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 Anyone may become a member of the Cyber Café @ Malden Square by completing the Intake Form. This membership data allows us to keep better statistics on the use of our resources, which is essential for obtaining the funds necessary to provide this valuable resource to you.
When you apply for and receive your membership, and each time you sign in, you agree to abide by the following:
1. Only members are allowed on the computers.
2. Members must sign in before using the computers.
3. Adults and youth have equal access rights to the computers.
4. Shirts and shoes are required.
5. Files created should be copied onto a personal disk(s). NOTE: Non-Center files are purged from the hard drive.
6. When people are waiting, time is limited to 1-hour blocks, with a minimum of ½ hour before signing in again. When we're very busy, patrons can only sign up for one additional session and then must wait at least 2 hours before signing up again. If business slows down (no waiting line), the patron can sign up again before 2 hours.
7. Installing software or changing system settings are prohibited.
8 Loud and/or abusive language will not be tolerated.
9. Staff and Volunteers reserve the right to ask anyone to leave at any time for any reason
Note: To listen to CDs while using the computers, please bring your own headphones.
Membership is a privilege that may be suspended at any time, for any reason, by any staff or volunteer. Upon appeal to the Policy Committee, a decision will be made and conveyed to the individual within 5 business days.
CAUSES FOR IMMEDIATE EXPULSION FROM THE CENTER AND CANCELLATION OF MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES INCLUDE (but are not limited to):
- Unauthorized copying of software from any of the computers.
- Intentionally altering or deleting the contents of the hard drive.
- Tampering with the hardware.
- Accessing obscene, libelous, or slanderous material or material containing physical threats.
- Disruptive actions, either verbal or physical.
- Threatening actions, either verbal or physical.
- Failure to immediately cease any activity upon request of staff or volunteers.
Internet Access Policy
Welcome to the Cyber Café @ Malden Square. The Cyber Café @ Malden Square is pleased to provide you with access to the Internet and its rich array of resources around the world.
All Internet resources available through this Center are provided equally to all public access participants. Parents or guardians, not the staff or volunteers of the Cyber Café, are responsible for the Internet information selected and/or accessed by children. Parents/guardians are advised to supervise their children's Internet sessions.
The Cyber Café @ Malden Square does not monitor and has no control over the information accessed by the public on the Internet and cannot be held responsible for its content. The Internet is a global entity with a highly diverse user population, and Cyber Café users access it at their own risk. There are information resources on the Internet which are inappropriate to a community computing center setting. Because the Cyber Café is a public place, staff and volunteers do have the authority to end an Internet session when such material displays on the screen. If, in their judgement, the user is intentionally displaying such content, staff and volunteers also have the right to require the offending individual to leave the premises.
Center users are prohibited from
- actions against others, such as theft; violating others' privacy; harassing, threatening, or intimidating others; sending abusive or patently offensive or unwanted material to others;
- actions against the center, such as file theft; deliberately crashing the center's computers; modifying data or files without authorization; introducing computer viruses, worms, or “Trojan horses,” or otherwise maliciously disrupting computer or network services; penetration or harm to the operating systems; reselling bandwidth; or any other illegal acts promulgated from or targeting the Center's computers or network.
- other disruptive or illegal actions, such violating copyright laws; using the Center to distribute computer viruses, worms, or “Trojan horses” to other computers/networks; concealing or misrepresenting their name or affiliation to mask irresponsible or offensive behavior; …
The Cyber Café reserves the right to modify these policies at any time.
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