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Memberships

The Will Steger Foundation is a member of several associations and organizations that provides us with non-profit resources, fundraising tools, policy and program resources and networking opportunities.

Minnesota:

Minnesota Association for Environmental Education Charities Review Council Minnesota Council for Nonprofits Minnesota Environmental Fun
Minnesota Environmental Partnership Minnesota Naturalists Association Minnesota Science Teachers Association

Midwest:

RE-AMP

National:

1Sky 350.org American Geophysical Union
Climate Literacy Network
Coalition for After School Science CFC
National Association for Environmental Education National Geographic Global Action Atlas USCAN
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011 14:42

TERMS OF USE

www. willstegerfoundation.org,
www.globalwarming101.com
and
www.thelongestsummertour.org

TERMS OF USE

www.willstegerfoundation.org is provided by the Will Steger Foundation (“WSF,” “we,” “us” and “our”). These Terms of Use apply to WSF Sites that display these Terms of Use including our main Site, located at www.willstegerfoundation.org, and our Global Warming 101 Initiative, located at www.globalwarming101.com (collectively, the “Sites”).

Your Acceptance of These Conditions of Use
The following Terms of Use (these “Terms of Use”) are the basic terms and conditions that govern your use of these Sites. Please note that your use of these Sites constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please exit these Sites immediately.

Questions Concerning These Conditions of Use
If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Effective Date
These Terms of Use are effective as of February 1st, 2008.

These Terms of Use May Change
We reserve the right to update or modify these Terms of Use, at any time and without prior notice, by posting the revised version of these Terms of Use on these Sites. These changes will be effective as of the date we post the revised version of these Terms of Use on these Sites. Your use of these Sites following any such change constitutes your agreement to be bound by the revised Terms of Use.

To alert you to these changes, we will provide a notice at the top of these Terms of Use for at least 30 days after the new effective date.

You may access the current version of these Terms of Use at any time by clicking on the link marked "Terms of Use" on the bottom of each page of these Sites.

Ownership, Copyright, and Trademark Matters
These Sites and all of their content, including, for example, all of the text, images, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, and video clips, are protected under trademark, trade dress, copyright and other intellectual property laws. All of the rights in the Sites and their content are owned by WSF, its affiliates, its licensors and other third parties. The entire content of these Sites is copyrighted as a collective work under U.S. and international copyright laws and treaties, and WSF owns the copyright in the selections, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of the content.

Individual users of these Sites are permitted to download copies of the information on these Sites for personal, noncommercial use. This limited, revocable privilege to use the content in no way constitutes a transfer of any right, title or interest in the material you download. You may not, under any circumstances, (a) modify the information on these Sites or use it for any commercial purpose, or any public display, performance, sale or rental; (b) decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the any part of these Sites or its content; or (c) remove any copyright, trademark registration, or other proprietary notices from the information. No material from these Sites may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any manner or form except as expressly provided above without first obtaining written permission from WSF. The use of any materials from these Sites on any other website or networked computer environment is prohibited.

Online Privacy Policy
Our Online Privacy Policy is part of and is incorporated in these Terms of Use. To review our Online Privacy Policy, click here.

Your Comments and Other Submissions
The content of any email inquiries and materials you send to WSF shall be deemed to be non-confidential and shall become the sole property of WSF. WSF shall be free to use any such inquiries or materials for any and all purposes of its sole choosing, without payment of any compensation to you or any other person or party.

Links to Third-Party Websites
Our Sites may contain links to sites that are not operated by WSF, including Network for Good located at www.networkforgood.org. WSF does not control these sites and is not responsible for their data practices. We urge you to review the privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any personal information about yourself.

DISCLAIMERS
THESE SITES IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WSF AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO THESE SITES, ITS CONTENTS, AND THE SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THESE SITES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WSF DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, (A) OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (B) RELATING TO THE SECURITY OF THE SITE; (C) THAT THE INFORMATION ON THESE SITES IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT OR THAT THESE SITES WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR; OR (D) THAT THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THESE SITES IS APPLICABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF WARRANTIES MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL WSF OR ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THESE SITES, ANY CONTENT PUBLISHED ON THESE SITES OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THESE SITES.

THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME OR PROFITS), WHETHER THE CLAIM IS IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR STRICT LIABILITY, EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF WSF HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND WITHOUT REGARD TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER REMEDIES.

APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF WSF UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00).

Interpretation
As used in these Terms of Use, the term “including” means “including, but not limited to.”

Waiver
Our failure at any time to require performance of any provision of these Terms of Use or to exercise any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision or such right. All waivers must be in writing. Unless the written waiver contains an express statement to the contrary, no waiver by WSF of any breach of any provision of these Terms of Use or of any right provided for herein shall be construed as a waiver of any continuing or succeeding breach of such provision, a waiver of the provision itself, or a waiver of any right under these Terms of Use.

Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent allowed by law and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement.

These Terms of Use contains the entire understanding and agreement between your and WSF with respect to your use of these Sites, and supersede all previous communications, negotiations and agreements, whether oral, written, or electronic between you and WSF with respect to these Sites.

Wednesday, 19 January 2011 14:31

PRIVACY STATEMENT

WILL STEGER FOUNDATION

ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date of This Online Privacy Policy

This Online Privacy Policy is effective as of January 19th, 2011.

Scope of This Online Privacy Policy
This Online Privacy Policy describes how the Will Steger Foundation (“WSF,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) protects your privacy when you use the websites that display this Online Privacy Policy, including our main Site, located at www.willstegerfoundation.org, and our Global Warming 101 Initiative, located at www.globalwarming101.com (our “Sites”).

“Personal information” means information that identifies you personally, either alone or in combination with other information available to us.

Your Consent to This Online Privacy Policy
By using a WSF Site that displays this Online Privacy Policy, you are agreeing to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Online Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Online Privacy Policy, you may not use our Sites.

Questions Concerning Our Online Privacy Practices
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Online Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Privacy Notices
This Online Privacy Policy may be supplemented or amended from time to time by “Privacy Notices” posted on specific Sites or specific areas of our Sites. For example, these Privacy Notices may provide details about the personal information we collect on those pages, why we need that information, and choices you may have about the ways we use that information.

This Online Privacy Policy May Change
We reserve the right to update or modify this Online Privacy Policy and any Privacy Notice, at any time and without prior notice, by posting the revised version of this Online Privacy Policy on the Sites. These changes will only apply to personal information we collect after we have posted the revised Online Privacy Policy on our Sites. Your use of one of our Sites following any such change constitutes your agreement that all personal information collected from or about you through these Sites after the revised Online Privacy Policy is posted will be subject to the terms of the revised Online Privacy Policy.

To alert you to these changes, we will provide a notice at the top of this Online Privacy Policy for at least 30 days after the new effective date.

From time to time, for example, because of changes in the law or technology or the way we operate our business, we may ask your permission to use the personal information we have collected from you in new or different ways. We will do this by sending you a notice by e-mail or postal mail at the last e-mail or postal address you provided us, asking you to agree to the change. If you do not expressly agree to the change, we may, at our discretion, delete all or some of your personal information from our databases to avoid using your information in ways to which you have not consented.

You may access the current version of this Online Privacy Policy at any time by clicking on the link marked "Privacy Policy" at the bottom of each page of our Sites.

What Personal Information Do We Collect on Our Websites?
Information You Volunteer. We collect the personal information you knowingly and voluntarily provide when you use our Sites, for example, the information you provide when you sign up as an educator or to receive our eNewsletters.

Information Sent to Us by Your Web Browser.We collect information that is sent to us automatically by your web browser. This information typically includes your IP address, the address of the web pages you were visiting when you accessed our Sites, the name of your operating system (such as Windows® or Macintosh®), the name and version of your browser (such as Netscape® or Internet Explorer®), and the date and time of your visit. The information we receive depends on the settings on your web browser. Please check your browser if you want to learn what information your browser sends or how to change your settings.

The information provided by your browser does not identify you personally. We use this non-personal information primarily to create statistics that help us improve our Sites and make them more compatible with the technology used by our visitors. However, if you access a WSF Site by clicking on a link in an email we have sent you, we may link the information provided by your browser to information that identifies you personally. In addition, we may review our server logs for security purposes, such as detecting intrusions into our network. If we suspect criminal activity, we might share our server logs -- which contain visitors’ IP addresses -- with the appropriate investigative authorities who could use that information to trace and identify individuals.

Like many sites, cookies may be used on our site(s) to gather information about visitors. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web server. Any information gathered through this method is safe and poses no risk to your privacy or your computers safety. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may set your browser to reject cookies or alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer.

How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
WSF uses the personal information collected through our Sites to provide the information you request; to improve our programs and services; to improve our Sites; and for any other purpose we disclose to you in a specific Privacy Notice. For example, when you provide your e-mail address to sign up for our eNewsletters, we will use your email address to deliver our eNewsletters to your mailbox.

We may also use the personal information you provide for other purposes such as providing you with information and events we believe may be of interest to you.

In addition, we may delete information that identifies you personally and study the balance of the information we collect through our Sites to improve our programs and services, to improve the content, functionality, navigation and usability of our Sites, to better understand the needs and interests of our visitors, and to better market our programs and services.

With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information?
Service Providers. We may share personal information collected through our Sites with companies and organizations that perform services on our behalf, for example, companies that provide support services to us (such as web hosting services). When we share personal information with our third-party service providers, these service providers are required by contract to use the personal information we share with them only to perform services on our behalf and to protect the confidentiality of your personal information.

Third-Party Marketers. We will not share your personal information with unrelated third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless we first obtain your express “opt-in” consent.

Protection of Our Websites and Others. We may disclose the personal information we collect through our Sites when we, in good faith, believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law (or a court order or subpoena); to prevent or investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; to enforce the terms of use or other agreements that govern your use of our Sites; to protect the rights, property or safety of WSF, our users or others; or to protect your vital interests.

Business Transfers. Information submitted to our Sites is an asset of WSF and/or its affiliates and will become part of our normal business records. Your personal information may be transferred to another entity (either an affiliate or an unrelated third party) that has acquired the assets of WSF or one of our affiliates, for example, as the result of a reorganization, dissolution or liquidation. If such a transfer occurs, the acquiring entity’s use of your personal information will still be subject to this Online Privacy Policy, any applicable Privacy Notices, and the privacy preferences you have expressed to us.

Your Choices
We respect your right to make choices about the ways we collect, use and disclose your personal information. We generally ask you to indicate your choices at the time and on the page where you provide your personal information. If you have submitted personal information to one of our Sites, you may update some of your choices by updating your profile.

Security
Although we use reasonable measures to help protect your personal information against unauthorized use or disclosure, we cannot guarantee the security of information provided over the Internet or stored in our databases.

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