The services offered at www.EthiopianPortal.com , are provided to you under the terms and conditions of this Terms of Service ("TOS"), and any operating rules or policies that may be published by Ethiopian Portal at the URL: www.ethiopianportal.com (the "Service"). The TOS comprises the entire agreement between you and Ethiopian Portal and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein. BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, OR USING THIS SERVICE, USER AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN. You may continue to use Ethiopian Portal as long as you adhere to these Terms of Service.

Use of the Services is void where prohibited. By using this site, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement.

MY INFO PAGE . You are required to set up a My Info Page in this site if you want to post a public event (see Public Event below). In order to set up a My Info Page, you will be required to supply a valid email address, a password, a user name, your zip or postal code and answer a few questions. You may also answer certain optional questions, which will help other users know a little more about your interests. You may choose to allow only other Guests and Hosts of Private Events to which you were invited to view your My Info Page or you may choose to make your My Info Page available to all of the Ethiopian Portal site users to view.

MESSAGE CENTER . When you set up a My Info Page, you will be provided with a private and anonymous mailbox to receive email messages from other users who may want to contact you, without you having to disclose your actual email address or other information. The Message Center also assures other users that they may send and receive messages without having to disclose any personal information or email addresses to you. The Message Center contains features that allow you to block other users from contacting you if you choose.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE:

Public Events. A Public Event is a social gathering or get-together that is open to all members of this site and/or to all browsers of this site. All Public Events are searchable on the website. Some examples of Public Events may include: community meetings, parties, art exhibits, music festivals, happy hours, poetry readings, grand openings of restaurants and clubs, etc. You must create a My Info Page in order to post a Public Event. If you wish to respond to an invitation to a Public Event, you must first register in this site. However, you may choose to respond to an invitation to a Public Event anonymously. If you choose to respond anonymously, your contact information, user name, and comments will be seen only by the Host. You do not have to create a My Info page in order to respond to a invitation to a Public Event.

Recommendations. Recommendations are Public Events and Places listed on this site based on information you have supplied to us, such as zip or postal code, interests and keyword searches you have conducted.

EthiopianPortal Network. “Your Network” on this site consists of people you have invited to private events, people who have invited you to private events and people who have been invited to the same private events as you. You will only be associated with a person or an event in your network as a result of receiving invitations to Private Events. Only events where you or the people in your network send an RSVP count as an event. For instance, if you were invited to an event with a person five times and you sent an RSVP to all five events, but the other person only sent an RSVP to three of the events, you would only see three shared events in your network with them. No network associations are created by way of being invited to Public Events. You may delete an event or a person from your network at any time, but this will remove both events and people from your network.

Reviews. This site allows you to post reviews of bars, restaurants and other places. Your reviews are viewable by all registered users of this site, however you may choose to hide your profile by posting an anonymous review. Ethiopian Portal reserves the right to pull down a review if it contains (1) derogatory language, (2) threats of physical harm, or (3) any other reason that we determine is necessary to protect the integrity of its service. In furtherance of this endeavor, this website will automatically reject certain profane and otherwise inappropriate words in a User review.

Other Features. You may also create event photo albums and conduct various other tasks through the service. In order to use any feature of the Service not described above, you may be required to create a My Info Page (see above).

Your are solely responsible for any data, text, software, music sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, files or other materials ("Content") which is transmitted, posted, or distributed by you through the Service, including but not limited to the contents of your e-mail communications, information, reviews, photos or images posted by you or posted to your My Info Page and information, photos, images, sound files or other Content posted by you in a Public or Private Event. All Content posted by you, is your sole responsibility. Ethiopian Portal does not control the Content posted by users such as yourself via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. By using this Service, you understand and agree that you may be exposed to Content posted by other users that may be offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Ethiopian Portal be liable in any way for any Content posted by any user or third party, including, but not limited to, liability for any errors or omissions in any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, e-mailed or otherwise transmitted via the Service. Subject to the terms of our PrivacyPolicy , you agree if you post any Content on this site that, you grant to Ethiopian Portal , and its successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-revocable license, in and to the Content, to distribute, display, modify, redistribute, sublicense and reproduce such Content to other users of the Service and to third parties with whom Ethiopian Portal has a relationship. You also grant Ethiopian Portal the right to authorize the downloading and printing in whole or in part of any Content that you post to the Service.

You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information owned or controlled by someone else without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on this site Service without your permission or in any way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information: a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material you claim is infringing is located on this site Service; your address, telephone number, and email address; and a written statement by you stating that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by you, your agent, or the law; and a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that you own the claimed infringing material together with any evidence of such ownership. Please contact us at the following address: info@EthiopianPortal.com

You must not use any feature of this site Service for chain letters, junk mail, or "Spamming" nor make any use of the distribution lists in a manner involving any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process. An e-mail advertisement which is (a) addressed to a recipient with whom you do not have an existing business or personal relationship and (b) is not sent at the request of or with the express consent of the recipient to receive such communications from you ("Spam" or "Spamming") is strictly prohibited. If you use any feature of this site Service for the purpose of sending Spam, Ethiopian Portal reserves the right to immediately terminate your access to the site Service and to seek appropriate legal recourse as necessary. If you believe that other users are using the site Service for Spam, please notify us using the Customer Support Form, by flagging any posting that appears to be Spam for our review, or by emailing us at abuse@EthiopianPortal.com . PLEASE NOTE that by posting a Public Event you are consenting to receive, and authorizing Ethiopian Portal to forward to you, emails from other users. Such messages are not included in the above definition of Spam.

Ethiopian Portal may give notice to you by e-mail, a posting on the website, or other reasonable means. You must give notice to us in writing via e-mail or as otherwise expressly provided by us. Ethiopian Portal may broadcast, distribute or display notices or messages through the site Service to inform you of changes to the TOS, the Service, the PrivacyPolicy or other matters of importance. Such broadcast, distributions or displays of information shall constitute notice to you.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. You are also solely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You may change your password, or any other account information, at any time by following instructions available on your My Info Page or on your My Invite Page . You may also set up a new account at your convenience. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security known to you. You must promptly inform us of actual or apparent breaches of security, such as loss, theft, or authorized disclosure or use of a User Account or password. Until we are notified by email of a breach in security, you will remain liable for any unauthorized use of the site Service through your account. In consideration for using the site Service, you agree to: (1) provide certain current, complete, and accurate information about you when prompted to do so by the Service, and (2) maintain and update this information as required to keep it current, complete and accurate. If any information provided by you during your original registration or My Info Page sign-up is inaccurate, we reserve the right to terminate your account immediately and your right to use the site Service.

Your right to use this Service is personal to you. You agree not to resell or make any commercial use of the site Service without the express consent of Ethiopian Portal. You may not create bots or other computer generated automatic tools to create events, nor abuse the site Service in any manner. Use that constitutes abuse shall be determined by Ethiopian Portal in its sole discretion. Ethiopian Portal reserves the right to terminate your account if we determine you have not complied with this ETS.

We reserve the right, but do not assume the responsibility, to monitor or review your conduct on the site Service. Your use of the site Service is subject to all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations.

In using the site Service you agree not to :

Use the site Service for illegal purposes;

Interfere or disrupt networks connected to the site Service or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks;

Use the site Service in connection with chain letters, junk mail, surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, or use any distribution lists including any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process (commercial or otherwise);

Harvest or otherwise collect information about other users, including e-mail addresses, without their consent;

Transmit through the site Service any unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature;

Invade another's privacy or violate rights of publicity or intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyright, trademark and patent rights) while using the site Service;

Transmit through the site Service any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation;

Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of any other user;

Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others as to your identity or the origin of a message;

Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity that is not a user of the site Service any directory of site users or usage information or any portion thereof other than in the context of your use of the Service as permitted under this TOS;

Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, through password mining or any other means; or

Engage in any other conduct that, in our sole discretion, is considered inappropriate, unauthorized or objectionable.

You agree to indemnify and hold Ethiopian Portal , its parent, subsidiary, affiliate, officers, employees, agents, directors, successors and assigns harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the site Service, the violation of this TOS by you, the infringement by you (or other user of the Service using your account) of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity or violation of any federal, state or local law or regulation.

You may terminate your participation in the site Service with or without cause at any time and effective immediately. We may terminate the site Service or your use of the Service with or without cause at any time and effective immediately, at our sole discretion, including but not limited to immediate termination of your use of the site Service should your conduct fail to conform to the terms and conditions of this TOS. We shall not be liable to you or any third party for termination of the site Service or termination of your use of the site Service. Should you object to any terms and conditions of the TOS or any subsequent modifications we make to the TOS or become dissatisfied with the site Service in any way, your only recourse is to immediately: (1) discontinue use of the site Service; and (2) notify us of your termination and, at your discretion, notify us of the reasons for your termination. Upon termination of your use of the site Service, your right to use the site Service shall cease immediately. You shall have no right and we will have no obligation thereafter to forward any unread or unsent messages to your or any third party on your behalf. Sections 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 21 shall survive termination of the TOS.

We shall not be liable for your interactions with any organizations and/or individuals found on or through the site Service. This includes, but is not limited to, payment and delivery of goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings. These dealings are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. We are under no obligation to become involved in disputes between participants on the site Service, or between participants on the site Service and any third party.

Any web sites that are accessible via links included within the site Service that take you out of the site Service are not under our control and we shall not be responsible for the content, products or services of any linked website. All such websites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of the owner of such websites. We encourage you to read those policies and know your rights under any web site you visit.

We ask that you participate in ensuring that all Users follow the terms of this TOS by reporting any Private Event invitations, Public Events or other postings or messages that violate these terms. To report a violation of this TOS, please email us at abuse@Ethiopian Portal.com .

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE ETHIOPIAN PORTAL SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT ITS SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT ITS SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO NOT CONTROL CONTENT, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY ADVERTISERS, THIRD PARTIES OR OTHER USERS ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY LICENSE TO US FROM THIRD PARTIES OR CONTENT PROVIDED BY OTHER USERS. WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, USEFULNESS OR DECENCY OF CONTENT OR PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE BY THIRD PARTIES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVERTISERS AND USERS) THROUGH THE SITE SERVICE. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR ATTEMPT TO DOWNLOAD ANY MATERIAL FROM OUR SITE. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH ITS SERVICE OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH ITS SERVICE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THIS SITE OR THROUGH THE SITE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.

WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF THE SITE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE (I) USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (II) COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES; (III) ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR CONTENT RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO WITH THE SITE OR A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE SERVICE; (IV) OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO YOUR ACCOUNT OR ALTERATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT OR DATA. YOU SPECIFICALLY AGREE THAT ETHIOPIAN PORTAL AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES ARE/IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY UNLAWFUL, HARASSING, DEFAMATORY, ABUSIVE, THREATENING, HARMFUL, VULGAR, OBSCENE, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE CONDUCT OR SPEECH OF ANY OTHER PARTY ON OR THROUGH THE SITE SERVICE, OR FOR ANY INFRINGEMENT OR VIOLATION OF YOUR RIGHTS BY ANY OTHER PARTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY, OR RIGHTS OF PRIVACY.

This TOS shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Canada , excluding its conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia, provided, however, that this site, in its sole discretion, may elect to settle any litigation in any way arising out of or relating to this TOS through binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the Canadian Arbitration Association. Any such arbitration shall be conducted in Vancouver , British Columbia , and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into in any court having jurisdiction thereof. If any provision(s) of the TOS is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by us in writing. All Users and this site agree that any lawsuit arising out of or related to this Service must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action arises; otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred. The section titles in this TOS are solely used for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance.

We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the site Service with or without notice to you. We shall not be liable to you if we modify or discontinue our Services. We may change the terms and conditions of the TOS at any time in our sole discretion. In the event of any material or substantial change in the terms and conditions of this TOS, we may notify you via e-mail, and/or by posting an announcement of the changes together with a link to the new TOS on the site Service. By using the site Service after any change in the TOS, you acknowledge and accept changes to the TOS.

LAST REVISED ON: August 1, 2006