Community Rules & Etiquette and Privacy Guidelines
Thank you for being part of our virtual annual meeting community. To ensure the best possible experience for all, we have established some basic guidelines for participation.
Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. In order to preserve a climate that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate membership in the virtual annual meeting community for anyone who violates these rules.
You are solely responsible for what you post online. Before creating online content, consider some of the risks and rewards that are involved. Keep in mind that any of your conduct that adversely affects you or otherwise adversely affects members who work on behalf of the Organization or the Organization’s legitimate business interests may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.
Carefully read these guidelines, and ensure your postings are consistent with these policies. Inappropriate postings that may include discriminatory remarks, harassment, and threats of violence or similar inappropriate or unlawful conduct will not be tolerated and may subject you to disciplinary action up to and including termination.
The Rules
- Don't challenge or attack others. The discussions and comments are meant to stimulate conversation; they are not meant to create contention. Let others have their say, just as you should have yours.
- Don't post commercial messages in the chat or any other area where others might see it. Contact people directly with product and service information if you believe it would help them.
- Use caution when discussing products. Information posted on the site is available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.
- All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you.
- Please note carefully all items listed in the disclaimer and legal rules below, particularly regarding the copyright ownership of information posted.
- All messages must add to the body of knowledge. We reserve the right to reject any message for any reason.
- Express only your personal opinions and only represent yourself as an organizational spokesperson for the AGS or any other entity when it is appropriate to do so. If an organizational entity is subject to the content you are creating, be clear and open about the fact that you are an Organization member and make it clear that your views do not represent those of the Organization, fellow employees, members, customers, suppliers or people working on behalf of the Organization. If you do publish a blog or post online related to the work you do or subjects associated with the Organization, make it clear that you are not speaking on behalf of the Organization. It is best to include a disclaimer such as “The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of .”
Chat Etiquette
- We will be using the Chat for Q & A with the speakers. Please post any questions you have while the presentation videos are playing.
- In deference to the speakers and other attendees, we are asking that chat only be used for questions and comments related to this session. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
- Do not send administrative messages, such as requests for technological help
The Legal Stuff
This site is provided as a service for the members of American Geriatrics Society. American Geriatrics Society is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. We disclaim all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by American Geriatrics Society or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall American Geriatrics Society be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.
Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials. Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants American Geriatrics Society and users of this site the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.
Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.
To help American Geriatrics Society maintain dialogue that is relevant and respectful of the rights of others, you understand that when you submit comments, posts or images on the virtual annual meeting site, you will not:
- Spread false and/or defamatory information.
- Include content that is discriminatory, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy or right to publicity, or otherwise violative of any law.
- Infringe on copyrights, trademarks or trade secrets. Never disclose any material nonpublic information about your company or any other confidential information that is, or potentially is, proprietary, confidential, privileged or sensitive. Posting should not risk noncompliance with laws respecting the security and confidentiality of such protected information. If you have signed a confidentiality agreement, abide by its terms.
- Infringe on patient confidentiality or the sanctity of protected health information (PHI) covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) or any other federal, state, or local law protecting patient anonymity. Posts should not reference patients or caregivers by name or by way of identifying or personal characteristics/information. PHI is any information that may reasonably allow someone to identify an individual. It is anything that is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, employer, or health care clearinghouse, and includes such things as Name, Address, Birthdates and dates of service (admission, discharge, etc.), Phone numbers, E-mail addresses, Social security numbers, Health insurance plan information, and photos or videos. In addition, any information about the person's health status, treatments, prognosis, and payment should be protected. Should you submit personal information, including personal health information, regarding a patient or other third party, you are responsible for ensuring that such third parties have been informed of and have given their consent, to the extent required by law, to the disclosure of their personal information.
- Seek medical advice (consult your personal physician) or disclose personal health information.
- Promote commercial services and products, or causes.
- Post in manner that would constitute spamming (e.g., posting with such frequency or repetitiveness that others may be discouraged from posting, posts that are irrelevant to the topic and/or the American Geriatrics Society mission, and "follow me" posts) or trolling (defined as comments that appear intended to send the discussion in a fruitless direction).
Content that is posted in violation of this policy may be blocked, removed, or otherwise altered. Repeat violations of this Code of Conduct may cause the author to be blocked or prevented from posting content. By submitting content on this website, you grant to the American Geriatrics Society, a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use, download, duplicate, display, distribute, modify and create derivative works of that content without your further approval or permission and without compensation by the American Geriatrics Society
As a courtesy, please do not post commercial messages on this platform. Complaints about unsolicited commercial messages are taken very seriously.
American Geriatrics Society reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.
Remember The Risks Whenever You Use The Internet
While we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information. In addition other Internet sites or services that may be accessible through our site have separate data and privacy practices independent of us, and therefore we disclaim any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions. Please contact those vendors and others directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies. For any other information please contact us using the Contact Us page.