CAI Policy on Blog Comments:

The purpose of the CAI blog is to inform members and other interested individuals about activities and issues within CAI and the association governed community at large.

Users are invited to submit comments consistent with the purpose of this blog. But CAI may not publish all comments submitted to this blog. All comments are subject to review, and may be revised or supplemented by CAI. CAI may not publish comments immediately. The comments feature is a forum to discuss the ideas in our blog posts. Constructive, civil debate – even pointed disagreement – is welcome. Personal attacks on other persons offering comments are not tolerated and will not be published. CAI is not liable for the accuracy or content of user comments. Please see the “Terms of Use” below.

Tips on Posting Comments:

Please do not write a novel! Keep your comments short and focused. CAI will not publish lengthy comments. Please come up with your own statements rather than cutting and pasting information from other sources. If CAI recognizes an organized campaign to use this blog to distribute information, the comments will not be posted.

Please do not post any comments that are commercial in nature or that violate copyrights.

Finally, while CAI will avoid engaging in censorship, CAI reserves the right to refuse to post or publish any comment that it may regard as being abusive, discriminatory, harmful, hateful, inconsistent with the purpose of this blog, repetitive, obscene, vulgar or inappropriate in any way.

TERMS OF USE

Comments posted on this blog may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those specifically endorsed or approved by CAI. Any illegal and/or unauthorized use of this blog, including collecting or harvesting usernames, user information or email addresses of users for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, advertising, contacts or solicitations is prohibited.

Users are solely responsible for any comments they may post on this blog. In consideration of being able to access this blog, users acknowledge and agree that CAI does not accept, and shall bear no liability or responsibility whatsoever in connection with or arising from user comments. CAI makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of any comment, and shall bear no obligation or duty to verify, revise or remove any comment. Each user acknowledges that any other user of this blog may access, view, store, reproduce and use any comment posted. By accessing or posting a comment on this blog users agree to release CAI, its parents and affiliates, together with their respective agents, servants, employees, officers and directors from any and all liability and obligations whatsoever in connection with or arising from access or use of this blog. The sole remedy of users who may disagree with, or object to, any comment posted at this blog is strictly limited to ceasing use of the blog.

CAI does not claim ownership of any comment posted by a user. By accessing this blog, or by submitting a comment for posting on the blog, each user acknowledges and agrees that CAI has, and will hold until released by CAI, a cost and royalty free, nonexclusive license to access, comment on, delete, display, modify, revise, supplement and use any comment submitted in a manner intended by CAI to inform its members and other interested individuals about activities and issues within CAI and the association governed community at large.

Adopted by the Board of Directors, July 2009