SiteMaven Design Awards of Excellence
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I, Patricia Dollar, Owner of all Awards Programs held
at SiteMaven-Design.com, do hereby declare on behalf of myself and
any other Evaluator/s who may be contracted at any time by SiteMaven-Design.com
to evaluate for any SiteMaven-Design Sponsored Award Program, that
we agree to advance and promote the Web site Evaluator Code of Ethics
in order to ensure fairness to all Applicants and to maintain the
honor and integrity of Applicants, Evaluators and Awards.
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We agree that all critiques given will be constructive
in nature as positive comment is productive. We will refrain from
criticism unless specifically requested by an Applicant, and in such
instances, will remain positive where possible in an effort to
promote goodwill and advance the level of quality among Internet sites.
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We agree to allow eligibility to all Applicants who
meet the SET (posted online, written = set) Criteria of any
particular award. We agree to be uniform in our eligibility
requirements (Criteria) and will fairly evaluate all sites/pages
meeting our Criteria which are submitted by any Applicant. We further
agree to clearly post these Criteria.
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We agree not to discriminate on grounds of race,
gender, nation of origin, religion, profession, age, mental or
physical handicap, or any other reason which is not globally viewed
as an illegal trait or manner of conduct.
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We agree to set forth Awards Criteria and to adhere to
same. Proposed time frames for changes will be posted for two (2)
weeks prior to the final publishing of same with notices posted on
site so all potential Applicants can view and understand the proposed changes.
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We agree to evaluate web sites under the Criteria
which was in place at the time of any and/or all application/s. If
changes are made to Criteria AFTER application/s is/are received, the
submitted site/s will be evaluated using the Criteria that was in
effect when Applicant/s initially submitted the site/s.
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We agree to immediately inform any Criteria compliant
Applicant in writing, of a 'Refrain to Evaluate' if it is found that
a Conflict of Interest would occur in evaluating their Web site -
e.g. Such may occur upon being requested to evaluate the Web site of
a good friend. We will offer such Applicant a choice of Evaluator
taken from our Membership Listing.
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We agree to maintain a professional, friendly and
positive manner in any and/or all correspondence and/or communication
held with any Applicant/s.
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We agree to evaluate all submitted sites within four
(4) weeks of receipt of submission. If this deadline cannot be met,
we agree to suspend submissions until we can again work within this timeframe.
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We agree not to divulge any information about any
Applicant to persons, groups, or agencies not directly connected to
our Awards Programs, and only then for the purpose of evaluating
submissions and notifying winners. All information received from
Applicants via e-mail submissions or submission forms will be deemed private.
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We agree to encourage and promote the use of original
material for Awards Programs Criteria and evaluation processes. We
agree to assist any person requesting advice concerning ethical
evaluation for and disbursement of awards. PLEASE NOTE: The Awards
Evaluation processes in use at *YOUR WEBSITE* are copyrighted
material and written authorization is required for their use.
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We agree to maintain any owned individual web site/s
that include Awards Program/s to a standard that meets the Criteria
of the Award/s given. In the case of any Award/s offered that is/are
OUTSIDE the main subject of our web site/s, any and/or all such web
site/s will be maintained to a high standard of integrity in all
its/their main areas.
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We agree to maximum dimensions of Awards given in
courtesy of web sites that will use them. If the maximum dimensions
cannot be adhered to then a text only link will be permitted for
graphics larger than maximum size. (Maximum size dimensions offered
from this web site are: no more than *200* pixels Height and *200*
pixels Width.)
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We agree that there will be only one obligation for
winning Awards from this web site beyond meeting the Criteria. It is
not, and never will be, mandatory at this web site to sign a Guest
book or to join a mailing list. It is a requirement that any Awards
granted from this web site must be linked back to our web site in a
method that will be outlined in Award notification e-mails.
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We agree that we will not grant Awards to, or in any
other manner endorse or promote, any web site that endorses, promotes
or contains content which is considered globally to be illegal or
discriminatory whether same be against human or wildlife.
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We agree that we will not accept favors of any sort in
exchange for preferential treatment of submissions. We will at all
times maintain a high standard of honesty and integrity.
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We agree that we will take all measures necessary to
maintain the honor and integrity of our Awards Programs.
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Submitted on this day, 23 February 2002
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