PartnersConnect Code of Conduct and Community Engagement Rules

Thank you for being part of the PartnersConnect online community, hosted by Partners of the Americas. PartnersConnect is the member portal and platform for those interested in the work of Partners of the Americas to come, engage, and participate in various conversations to move the mission to connect, serve, and change lives further throughout the Americas. To ensure the best possible experience for all participants, we have established some basic guidelines for participation.

By joining and using the PartnersConnect community, you confirm that you have read, understood and agreed to follow the rules and guidelines set forth in this Code of Conduct.

Partners of the Americas encourages members to prepare for fruitful discussions to share successes, questions, challenges, provide feedback and other perspectives to ensure that PartnersConnect remains an open space for discussions related to the work of Partners of the Americas.

Encouraged

• Be courteous and respectful, upholding the values of Partners of the Americas, in particular "empowerment" and "respect".
• Post in the language you are most comfortable in (English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French).
• Post discussions and comments that stimulate engagement and conversation, adding to the body of knowledge and resources for the Partners of the Americas network.
• Include a signature tag on all messages within Forums with your name, affiliation/organization, and location.
• In Forums, state the topic of your post concisely and clearly in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search.
• Contact the Membership Unit team if you would like further clarification or guidance for these policies and appropriate conduct.

Discouraged

• Do not attack others.
• Do not post commercial messages, promotional material, special offers, job offers, product announcements, or solicitation for services.
• Do not post political or religious messages.
• Do not post anything that you would not want to be projected or that you would not want others to know came from you. Postings are not confidential.
• Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials. This includes, but is not limited to, posting another person’s private information or engaging in sexual or any other form of harassment.
• Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner.
• Do not send administrative messages such as “Remove me from the community.” Instead, change your settings or remove yourself from a community through your profile.
• Do not create multiple profiles. If you are changing email addresses, you do not need to remove yourself from the community and rejoin under your new email address. Simply change your profile settings. Contact the Membership Unit team if you experience trouble.

Legal Disclaimer

This site is provided as a service for those interested in civic engagement, participation and volunteerism throughout the Western Hemisphere by Partners of the Americas. Partners of the Americas is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. Opinions are those of the individual and do not represent Partners of the Americas. Partners of the Americas disclaims all warranties about information posted on the site, whether posted by Partners of the Americas or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall Partners of the Americas 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.

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 Partners of the Americas and users of this site the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material. Partners of the Americas may monitor the site for inappropriate postings and will remove any posts it deems inappropriate. Partners of the Americas reserves the right to moderate all communities.

Partners of the Americas reserves the right to moderate, suspend, or terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines at the sole discretion of Partners of the Americas.

Partners of the Americas reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Code of Conduct at any time by posting an amended Code of Conduct. Please check this Code of Conduct periodically for changes. Your continued use of the site after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance and understanding of such changes.

Please direct any questions or comments to the Member Services Team.

Updated August 2020