THE GILBOA TIMES

1. About The Gilboa Times

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The Gilboa Times is an independent, unofficial community publication offering junior ski racing results, standings, racer profiles, and community features. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Team Gilboa, any race organizer, ski area, school, or governing body unless expressly stated.

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These Terms describe the rules for using the website and its account, profile, community, and parent contact features. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not create an account, submit content, or use those features. Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information.

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2. Adult Accounts and Parental Authority

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Account holders must be at least 18 years old. Accounts, profile claims, community posts, and parent contact requests are intended for adults. Children should not independently create accounts or submit personal information through these features.

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You must provide accurate account and claim information. Claim or edit a child's racer profile only if you are the child's parent or legal guardian, or have appropriate authority from a parent or legal guardian. Do not impersonate another person or claim authority you do not have.

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We may verify claims, request additional information, decline access, or pause editing while resolving conflicting claims. Approval is permission to use particular website features; it is not a background check or a guarantee about another person's identity, authority, conduct, or suitability.

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3. Account and Profile Access Security

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Keep your login credentials and secure profile-editing links private. Do not share access tokens or attempt to use another family's editing link. Tell us promptly at hello@gilboatimes.com if you believe an account or profile link has been misused.

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You are responsible for your own use of the website and for taking reasonable steps to protect access under your control. We may revoke or replace access links and restrict accounts to protect families and the website.

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4. Unofficial Results and Information

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Results, times, rankings, and standings published here are unofficial and may contain transcription errors, incomplete records, delayed updates, or calculation mistakes. Live results and information taken from photographs may change as better information becomes available.

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Use the race organizer's official records and instructions for awards, eligibility, protests, schedules, and other official decisions. The Gilboa Times cannot change an organizer's records or decide race disputes. Report suspected errors so we can review our own records.

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Historical results may remain part of the site's racing archive, subject to applicable rights, correction requests, and our Privacy Policy. We do not promise that every result, photograph, or submission will be published or retained indefinitely.

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5. Racer Profiles, Photographs, and Other Submissions

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Submit only information and material you have the right and authority to provide. For photographs, obtain any necessary permission from the copyright owner and from a parent or legal guardian of an identifiable child. Being pictured in a photograph does not by itself give you the photographer's rights.

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Avoid home addresses, exact birthdates, school schedules, private medical information, and other sensitive details about children or families. Do not submit another person's private contact information for public display.

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You retain ownership of your submissions. You grant The Gilboa Times a nonexclusive, royalty-free permission to host, store, reproduce, display, and make technical or editorial adjustments to them solely as reasonably needed to operate the website and the features for which you submitted them. This includes resizing photographs and formatting posts. We may use necessary hosting and service providers for those purposes. This permission does not authorize unrelated advertising uses or the sale of your submissions.

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You may request removal of optional profile information, photographs, or your contributions by contacting us. After removal, this permission ends for future public use of that material, except as reasonably needed for backups, security records, legal obligations, or an applicable lawful retention purpose described in the Privacy Policy. We cannot retrieve copies already downloaded, emailed, or retained by other people.

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6. Community Conduct

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Use the Community Board respectfully. Posts and replies may be publicly visible with the author's display name and posting date. Do not post material you would not want others to read or copy.

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You must not:

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- Harass, threaten, bully, discriminate against, or target a child, family, coach, volunteer, or other participant.
- Publish knowingly false accusations, unlawful content, sexual content involving children, or material that infringes another person's rights.
- Share private contact details, precise personal locations, or sensitive information about another person without authority.
- Use the site for spam, scams, impersonation, unsolicited marketing, or repeated unwanted contact.
- Upload malicious files, bypass access controls or request limits, collect private information without authorization, or disrupt the website.
- Use automated means to harvest family information or build contact lists from the site.

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Other users' posts express their own views. Their appearance on the website does not mean The Gilboa Times endorses them.

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7. Parent Contact Requests

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Verified parents and guardians with active racer-profile access may send a private request to another verified family. Families do not need a separate opt-in to receive requests. A requester with multiple linked racers must select the racer the request is from.

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The receiving parent sees the selected racer's public display name and the introductory message. Anything you include in that message is shared with the recipient, so avoid sensitive information. Sending a request does not automatically disclose the requester's stored email address or phone number to the recipient.

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The receiving parent may accept, decline, or leave a request unanswered. Accepting authorizes The Gilboa Times to send that parent's email address to the requesting parent. Declining does not share that address. There is no public parent contact directory, and the feature does not share stored phone numbers.

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Requests and outcome notifications are delivered through email and may be delayed or filtered. We apply request limits and restrictions on duplicate pending requests. Do not evade them, pressure someone to respond, repeatedly contact a family after a refusal, or use an approved contact for unsolicited marketing.

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Use a shared address for the family connection for which it was provided. Do not publish, sell, or redistribute it without the person's permission. Communication after acceptance occurs outside the website; we do not supervise it or guarantee anyone's response or conduct. Acceptance is permission to share an email address, not consent to an event, meeting, transportation arrangement, or other activity.

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8. Moderation and Access Restrictions

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We may review, edit, decline, or remove submissions and restrict or suspend accounts, profile access, posting, or contact features when reasonably needed to address these Terms, protect privacy or safety, prevent abuse, resolve a claim, or meet legal obligations.

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We do not promise to review every submission before it appears or monitor all activity continuously. Report concerns to hello@gilboatimes.com. We may ask for information needed to investigate and may restore access or content after review. No one is entitled to publication or continued access to an optional community feature.

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9. Website Materials and Permitted Use

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The site's original articles, graphics, branding, and other protected materials belong to The Gilboa Times or their respective owners. You may view the site and share links for personal, noncommercial community use. Do not republish protected articles, photographs, or substantial portions of the website without permission or another lawful basis.

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Nothing in these Terms claims ownership of underlying race facts or limits fair use or other rights provided by law. Third-party names and marks remain the property of their owners.

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10. External Services and Activities

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Links to race organizers, ski areas, clubs, vendors, and other services are provided for convenience. Their own terms and privacy practices apply when you use them. We do not control or endorse every linked service or user-arranged activity.

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The Gilboa Times is not an event organizer, coach, transportation provider, or emergency service. Verify arrangements directly with the responsible adults or organizations. Nothing on the site replaces official instructions or professional advice appropriate to the situation.

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11. Availability, Disclaimers, and Responsibility

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We aim to provide a useful community resource, but the website and its information are provided on an “as available” and “as is” basis to the extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, perfect accuracy, freedom from errors, or the conduct of other users. Features may change or become unavailable.

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To the extent permitted by applicable law, The Gilboa Times disclaims implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement, and is not liable for indirect or consequential losses caused by use of or inability to use the website.

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Nothing in these Terms excludes responsibility that cannot lawfully be excluded, limits nonwaivable consumer rights, or excuses fraud, intentional misconduct, or gross negligence where such a limitation is prohibited. These Terms do not waive a child's claims or serve as a release for participation in skiing or other activities.

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12. Changes and Contact

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We may update these Terms as the website changes. We will post the revised version and effective date and provide additional notice or request renewed agreement where required. Revisions apply prospectively and do not remove rights that cannot lawfully be changed. You may stop using the website and request account or content removal as described in the Privacy Policy.

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For questions, corrections, copyright concerns, account issues, or reports of misuse, contact hello@gilboatimes.com. Identify the relevant page or account and explain your concern without including unnecessary sensitive information.