Conditions of Registration

Welcome to the Future Melbourne wiki. We hope you enjoy your visit.

By using this site, you're agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions, privacy policy and discussion rules of this site. If you don't wish to be bound by our terms and conditions, you shouldn't become a member of the Future Melbourne wiki.

We may change the site's terms and conditions at any time and without notice. Your continued use of the Future Melbourne wiki means that you accept any new or modified terms and conditions.

Terms and conditions

1. Security and corruption

Members will not knowingly attempt to transmit, or encourage others to transmit, viruses or malicious programs of any kind to any Future Melbourne or Collabforge email addresses or the Future Melbourne wiki.

You will not attempt to gain illegal access to any component of the Future Melbourne wiki website. This includes, but is not restricted to, the user information and email addresses of site coordinators and members.

2. Discussion rules

You will abide fully by the Discussion Rules as they are published on the Future Melbourne wiki site. These may change from time to time and you should visit this space regularly to check for updates. If you break the rules in any way, your privileges will be suspended immediately and without explanation.

3. Free speech and defamation

Your ideas, questions complaints, and compliments about Future Melbourne are welcome. You are encouraged to join the open conversation and debate among your fellow Future Melbourne wiki members. All we ask is that you participate in a lawful manner. You must not:

• post knowingly false or mischievous complaints, statements or compliments about individuals, companies or the government;
• use the Future Melbourne wiki site for promotional or commercial purposes;
• encourage, provide information regarding, or in any way help others to harvest Future Melbourne wiki email addresses for any use whatsoever. Our email addresses are for legitimate contact only. Put simply, if you try to spam us, we will be able to find you and notify the proper authorities;
• break the laws or encourage others to break the laws of Australia and its States and Territories in any way, including privacy laws; or
• defame, harass or be really mean to any member of the Future Melbourne wiki or Future Melbourne wiki administration or Collabforge employees.

You must declare your association with particular organisations when and if this is appropriate.

4. Terminating membership

If you violate any of our rules, the Future Melbourne wiki may at any time and without prior notice and at our sole discretion, remove any post or terminate your membership/subscription. Members may also be suspended for a period of time at any time and at our discretion.

The Future Melbourne wiki is not responsible for any actions, claims, proceedings, or liabilities arising out of your violation of the Future Melbourne wiki's terms and conditions. You are responsible for all statements made by you, and for acts that occur through the use of your username and password.

5. Disclaimer of warranties and liabilities

From time to time, the Future Melbourne wiki may provide commentary on a broad range of issues, organisations and government in Melbourne, Australia and elsewhere.

We can't and we don't warrant the completeness or accuracy of the content found on our site, or its usefulness for any particular purpose. Nor do we represent or warrant that the content on the site complies with the laws of any country outside of Australia. If you access the site from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk. While we try to keep the site open and functioning day and night, we can't promise that the site will be delivered to you uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.

We also reserve the right to be wrong, and to post retractions and apologies when we're asked nicely, when they are necessary, and of course, of our own free will.

The views expressed and published on the Future Melbourne wiki by a member/subscriber/invitee/expert/guest or other person are not necessarily the views of the City of Melbourne or Collabforge.

The City of Melbourne and Collabforge accept no responsibility arising from reliance by ane person or party on any comment or information published on the Future Melbourne wiki or in relation to Future Melbourne. Further, the City of Melbourne and Collabforge do not guarantee the accuracy or currency of any comment or information published on the Future Melbourne wiki or in relation to Future Melbourne.

6. Member liability

Members agree to indemnify us and our officers, employees and agents, against all claims, demands, damages, costs, penalties and liabilities caused by your breach of these terms and conditions or the forum rules.

7. Jurisdiction

The law applicable to use of the Future Melbourne wiki is the law of the State of Victoria, Australia.

8. Copyright and trademarks

Copyright in the material on the Future Melbourne wiki is owned by the City of Melbourne.

Except where necessary for viewing the material on the website on your browser, or as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or other applicable laws or these terms and conditions, no material on this web site may be reproduced, adapted, uploaded to a third party, linked to, framed, performed in public, distributed or transmitted in any form by any process without the specific written consent of the City of Melbourne.