Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct

Be nice.
Be compassionate.
Be kind.
Be good.
Do no harm.
Be authentic.
Be positive.

You may not use the MEL Website for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. In addition to the laws of the province of Alberta, Canada, you also agree to comply with all local laws that apply to your use of the Website.

You may not use the Website in any manner which could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website, MEL’s servers or computer network, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website.

You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct and communications while using the Website and for any consequences of that use. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Website, you will not:

  • post or upload any inappropriate, promotional, defamatory, destructive, obscene, or unlawful content;
  • defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
  • post or upload any User Content that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property right of any party;
  • impersonate another person, or falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of any content;
  • use the Website in connection with surveys, contests, junk email, spamming or any duplicative messages (commercial or otherwise);
  • use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Website to collect information about other users or domain names;
  • upload files that contain bugs, viruses, trojan horses, worms, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another; or
  • submit User Content that falsely expresses or implies that such User Content is sponsored or endorsed by any party where it is not sponsored or endorsed by such party.

While MEL prohibits such conduct and User Content in connection with the Website, you understand and agree that nonetheless you may be exposed to such conduct or User Content and that you use the Website at your own risk.

MEL reserves the right to monitor use of this Website to determine compliance with Terms of Use. Comments are welcome and encouraged. Comments entered are queued for moderation and are not immediately posted. If you have submitted a comment and it is not posted within a reasonable length of time, use the contact page to inform. MEL reserves the right to remove any User Content and/or terminate any MEL User Account without notice for breach or for any other reason.

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