{"id":3313,"date":"2021-09-08T08:19:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/communications\/?page_id=3313"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:58:37","slug":"google-groups-tou-agreement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/communications\/google-groups-tou-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"stolaf-extra Terms of Use Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h5><b>Purpose of stolaf-extra<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stolaf-extra is intended to be used by students, faculty, and staff to advertise the sale or donation of lawful goods and services, request items\/services, notification of events, course advertising, and campus office announcements. These postings are sent to others who are part of this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/a\/stolaf.edu\/g\/stolaf-extra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Please note: this is an opt-in Google Group, and, therefore, not everyone on campus sees postings on stolaf-extra.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These guidelines will be followed regarding goods and services posted in this group:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><b>Allowed for Posting<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>NOT Allowed for Posting<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Goods<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal items for sale or donation including but not limited to: clothing, household items, technology equipment, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;In Search Of&#8221; postings for items that are approved above<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sale of items from a commercial venture or promotion of commercial or business services (this includes side businesses operated by an individual)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Reselling college assets (e.g., items an office or the college is no longer using, student parking spaces, commencement tickets, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonprofit fundraising <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(exception for St. Olaf College Student Organizations)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Services\/Events\/Announcements<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotion of or request for recommendations of services in the area<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Events happening in the local Northfield community or the greater Twin Cities area<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Course advertising<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campus office announcements<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotion of or request for recommendation of services that violate college policies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Events happening outside of the allowed geographic area<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Events that are raising money for an external organization\/cause<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petitions and surveys<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Advocacy for issues or causes<\/li>\n<li>Crowdfunding through platforms like GoFundMe, or other personal fundraising or requests for charitable donations for individuals or entities (this includes messages about and requests for donations related to personal misfortunes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Response Time<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stolaf-extra is a moderated Google Group. This means all requested postings are submitted for approval before being live within the Google Group. Postings are reviewed and approved\/denied during regular business hours of Monday\u2013Friday from 8 a.m.\u20135 p.m. Most post requests during business hours will be <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reviewed within 1-2 hours<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Post requests are not reviewed and approved\/denied during evenings, weekends, and college holidays. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please do not use stolaf-extra for emergency requests<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A notification will not be sent when a posting it denied \u2014 it is up to the submitter to ensure that the posting follows the guidelines outlined on this page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Posting Guidelines<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include a description of the item for sale\/donation\/being requested<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include the price (if any) of the item for sale<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not \u201creply all\u201d to postings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not resubmit a posting if some of the listed items have sold and others are still available<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not send multiple messages about the same item or event<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be brief and concise<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Survey Distribution<br \/>\n<\/strong><b>Surveys for course credit and gathering campus community data. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students wishing to gather campus community data for required coursework or other reporting purposes are advised to connect with the Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/survey-coordinating-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Large Scale Survey Coordination Team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for support at <a href=\"mailto:sct@stolaf.edu\">sct@stolaf.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Surveys for Ole Cup or other entrepreneurial pitching. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students wishing to survey the campus community related to Ole Cup or other entrepreneurial pitching are advised to connect with the Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/survey-coordinating-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Large Scale Survey Coordination Team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at <a href=\"mailto:sct@stolaf.edu\">sct@stolaf.edu<\/a>. For further assistance, students are advised to meet with the Director of the Piper Center on best practices for generating the most meaningful and insightful data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Student Transportation Requests<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All student transportation requests should be submitted through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/a\/stolaf.edu\/g\/ineedaride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ineedaride<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Google Group. Please note, this is also a moderated Google Group, so post requests are not automatically live within the group. Please plan ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Student Roommate or Room Swap Requests<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students looking for a roommate should participate in Residence Life Roommate Social events or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact the Residence Life office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directly for support.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><b>stolaf-extra Terms of Use<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stolaf-extra is a Google Group made available to students, faculty, staff, and others associated with St. Olaf College. By accessing or otherwise interacting with stolaf-extra, you agree to abide by and be bound to these Terms of Use (\u201cTOU\u201d). If you are accessing or using stolaf-extra on behalf of a student organization, you represent and warrant that you have authority to accept the TOU on behalf of that organization and that the relevant business, organization, or group agrees to these TOU. If you do not agree to the TOU, you are not authorized to use stolaf-extra. St. Olaf College may modify the TOU at any time in our sole discretion. You are responsible for periodically checking this page for changes and are bound by them if you continue to use stolaf-extra. Our privacy policy, prohibited list, and all other policies are fully incorporated into this TOU, and you agree to them as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To conserve the college\u2019s limited Google Storage space, stolaf-extra email messages older than one year will be automatically deleted from users accounts. This includes both messages you receive from or send to stolaf-extra. Past postings will be archived within the Google Group history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Use.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stolaf-extra is to be solely used to advertise the sale or donation of lawful goods and services. Misleading, unsolicited, and\/or unlawful postings or communications are prohibited. You agree not to post content that is prohibited by St. Olaf policies or rules, including the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stolafcarleton.teamdynamix.com\/TDClient\/1893\/StOlaf\/KB\/ArticleDet?ID=113796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Group Guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You agree not to collect stolaf-extra user information or interfere with stolaf-extra. You agree we may moderate stolaf-extra access\/use in our sole discretion, e.g., by blocking, filtering, re-categorizing, deleting, delaying, holding, omitting, verifying, or terminating your postings and\/or access to the stolaf-extra Google Group. You agree (1) not to bypass said moderation, (2) we are not liable for moderating or not moderating, and (3) nothing we say or do waives our right to moderate, or not. Unless licensed by us in a separate written or electronic agreement, you agree not to use stolaf-extra in any manner or for any purpose that infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any intellectual property right or other right of any person, or that violates any applicable law. Members of the campus community are encouraged to <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/get-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> any criminal activity, suspected theft or lost items, suspicious behavior, or safety concerns to the Department of Public Safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer &amp; Liability. 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