Stellar Network is a not-for-profit membership organisation for professionals working within London’s
film, TV and theatre industries. Created for those above entry level,
and within the first 10 years of their careers,
Stellar brings together
talent to strengthen and invigorate the creative industries by sharing
resources, contacts and knowledge. Stellar is
particularly valuable to those freelancers and SME creative businesses
actively looking to extend their professional networks.All membership applications will be reviewed by the Stellar committee - we will contact you within three business days.
For more information on membership and our events, please contact us at uk@stellarnetwork.com, or by mail at:
Stellar Network
PO Box 48865
London WC1N 3WU
Stellar
Network Membership Terms & Conditions
This
Agreement sets out the terms upon which membership of Stellar is offered to
members (each, including any person accessing your account, a
"member" or "you"). Membership fees for 1 year are to be
paid fully upfront, or in twelve monthly payments as set out below. The payment
details need to be completed on the Stellar website at www.stellarnetwork.com
(the "Website") before the membership application can be activated.
The
Service is operated in London by Stellar
Network Limited ("Stellar" or "we"), a Limited by Guarantee
not-for-profit company incorporated in London.
Its registered office is
6A Shenley Road
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire WD6 1DL
The main
objectives of Stellar are:
To help
guarantee the future of our film, theatre and television industries by bringing
the next generation of creative individuals together to motivate, support and
learn from one another; To share resources, contacts and knowledge to create a
stronger cross-industry community in the UK; and To highlight and support UK
talent within the international community.
1. The
Stellar Service and Commitment
1.1 The
Stellar service (the "Service") offers members three types of
activities. These are social, support and virtual activities. Social activities
include monthly gatherings of members, film and TV screenings and theatre
outings. Support activities include providing workshops, panel discussions,
mentoring and access to resources. Virtual activities include access to
information on the Website, weekly email bulletins and postings by members.
1.2 The
above lists are not exhaustive nor a guarantee that those aspects of the
Service will be delivered. Stellar reserves the right to change the Service in
order to achieve its overall objectives more effectively.
1.3 UK members will also have access to some Bafta
East Coast Stellar Associate activities where appropriate, and similarly, NY
members may access the UK Website and UK activities where appropriate.
1.4
Stellar will use all reasonable efforts to maintain the Website as fully
operational during the term of your membership but we cannot guarantee
continued or uninterrupted operation of the Website or that it will be always
be error free.
1.5
Stellar will endeavour to provide all full members with access to the archive
of all previous newsletters, contracts and all the other information which
Stellar makes available to its members in the future.
2.
Application and Membership
2.1 You
have to be a member of Stellar in order to be able use any of the support or
virtual activities as well as have free access to social activities. Guests of
members will occasionally be allowed to accompany members to events, or are
allowed to said events upon payment of a set cover charge, which will be set on
a case-by-case basis.
While
Stellar welcomes and encourages children to participate in the international
film community, the Website and Services are designed for adults. If you are
under 18 years old, you may use the Website and Services only with the
supervision of a parent of guardian.
2.2
Potential members must apply through the Website in order to become a member.
Stellar will notify each applicant by email if its application has been
accepted by Stellar.
2.3
Stellar reserves the right to accept or decline to accept applicants at its
sole discretion. If an application is rejected, the applicant will be informed
via email and any further communication will be at the sole discretion of
Stellar.
2.4
Members have to complete the registration details as accurately as possible and
should promptly notify us of any changes to your personal details. If we become
aware that you are not using your true identity we reserve the right to
terminate your membership with immediate effect.
3. Fees
and Renewals
3.1 The
standard annual fee is either £75 payable upfront or £7.99 per month for twelve
consecutive months. Once we notify you that your application has been accepted,
payment can only be made by credit card via the Website, or by cheque. Cheques
should be made payable to Stellar Network Ltd and mailed to Stellar Network, PO Box 48865, London
WC1N 3WU. Stellar may
have to increase the annual fee from time to time by either posting the new fee
rate on the Website or by emailing members directly. Similarly Stellar may
offer promotional discounts at its own discretion.
3.2 Those
applicants still in full time education or who are registered at an address
outside of London
are eligible for a concessionary rate, payable immediately in full, of £60.
Evidence in support of an application for a concessionary rate must be
presented, and acceptance is at Stellar Network’s discretion.
3.3
Before the annual period of membership expires, we will remind you to renew
your membership for a subsequent 12 month period unless we elect in accordance
with these Terms and Conditions not to renew your membership in which event we
will notify you. In the event that we elect in accordance with these Terms and
Conditions not to review your membership or if you tell us that you do not want
to renew your membership or your payment to renew your membership is not
received by the due date, you will be removed from the list of members and you
will not be entitled to the Service after your current membership expires.
3.4 If a
membership expires, we may continue to contact you with details of Stellar Network
events and services until such time as you inform Stellar that you no longer
wish to be contacted.
3.5 The
annual fee allows members access to all of the activities available with the
Service. Stellar will endeavour to provide all of these activities at no extra
cost to the members. However we reserve the right to charge a supplementary
cost for some activities if required.
3.6 Stellar
reserves the right to have special offers on the annual fee from time to time
as part of its promotional and marketing activities and shall not be obliged to
offer any such offers to all of its members.
3.7 You
have the right to cancel your membership up to seven days after you initially
sign up for our Service. If you do wish to cancel within seven days, you should
email us at info@stellarnetwork.com and specify the word
"Cancellation" in the subject line. We will then refund your membership
fee subject to a £5 processing fee, which we will withhold from your refund.
Any time thereafter during the 12 month membership period, refunds of your
membership fees will only be made at our sole discretion. We are under no
obligation to refund your membership fee or any portion of the fee.
4.
Content of Members' Postings
4.1 You
may not post anything on the Website that contains any offensive language or
anything which is considered by us to be obscene, threatening, harassing,
defamatory or otherwise unlawful or objectionable.
4.2 In
particular, you must not use our Services for any commercial, illegal or
unlawful purpose including posting anything that is fraudulent, inaccurate,
incomplete, false or misleading. You must not impersonate any person, group
company or entity nor must you disguise the origin of any message that you
send. In the event that Stellar are made aware of any such posting, your
membership will be terminated with immediate effect. In addition, Stellar may
review posted content and remove or edit such contents in accordance with these
Terms and Conditions.
4.3 Any
opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information expressed
or made available by third parties, including information providers, users and
others are those of the respective author(s) and do not necessarily or reflect
those of Stellar or its affiliates.
5.
Intellectual Property Rights
5.1 You
acknowledge that Stellar owns all the intellectual property rights to the
Service and the Website and that any reproduction, distribution or publication
of any content is prohibited without the express written consent of Stellar. In
order to get our consent, you should email us at uk@stellarnetwork.com
and specify the word "Consent" in the subject line.
5.2 By
sending any information or details to Stellar or the Website, you are agreeing
to allow us to publish and reproduce its contents in whatever way we choose. In
legal terms this means that you are granting us a non-exclusive, perpetual,
royalty-free licence to publish, modify and reproduce any information or
details which you send us.
6.
Liability and Indemnity
6.1
Stellar cannot accept any liability for any information published as part of
the Service (including postings on the Website) and you acknowledge that
Stellar and its affiliates cannot be liable. We cannot guarantee the accuracy
of any of the information that appears as part of the Service. We advise you to
check out people and companies, including by asking for references and checking
company track records that you are put in touch with through Stellar with
utmost care.
6.2 The
Services and Website of Stellar are operated on an 'as is' basis without
warranties of any kind either express or implied. Neither Stellar nor anyone
else involved in creating, producing or delivering the Service should be liable
for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising
out of the use of the Service or inability to use the Service in breach of any
warranty. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits Stellar's liability
which may not by law be excluded.
6.3 You
are responsible for the content posted by you (or any person accessing your
account) and you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of
the rights to contents that you (or any person accessing your account) post;
that the content is accurate and that the content does not violate these Terms
and Conditions. You agree to indemnify Stellar and its affiliates in respect of
any claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including any legal fees
resulting from: (1) any breach or alleged breach by you of these terms, (2) any
infringement or alleged infringement of copyright or intellectual property
rights in material posted by you and (3) any other wrongful use or alleged
wrongful use by any member of the Service.
7.
Termination
7.1 We
reserve the right to terminate (or to suspend, restrict, or attach conditions
to your membership and access to the Website) if you are in breach of these
Terms or otherwise. Stellar may terminate any membership entirely at its own
discretion. We reserve the right to deny access and/or membership to any member
for any reason which we consider appropriate.
7.2 In
the event of termination (or suspension, restriction or attachment of
conditions to your membership) for breach of these Terms and Conditions, no
refunds will be payable.
8.
Personal Information
8.1 We
will respect the privacy of all your personal information in accordance with
our Privacy Policy. You should be aware that we do reserve the right to use
your email address for the purposes of what we in our absolute discretion
consider to be marketing which is relevant to members.
In
subscribing for the Service, you expressly consent to your email address being
included in the Stellar email list. If at any time you object to the use of
your email address in this way, you should email us at uk@stellarnetwork.com,
specifying "Remove me" in the subject line and stating the address
you want to be removed.
8.2 We
reserve the right to share personal information with Stellar Network Limited,
Stellar Network Global and any other Stellar Network companies or affiliates
set up at a future date.
9.
General Matters
9.1
Stellar will immediately terminate your membership if we believe that you are
involved in any way in transmitting junk email, spam or unsolicited email in
any form including bulk email, commercial or otherwise either through the
Stellar Service or to any member of Stellar.
9.2 You
must not engage in harvesting or otherwise collecting information including
email addresses about other members.
9.3 Each
user agrees to discontinue any communication with any member of the Service if
that person so requests. If a member does not contact you back after three
attempts of your initiating contact with him or her, you should cease contact
with that member. We retain the right to terminate membership if this policy is
not adhered to. In other words, it is unacceptable behaviour for any member to
harass another member.
9.4
Stellar can amend or modify these Terms and Conditions at any time by notifying
members either by email or on the home page at www.stellarnetwork.com. If any of
these terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms
and Conditions shall continue in full force and effect.
9.5 You
cannot assign or transfer your membership without our written agreement.
9.6 In
the event that the Website displays or advertises promotions, services or
products which are offered by other parties or other individual members and you
take advantage of such offers then your contractual relationship is only with
that third party. Stellar and its affiliates assume no responsibility or
liability for your contractual relationship with such third parties.
9.7 These
terms do not confer any rights on any persons who are not members of Stellar.
9.8 These
terms and your use of the Website and the Service are governed by the laws of the United
Kingdom. You agree that the laws of the United
Kingdom, without regard to principles
of conflicts of law, will govern these Terms and Conditions and any dispute
that may arise between you and Stellar or its affiliates and you agree to
submit to the jurisdiction of the British
courts. You also agree that regardless of any law or statute, any claims or
cause of action arising out of or relating to the website and the services and
these Terms and Conditions must be brought within one (1) year of the date the
cause of action arose, or be barred as untimely. To the extent that anything in
or associated with the Website or Services is in conflict or is inconsistent
with these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions shall control.
Stellar's
failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver
of such provision nor of its right to enforce such provisions.
Last
Updated: May 28, 2008