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The free civilian/military PenPal Program offered by greatplainsappraisal.com is operated through services under the terms and conditions contained in this document (referred to as "Terms and Conditions"). BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION FORM AND CLICKING THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS set forth in this document.
1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF THE PROGRAM
Both civilians and military personnel who register become "Participants". When you provide a notification email address upon registration, you agree to receive email notification of your assigned military PenPals military mailing address. It is the sole responsibility of the civilian PenPal to contact and provide the military PenPal with his/her civilian mailing address. We highly recommend that, due to recent current events, in order to ensure the civilians mail is welcomed when received, the civilian initiate the PenPal relationship with the use of postcards or postcard like mailers and avoid the use of enclosed envelopes until such time as the military PenPal gives their assigned civilian PenPal permission to use enclosed envelopes. Please see our Privacy Policy for additional disclosures.
2. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM
For the purposes of these terms, PenPal is defined as a person who maintains a friendly relationship through the written word, hence PenPal. greatplainsappraisal.com is providing an introduction of American civilians who volunteer to communicate through the written word to military personnel who voluntarily opt for this program. The intended purpose of this program is to provide those military personnel who voluntarily opt for it, to receive well wishes and emotional support from the civilian public via the mail while serving in the military. Civilian and military matched PenPals may choose to expand their communication to email and telephone, but that is outside the realm of this program and is the sole responsibility of the two parties of the PenPal relationship involved. It is the sole discretion of PatrioticPenPals to use only one method at this time to accomplish the introduction and that is the described method of emailing the military PenPals military name and address to the civilian. If PatrioticPenPals alters this method, it will notify potential PenPals in writing via its web site, greatplainsappraisal.com and will alter these Terms and Conditions.
Method Used to Match Civilian and Military PenPals
Civilians voluntarily enter their name, mailing address and email address. This is required information in order to participate. Civilians are also asked to volunteer additional information such as gender, age range and veteran status for the intended purpose of facilitating those military PenPals who have preferences regarding the gender and/or age range and/or veteran status of their civilian PenPal. This additional information is not required in order to participate.
greatplainsappraisal.com reserves the right to add requests for additional information in the future, as long as it remains voluntary. Military personnel who voluntarily opt to have a civilian PenPal may submit their name through a variety of methods including, but not limited to, submission at the registration part of the web site greatplainsappraisal.com, or by sending

Through the use of an automatic database server, backed up by human effort, each military PenPal will be matched to one civilian PenPal. Upon the completion of the match, the civilian PenPal will be notified via the email address initially supplied, with the military address that the military PenPal supplied. It then becomes the civilian PenPals obligation to fulfill their commitment to being a PenPal by initiating the relationship by writing to the military PenPal who has been assigned to him/her, and supplying his/her assigned military PenPal with his/her mailing address of choice.
In this fashion, PatrioticPenPals can assure the civilian public that no civilian mailing addresses will be given out at any time by PatrioticPenPals. Please refer to Privacy Statement

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There is no charge to the civilian or the military PenPals for participation in this Program. Any computer equipment or postage costs or any other costs incurred by Participants in this program is the sole responsibilities of the Participants. Neither greatplainsappraisal.com nor the participants have any financial obligation to each other.
3. PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS
Civilian PenPals agree to provide accurate information regarding their mailing address and email address at the time of signing on to participate. Although there is no required time commitment or legal obligation, PatrioticPenPals asks that the civilian PenPals be sensitive to the needs of the military PenPals, and not opt to participate unless prepared initiate the relationship in a timely manner and to fill the needs of the military PenPal until such time as the military PenPal no longer serves in the military or requests the PenPal relationship end, or at the very least, till the military PenPal is no longer deployed. PatrioticPenPals is only making this request and it is voluntary on the part of both civilian and military PenPals. PatrioticPenPals has, in any way, no legal jurisdiction or rights regarding the PenPal relationship between the matched PenPals. If for an unforeseen reason, such as personal emergencies, the civilian PenPal can no longer respond to the military PenPal, the civilian PenPal is asked to notify PatrioticPenPals via email that his/her assigned military PenPal needs to be reassigned. Either side of the PenPal relationship can notify PatrioticPenPals that a new match is necessary, although PatrioticPenPals requests that these changes be requested only under the most necessary circumstances since the staffing of PatrioticPenPals is small and voluntary and participation in this Program is free. PatrioticPenPals cannot and will not guarantee their ability to assist with reassignments, but will make their best effort for those circumstances determined in PatrioticPenPals opinion to be unavoidable.
PatrioticPenPals has no ability to reach military PenPals that exceeds the civilian PenPals ability, and therefore will not be able to assist the civilian PenPals in contacting military PenPals who have become unreachable.
PatrioticPenPals will keep an archive of the information of matches for a period of at least one year.
4. MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF THE PROGRAM.
PatrioticPenPals may change the Terms and Conditions of service from time to time. It is the Participants responsibility to check this document periodically for any changes or modifications, as there will be no individual notices to participants regarding such changes or modifications.
5. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM.
PatrioticPenPals and greatplainsappraisal.com reserve the right to modify or discontinue the program without notice to its Participants. Neither PatrioticPenPals nor greatplainsappraisal.com shall be liable to Participant or any third party should they exercise their right to modify or discontinue the Program.
6. PARTICIPANT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
Once you become a Participant of the Program, you will receive a password, for a time identified only as several weeks, in order to re-access the information regarding your military PenPals information. You alone are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur with your password. You must immediately notify greatplainsappraisal.com of any unauthorized use of your password or any other breach of security known to you.
7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
PARTICIPANT EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM IS AT PARTICIPANT 'S SOLE RISK AND THAT THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. BOTH PATRIOTICPENPALS AND greatplainsappraisal.com EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
PATRIOTICPENPALS AND greatplainsappraisal.com MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE PROGRAM WILL MEET PARTICIPANTS REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE. PATRIOTICPENPALS OR greatplainsappraisal.com MAKES NO GUARANTEES AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM OR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
PARTICIPANT UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEB SITE IS AT PARTICIPANT'S OWN RISK AND PARTICIPANT IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO PARTICIPANT'S COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY PARTICIPANT FROM PATRIOTICPENPALS OR greatplainsappraisal.com SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties; therefore some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
PATRIOTICPENPALS OR greatplainsappraisal.com SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF MEMBER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF PATRIOTICPENPALS OR greatplainsappraisal.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. PATRIOTICPENPALS PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THE PENPAL RELATIONSHIP BUT THIS IN NO WAY IMPLIES PATRIOTICPENPALS ACCEPTING ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY IN REGARDS TO THE ADHERENCE TO THESE GUIDELINES BY EITHER PARTY.
9. PROHIBITION OF RESALE OR COMMERCIAL USE OF THE PROGRAM.
Your right to use the Program is personal to you. Therefore, a Participant may only be an individual, not a corporation or other business entity. You may not resell or make any commercial use of the Program, without the express written permission of greatplainsappraisal.com.
10. EMAIL MESSAGE STORAGE AND OTHER LIMITATIONS
PATRIOTICPENPALS and greatplainsappraisal.com assume no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store email messages received from PATRIOTICPENPALS.
11. MEMBER CONDUCT
Your participation in the Program is subject to all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations. Therefore, you agree: (1) that you shall not use the Program for illegal purposes; (2) that you shall not interfere or disrupt networks connected to the Program; and (3) that you shall comply with all regulations, policies and procedures of networks connected to the Program. The Program makes use of the Internet to send and receive certain messages; therefore, your conduct is subject to Internet regulations, policies and procedures. Attempts to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems are prohibited. PATRIOTICPENPALS retains the right, at its sole discretion, to determine whether or not a Participant's conduct is consistent with the letter and spirit of the Terms and Conditions of this Program. PATRIOTICPENPALS or greatplainsappraisal.com may terminate a Participant's participation if conduct is found to be inconsistent with the intent of this agreement.
12. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold greatplainsappraisal.com, and any officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns it has or may have, harmless from any third party claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made in connection with or arising out of your participation in the Program, your violation of the Terms and Conditions, or the infringement by you, or other users of the Program using your Participant status, of any intellectual property, right of privacy or publicity, or other right of any person or entity.
13. TERMINATION/CANCELLATION
Either PATRIOTICPENPALS or greatplainsappraisal.com may terminate the Program with or without cause at any time and effective immediately. PATRIOTICPENPALS and greatplainsappraisal.com shall not be liable to you or any third party for termination of the Program.
Should Participant object to any terms and conditions of this Program or any subsequent modifications thereto or become dissatisfied with the Program in any way, your sole and exclusive recourse is to immediately discontinue your use of the Program.
Upon termination of the Program, your right to use the Program immediately ceases and you shall have no right and neither Program nor Program.com shall have any obligation thereafter.
14. NOTICE
Except as otherwise indicated herein, all notices from you to greatplainsappraisal.com shall be in writing and shall be made via email.
15. PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTIONS OF ADVERTISERS
If at such time advertisers join the PATRIOTICPENPALS .com web site in some fashion, you may enter into correspondence with or participate in promotions of the advertisers marketing their products on the web site. Any no such time will advertisers be allowed to solicit Participants, but my be allowed to have a presence on the web site for the Participants or public to approach the advertisers at their voluntary discretion. Any such correspondence or promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such correspondence or promotions, are solely between the corresponding Participant and the advertiser. PATRIOTICPENPALS and greatplainsappraisal.com assume no liability, obligation or responsibility for any part of any such correspondence or promotion. At no time will PATRIOTICPENPALS or greatplainsappraisal.com share your personal data with a third party.
16. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS TO CONTENT
Participants acknowledge that content, including but not limited to text, photographs, video, graphics, software, music, sound, or other material contained in the greatplainsappraisal.com web site (collectively referred to as "Content"), is protected under the laws of copyright, trademark, patent, unfair competition or other applicable laws. Therefore, you are only permitted to use this Content as expressly authorized by PATRIOTICPENPALS, greatplainsappraisal.com, or any advertisers associated with will PATRIOTICPENPALS Program. Participants may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from this Content without the express written authorization to do so by PATRIOTICPENPALS, PATRIOTICPENPALS .com or advertisers who may contribute Content to the greatplainsappraisal.com web site.
17. LAWS
This Terms and Conditions agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Massachusetts, excluding its conflict of law provisions. Both Participant and PATRIOTICPENPALS or greatplainsappraisal.com agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state of Massachusetts. If any provision(s) of these Terms and Conditions are 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.
The failure of PATRIOTICPENPALS or greatplainsappraisal.com to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Participant and greatplainsappraisal.com agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to this Program must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action arose; otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.
By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions you certify that all information you supply to this Program is true and correct to the best of your knowledge.
Revised 10/01/01
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