NZ Art Guild Rules & Regulations

1. Membership application criteria 

2. General Rules and Conduct 

2.1	No part of the NZ Art Guild website, including message board content, personal details or other information, can be reproduced without the consent of the author &/or managers. Failure to adhere to the privacy and confidentiality of either the NZ Art Guild site or its members may result in membership termination &/or legal action as appropriate.
2.2	NZ Art Guild Management can/may change the rules at their discretion; members will be notified of these changes.
2.3	Personal information, including member contact details, will not be sold, given or distributed to a third party without the prior consent of the member/s involved.

3. Message Board Conduct 

3.1	Misuse of the message boards may result in your message board privileges being suspended or revoked.
3.2	Personal attacks on another member will not be tolerated and may result in your message board privileges being suspended or revoked.
3.3	If a member has an issue with any post/thread/member on the message board forum then they direct these concerns confidentially to management.
3.4	as per phpbb forum rules and regulations) Rude language/comments etc is not banned from the message board however you agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned and your service provider being informed. The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions
3.5	NZ Art Guild management can permanently terminate or suspend a members access to the message board forum/s, or parts thereof, at their discretion. They also have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit.
3.6	NZ Art Guild message boards are spam-free, any unsolicited advertising will be removed.
3.7	The administrators and moderators will attempt to remove or edit objectionable material as quickly as possible, however it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.
3.8	Any information you have entered into our forum is stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the NZ Art Guild cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

4. Website Listings

4.1	All NZ Art Guild members are eligible for free promotion of their art profiles and websites on the NZ Art Guild website.
4.2	All NZ Art Guild members are able to list their exhibitions on the event page free.
4.3	Cancellation/deletion/subscription in arrears of your NZ Art Guild membership will result in the removal of your profile/exhibition details from the public website.

5 Guild participation

5.1	Participation in the NZ Art Guild and/or a NZ Art Guild project, activity, exhibition, event or challenge etc is on a non-compulsory basis.
5.2	Any artworks, products, materials, labour etc which are given to, or done for the NZ Art Guild on a volunteer/donation basis, remain the property of the NZ Art Guild on a non-payment, non-returnable basis.
5.3	Full terms and conditions will be sent to members upon application to participate in the collaborative projects

6. Dedicated Exhibition Venues 

6.1	Current members are able to apply for exhibition spaces at the dedicated exhibition venues. A selection process applies.
6.2	Exhibitions will be subject to additional booking costs & rules.
6.3	Full terms and conditions will be sent to a member upon application for one of the venues.

7. Guild Exhibitions 

7.1	Current members are able to exhibit at our Group NZ Art Guild exhibitions.
7.2	Exhibitions will be subject to additional costs & rules.
7.3	Full terms and conditions will be sent to members upon application for the exhibition.

8. Subscriptions 

8.1	Membership subscriptions are as follows and are payable in advance:   General membership: $50 6mthly or $95 annual       Students & Over 60 years of age: (10% discount) $45 6mthly or $85.50 annual Monthly subscription fees are available on request.
8.2	Members will be issued with an invoice and membership card after their application has been accepted.
8.3	Subscription payments are non refundable.
8.4	Members with subscriptions fees in arrears will result in deletion of their membership.
8.5	Subscription fees are subject to change and members will be notified accordingly

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