As used in the Terms of Use ("TOU") "SouthsideVirginia.biz"(sm)  means all pages, files, images, information, intellectual property and interactive services offered under the internet domain URL "http://www.southsidevirginia.biz" and, as used hereafter and elsewhere in this website  includes, without limitation, (1) Virginia Web Resources, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company which is the owner of this site, and its members, officers, agents and employees, and (2) contributors to the content of this site who comply with our Terms of Use. This page sets forth the basic "Terms of Use"  for SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm).   Terms of use for sites at external links contained in SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) are, of course, subject to and governed by the respective terms established by the owners of those sites.  By accessing and using SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) by any means or in any manner whatsoever, or by submitting information or data for posting on our site you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use as a legal agreement.  Our Terms of Use consist of three basic parts: Basic Terms of Use Agreement - the Agreement set forth below which applies to all portions of this site and activities relating to SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) and all material accessed, submitted or posted hereunder. By using or accessing this site in any manner you agree to be bound by these. Special Terms of Use - special terms or conditions which apply only to a portion of this site or specified features or to registered users of a certain class or type and which are noted by reference throughout the site in various areas (e.g. bulletin board, chat rooms, form submissions, etc). Policies - Various policies which we establish and revise from time to time relating to SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm).  By accepting our Terms of Service, you agree to abide by our Policies as in effect from time to time.

Basic Terms of Use Agreement In consideration of accessing information made available by SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm), whether via the URL "http://www.southsidevirginia.biz", or otherwise, by viewing, downloading, posting, subscribing to, or otherwise participating in electronic communications forums sponsored by SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm)  YOU hereby, with the intention, under seal, to be legally bound under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America, agree as follows: You accept and agree to be bound by this Basic Terms of Use Agreement and, to the extent applicable as a result of your accessing and using a particular feature, any Special Terms of Use and Policies. You represent that to the extent you register for the use of any service under SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm), you are  the person named for whom the information is submitted or are acting with the authority and permission of the named person or entity and have the capacity to enter into these Terms of service as a legally binding contract on their behalf.  You represent and warrant that all information submitted to or posted via any service offered by SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) is true and that such information is not owned by or subject to any copyright, trademark, or other rights of others (or, if so owned or subject to such other ownership or rights, that your submission or use is with permission or other legal right), and you agree to indemnify and hold Virginia Web Resources, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (the owner of SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm)) harmless from and against any liability, cost or expense whatsoever resulting from your breach of this representation. You grant SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) and its successors and assigns a perpetual royalty-free nonexclusive license to use any and all such submissions or information in any form of media, whether electronic, paper, or otherwise, either with or without attribution to you as the author thereof. You agree to indemnify and hold SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) harmless against any and all loss, cost damage or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever resulting from any willful material unauthorized or false submission by you. You acknowledge that you are aware that the information provided on this site is general and nature and does not take into account any facts or circumstances that may be unique to your personal situation or circumstances, and that such information does not constitute legal advice.  SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) has no liability for any false, inaccurate or improperly posted or maintained information or data whatsoever, and you waive and release SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) from any and all liability from any unintentional errors or omissions that may occur in the use and posting of submitted information.  Although we have no legal obligation to do so, we will generally use good faith efforts to correct errors or remove erroneous material when notified of such. You agree that all activity by you relating to your use of SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) shall be deemed to occur in the Commonwealth of Virginia, that you consent to personal jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that this Terms of Use Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (without regard to conflicts of law principles that might otherwise apply) and that the sole and exclusive venue for any disputes under this agreement or otherwise relating to your use, access to or otherwise pertaining to SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) and you shall be the Circuit Court for Fairfax County, Virginia or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting in Alexandria, Virginia and you consent to service of process by mail or by E-mail to your last known address as provided by you to SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm). You agree, at the option of SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) in its sole and absolute discretion, that any disputes hereunder or otherwise arising from or related to your use of access to or submissions to SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) may, at the option of SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm),  be submitted for binding arbitration to any reputable arbitration sponsor selected by SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm). You acknowledge and agree that  no duty of confidentiality arises or exist with respect to any information submitted to SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) whether by E-mail, posting, or otherwise.  You acknowledge and agree that to the extent that by use of this service, you engage in a communicative dialogue with any licensed professional attorney, accountant, financial advisor or otherwise, no client relationship of any kind or nature shall arise or exist and no such professional who post information or otherwise responds to you through or by means of SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) shall have any obligation, duty or liability to you whatsoever. You represent that you are at least 18 years of age.

Policies - Effective January 1, 2002 Copyright The design, format, and structure of our  pages, directories, and other portion of our site, to the extent not owned by others (such as the developers of the programs we license and utilize as part of our site) are copyright by SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) and it is unlawful to reproduce such pages and formats or the information contained therein without the express written consent of SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) or the owner of such other material. Material and information linked to and within sites not within the SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) domain is and remains the property of the respective owners thereof, and any usage of such material is subject to applicable copyright and other laws and requirements of the owners of those sites. Linking We welcome links to our site from other sites and grant license to do so freely provided the following conditions are satisfied: 1. The link is to our home page "www.SouthsideVirginia.biz" and not to a "deep link" (sub page or part of our site unless we have granted our express written permission for such a deep link).  For those who may wish to link directly to our Calendar at http://www.southsidevirginia.biz/cgi-local/activecalendar/suite/calendar/calendar.cgi or to a custom event registration page on our site under our "free event internet registration program" such deep links are permitted without further request for permission. 2.The link is not placed within a frame or otherwise intended to be viewed in a manner which makes our site appear to be part of or sponsored by some other site or which does not permit the display of the entire page and contents, including navigation bars and banners. 3.By linking to our site you grant us permission to link to your site.  Unless you otherwise advise us by E-mail, such permission is permission to link to you home page or any deep link within provided we also do not place such link within a frame or otherwise limit the display of the entire page and contents, including navigation bars and banners. 4.The site from which our site is linked must not be of an obscene or sexually oriented nature, one devoted to ethnic hate or religious or minority group intolerance,  or one which contains graphic portrayals of violence or other acts or scenes generally considered distasteful by community standards and the usage and link to our site must be done in a tasteful manner consistent with Virginia community standards (i.e. links are not placed in the context of sexually oriented content, " ethnic hate oriented content", or other defamatory or obscene material. 5.You agree to notify us of the link via E-mail 6.You agree that if requested, you will remove the link. Submissions By submitting information to our site, whether by posting to a bulletin board, participation in a chat room, subscription to a newsletter, submission of a directory listing or otherwise providing information to us or to others by means of our site you represents and warrants to SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) that (1) if made on behalf of a business entity or a person other than You, that You have legal power and authority to make such submission, (2) that the information contained in such submission is true, (3) that You own or have the right to submit such information and that such information is not the property of or subject to copyright, any other rights of others, or any other restriction or limitation upon its use, and (4) that SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm)  is granted a perpetual non- exclusive royalty free license to use such submitted information in any form or manner, whether electronic, digital or otherwise. You further agree to indemnify and hold SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) harmless against any and all cost, loss or expense if any of the foregoing are not true. Use of www.SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations and are solely responsible for all acts or omissions that occur under your registered user name or password, including the content of your postings and transmissions through the features of SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm). By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to:   Use SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise). Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others. Publish, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information. Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent. Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of a message. Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to any  person or entity any directory of other registered users or other user or usage information or any portion thereof other than in the context of your use of the Service. Transmit or upload any material that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful or deleterious programs. Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) or any server or directory for which you do not have valid authorization. Interfere with another party's use and enjoyment of SouthsideVirginia.biz(sm) or another individual's or entity's use and enjoyment of similar services.

Our hosting provider and internet access   SouthsideVirginia.biz out sources its internet hosting and certain software application needs from several providers.   Other features incorporate licensed applications installed by freelance technical professionals.  Website design is primarily by means of Microsoft Front Page 2002, although this page also incorporates various cgi-bin based perl script programs and features.