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Acceptance of Terms of Use

Please read through these Terms of Use carefully. By accessing and/or using Stonebrooke Commons POA’s website at StonebrookeCommons.org (the “Public Site”) or by otherwise accessing any content found on the Site, you are deemed to have entered into an agreement with Stonebrooke Commons POA, Inc. and to have agreed to be bound by the terms set out below.

The Site is owned and operated by Stonebrooke Commons POA.

Intellectual Property Protection

The contents and design of the Sites and any material electronically provided to you or otherwise supplied to you in conjunction with the Sites (such contents, design and materials being collectively referred to as the “Stonebrooke Commons POA Content”), are copyright of Stonebrooke Commons POA and the other contributors to the Sites. You may not use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce any trade marks (such as the “Stonebrooke Commons POA” name and logo or other trade names appearing on the Sites) for any reason without written permission from Stonebrooke Commons POA or the identified owner. The software which operates the Sites is proprietary software and you may not use it except as expressly allowed under these Terms of Use. You may not copy, reverse engineer, modify or otherwise deal with the software.

Use of Stonebrooke Commons POA Content

You may retrieve and display the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content on a computer screen, print individual pages on paper (but not photocopy them) and store such pages in electronic form on your computer for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly set out above, you may not reproduce, modify or in any way commercially exploit any of the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content. In particular, but without limiting the general application of the restrictions contained in the preceding sentence, you may not do any of the following without prior written permission from Stonebrooke Commons POA:

  1. reproduce or store in or transmit to any other website, newsgroup, mailing list, electronic bulletin board, server or other storage device connected to a network or regularly or systematically store in electronic or print form, all or any part of the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content, or
  2. modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit all or any part of the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content (including use as part of any library, archive or similar service) without the prior written consent of Stonebrooke Commons POA, or
  3. remove the copyright or trade mark notice from any copies of the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content made under these Terms of Use.

Any use of the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content not specifically permitted above is expressly prohibited.

Requests for permission for other uses may be sent to Stonebrooke Commons POA,  Attention: General Counsel.

Third Party Transactions

You may use the Site to purchase products or services from Stonebrooke Commons POA’s third party partners. In that event, your contract for such products will be with the third party partner and not with Stonebrooke Commons POA.

Term and Termination

Stonebrooke Commons POA may, in its discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Sites (including any right to access and use the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content) with cause by delivering notice to you.

The rights of termination are in addition to all other rights or remedies of Stonebrooke Commons POA provided in these Terms of Use or by law.

Changes to the Site

Stonebrooke Commons POA reserves the right, in its discretion, to suspend, change, modify, add or remove portions of the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content available on the Site at any time.

Privacy Policy

The information that you provide about yourself to Stonebrooke Commons POA will only be used in accordance with Stonebrooke Commons POA’s Privacy Policy Statement.

No Warranty, Disclaimer of Liability and Indemnity

While every effort has been made to ensure the high quality and accuracy of the Site, Stonebrooke Commons POA makes no warranty, express or implied concerning the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content, the Site, software or products or services available through the Sites (the “Site Services”), which are provided “as is”. Stonebrooke Commons POA expressly disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to warranties of fitness for a particular purpose and warranties of merchantability. In no event will Stonebrooke Commons POA, its affiliates or other suppliers be liable for direct, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information or other pecuniary loss) arising directly or indirectly from the use of (or failure to use) or reliance on the Site Services, even if Stonebrooke Commons POA has been advised of the possibility that such damages may arise. Stonebrooke Commons POA does not guarantee the accuracy, content, or timeliness of the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content or Site Services or that they or related systems are free from viruses or other contaminating or destructive properties.

In no event will any liability of Stonebrooke Commons POA, its affiliates, agents and licensors to you (and/or any third party) arising out of any kind of legal claim (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) in any way connected with the Site Services or breach of these Terms of Use by Stonebrooke Commons POA exceed the amount, if any, paid by you to Stonebrooke Commons POA in respect of the particular Site Service to which the claim relates or by way of membership dues.

Upon Stonebrooke Commons POA’s request, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Stonebrooke Commons POA from any claims and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, related to any breach of these Terms of Use by you or your use of any Site Services.

Force Majeure

Stonebrooke Commons POA, its affiliates and its information providers will not be liable or deemed to be in default for any delay or failure in performance or interruption of the delivery of the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content resulting directly or indirectly from any cause or circumstance beyond its or their reasonable control, including but not limited to failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes or natural disasters, strikes or other labor problems, wars, or governmental restrictions.

Changes to these Terms

Stonebrooke Commons POA may, in its discretion, change these Terms of Use (including those relating to your use of Sites and/or the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content). When the Terms of Use are changed, Stonebrooke Commons POA will notify you by e-mail or by publishing details of those changes by including them in these Terms of Use. If you use the Sites after Stonebrooke Commons POA has published or notified you of the changes, you are agreeing now to be bound by those changes. If you do not agree to be bound by those changes, you should not use the Sites any further after they are published. Access to certain the Stonebrooke Commons POA Content may be subject to additional terms and conditions.

Advertising, Third Party Content and other websites

Parts of the Site may contain third party content. Content providers are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Sites complies with international and national law. Stonebrooke Commons POA is not responsible for any third party content. The Sites may contain links to other websites. Stonebrooke Commons POA is not responsible for the availability of these websites or their contents.

Assignment of Agreement

This agreement is personal to you and your rights and obligations under these Terms of Use may not be assigned, sub-licensed or otherwise transferred. This agreement may be assigned to a third party by Stonebrooke Commons POA.

Non-Waiver

No delay or omission on the part of either party in requiring performance by the other party of its obligations will operate as a waiver of any right.

Notices

Notices to Stonebrooke Commons POA must be given in writing by letter and sent to Stonebrooke Commons POA’s last known place of business in Cumming, GA (for the attention of the General Counsel).

Severability/Survival/Statute of Limitations

If any provision of these Terms of Use is invalid or unenforceable, such will not render all the Terms of Use unenforceable or invalid but rather the Terms of Use will be read and construed as if the invalid or unenforceable provision(s) are not contained therein. Any cause of action of yours with respect to these Terms must be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in Cumming, GA, USA, within one year after the cause of action has arisen, or such cause will be barred, invalid, and void.

Whole Agreement

Save as expressly referred to herein, any representation, warranty, term or condition not expressly set out in these Terms of Use shall not apply.

Headings

Headings in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal meaning or effect.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Georgia. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Cumming, GA shall (subject to the paragraph below) have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms of Use or the legal relationship established by them, and for those purposes irrevocably submit all disputes to the jurisdiction of the Cumming, Georgia courts.

For the exclusive benefit of Stonebrooke Commons POA, Stonebrooke Commons POA shall retain the right to bring proceedings as to the substance of the matter in the courts of the country of your residence or, where these Terms of Use are entered into in the course of your trade or profession, the country of your principal place of business.