anytime. SLSC shall have the right immediately to terminate your use of the Site in the event of any conduct by you which SLSC , at its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of this Agreement.

9.2 SLSC shall have the right immediately to terminate any links or other external relationships, in the event that of content or conduct which SLSC , at its sole discretion, considers to be inappropriate, unacceptable, or not aligned with the mission of SLSC.

10.0 Law Governing Performance and Disputes

This agreement, your performance under it, and any disputes arising under it shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina, without giving effect to their conflict of laws principles. You expressly consent to the exclusive forum, jurisdiction, and venue of the Courts of the State of North Carolina and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in any and all actions, disputes, or controversies relating to this Agreement.

11.0 General Terms

This Agreement and any posted rules on the Site established by SLSC constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No waiver by either SLSC or you of any breach or default under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of SLSC and its successors, trustees, and permitted assigns. SLSC may assign this Agreement, or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, with or without notice to you.

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