Terms and Conditions 

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY.   

By using the pages in this site, you agree to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree, you should not use this site.  

RESTRICTIONS ON USE 

Material from this and any other World Wide Web site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by the American Association of Blacks in Energy organization (herinafter, the "Organization") may not be copied or distributed, or republished, uploaded, posted, or transmitted in any way, without the prior written consent of the Organization.  The material in this site is provided for lawful purposes only.

RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY 

The Organization will not be liable for any damages or injury caused by, including but not limited to, any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation of transmission, computer virus, or line failure. The Organization will not be liable for any damages or injury, including but not limited to, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this site, even if there is negligence of the Organization or an authorized representative of the Organization has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or both. The above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you to the extent that applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. The Organization’s total liability to you for all losses, damages, and causes of action (in contract, tort (including without limitation, negligence), or otherwise) will not be greater than the amount you paid to access this site.

SUBMISSIONS 

All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated to the Organization through this site (together, the "Submission") will forever be the property of the Organization. The Organization will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas for its business (including without limitation, product, or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in its future operations.  Without limitation, the Organization will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature everywhere. Except as noted below in this paragraph, the Organization will be entitled to use the Submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the Submission. Personally identifiable information that may be received at this site is provided voluntarily by a visitor to this site. This information is for internal purposes only and is not sold or otherwise transferred to third parties of the Organization or to other entities that are not involved in the operation of this site. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not the Organization have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.

JURISDICTION

Except as described otherwise, all materials in the Organization site are made available only to provide information about the Organization. The Organization controls and operates this site from its headquarters in Washington DC, United States of America and makes no representation that these materials are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use this site from other locations you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

DISCLAIMER

The material in this site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Organization may make changes or improvements at any time. THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW. THE ORGANIZATION DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIAL WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF OR THE RESULT OF THE USE OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT THE ORGANIZATION) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES.

MISCELLANEOUS

These Terms and Conditions will be governed and be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the District of Columbia, United States of America, notwithstanding any principles of conflicts of law. If any part of these Terms and Conditions is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.  Possible evidence of use of this site for illegal purposes will be provided to law enforcement authorities. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the use of this site.  The Organization can revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. This site may be linked to other sites, which are not maintained by the Organization.  The Organization is not responsible for the content of those sites. The inclusion of any link to such sites does not imply endorsement by the Organization of the sites.

TRADEMARK INFORMATION

The American Association of Blacks in Energy owns the following registered and common law trademarks and service marks used herein: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLACKS IN ENERGY and AABE.

All other trademarks are the property of the respective trademark owners.

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