Going Places: Terms and Conditions

Darebin's Travel Rewards Scheme.

The Darebin Community Rewards Scheme or Going Places is an opportunity for Darebin residents to be rewarded for travelling sustainably and to become informed about alternative travel choices. The site is intended for this purpose only.

’We’ refers to the Darebin City Council and Going Places. ‘You’ or ‘registered user/s’ refers to a person accessing and registering to use Going Places.

By registering you are bound by conditions and obligations outlined in the Terms and Conditions and also under the Darebin City Council Privacy Statement.

All registered users must:
  * Ensure the information provided is current and accurate
  * Be Darebin residents over the age of 18 with a current drivers licence
  * Must have at least one car within their household

Registered users must not use Going Places to:
  * Promote any political, religious, racist or other anti-social viewpoints or behaviour
  * provide fraudulent or deceptive information
  * post information which includes but is not limited to intimidating or harassing statements or such which may lead to civil or criminal action
  * post information or multimedia files which are pornographic, obscene or indecent
  * encourage acts which constitute a criminal offence or civil liability
  * post information or material which may contain viruses or other malicious programs and cause harm to user’s access and the general operation of Going Places.

1. How does Going Places work?
With Going Places you earn a point whenever a registered user logs in to the website and logs their pledge. Points accumulated by logging pledges make you eligible for rewards which are set out on the ‘Rewards on offer’ page of the Going Places site.

There are also random prizes available to all users who earn at least one point in the random prize period (ie a particular week, month or other similar time period). Whilst Going Places makes every attempt to contact random draw winners, if a winner cannot be contacted the competition prize will be redrawn.

2. How do you earn points?
Points are earned by fulfilling and logging the following pledge on the Going Places website: “I pledge to take two-less drive alone trips this week”. Points are earned on the basis of 1 point for each pledge logged. No more than one pledge can be logged per week. A maximum of 52 points per year can be achieved.

3. How long do you have to use your points?
Your points will expire at the end of the Going Places trial period. This will be in approximately March 2007. We will give you at least 90 days notice before the end of the Going Places trial period.

We may discontinue Going Places at any time at our discretion. Should we discontinue Going Places, we will notify you and advise you of the date up until which you may continue to log your pledge. After Going Places is discontinued, you will no longer be able to earn points.

4. What are the rewards?
The rewards available at any time are set out on the Going Places website which you can access through www.goingplaces.darebin.vic.gov.au or you can contact Going Places Headquarters on (03) 8470 8341. All rewards are subject to availability and substitutions may be necessary. All rewards are subject to the specific conditions on which the provider of the reward makes the reward available. If there is any inconsistency between the rewards and these terms and conditions, the specific conditions prevail.

5. How do you claim a reward?
The Going Places system will notify Going Places administration that you have accrued enough points to be eligible for one of the rewards on offer.

6. Where do you claim a reward?
Rewards you are eligible for will become available to collect from Darebin City Council Customer Service Centres one week after you become eligible for a particular reward. A week runs from Monday to Sunday. For example, if you log your pledge for the last point you require in order to earn a pedometer on a Monday, then your pedometer will be available for collection from a Darebin City Council Customer Service Centre from the beginning of the next week (the Monday).

Please bring your GP Club card along in order to claim your reward.

Customer Service Centres are located at:

Preston
274 Gower Street
Open Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm

Northcote
32-38 Separation Street
Open Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm

Northland (Murray Road):
Next to the RACV shop
Open Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm; Saturday 9am – 12 noon.

Reservoir:
Civic Centre
23 Edwardes Street
Open Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm

8. When we will not award points or fulfil reward claims
You are not entitled to points (and we may correct your points record by deleting points invalidly awarded) if:
  - we cancel your Going Places membership for any reason, or
  - we reasonably suspect that you are behaving or have behaved fraudulently, or
  - you breach the terms and conditions of Going Places.

9. Points themselves do not have monetary value
Points are not property and do not have any monetary value except in respect of the value assigned to them by Going Places. Points and rewards may not be transferred, sold, bequeathed or inherited. Points can only be redeemed for rewards and are not convertible into cash. Points are just used to record your entitlement to claim a reward.

10. Changes to these terms and conditions and Going Places
We may change these terms and conditions at any time. You agree that you are bound by any change when you first register for Going Places. Changes may include a change to:
  - the available rewards
  - the way you can earn points
  - the way you can redeem points
  - the number of points required to obtain a reward
  - those retailers that offer GP Club discounts

Terms & Conditions for the GP Club Card

1. A registered user must have an individualised Going Places club card in order to enjoy the benefits and offers of the GP Club.

2. The Going Places club card is not transferable.

3. Benefits & offers available via the Going Places club card can only be redeemed within the time frame specified.

4. Darebin City Council will have no liability to the registered user arising from any act or omission of any third party that may offer goods, services or benefits to the customer in connection with or association with the Going Places program.

Terms & Conditions for GP Messages

The Going Places web site has or will contain threaded discussions, chat rooms, and other communication forums. By participating in any of these, users agree to send and receive messages that are both proper and related to the forum topic. The following actions are prohibited:
  * Defaming, harassing, threatening or otherwise violating the legal rights of others, including their privacy (see below);
  * Misrepresenting one's person, background, or character;
  * Posting any defamatory, infringing, obscene, false, or unlawful material;
  * Selling, advertising, or exchanging any goods or services unless expressly allowed;
  * Posting any copyrighted material owned by a third party.

Also, you agree to use any Going Places forum at your own risk. While championing proper use of such forums, the City of Darebin cannot guarantee that violations of the above code will not occur.

GP Messages is a platform to assist its users to make contact with others potentially interested in sharing information and possibly forming carpool groups. It is up to you the user of this website to ascertain the suitability of anyone you decide to carpool with.
Going Places does not screen it's users as to suitability. Your safety is your responsibility and Going Places cannot be held accountable for the actions of anyone using the site.

GP Messages Participation Rules

Participants are responsible for reading and understanding these rules. By participating you agree to these rules.

1. Use your real name.
If it is determined with careful consideration by the Moderator that a participant's actual identity is in question, that person will be suspended until proof of identity is provided.
If it appears that fraud, forgery, identity theft, or computer crime laws have been violated, Darebin City Council will notify the appropriate legal authorities.
Experience in other online discussion forums has shown that the use of real names rather than pseudonyms is more likely to result in a polite and respectful discussion. However, as you may have a valid reason for not wanting to use your real name. In this case, an exception can be made and the Moderator can approve the use of an alias.

2. Be Civil - This is a public forum with real people. Please respect people with differing views. No insults, name calling or inflamed speech. Personal one-on-one arguments, disagreements or personality conflicts are not appropriate on a public discussion forum. Attempts at humour or sarcasm should be labelled ... ;-), :-), etc.

3. No Attacks or Threats - If content is illegal it will not be displayed. Personal attacks or public threats against the safety or security of participants are not allowed. If you receive private communication from another participant that causes you serious concern, you may communicate that to the Moderator, but no action should be taken by the Moderator to intervene in private disputes among individuals. If you feel you have privately received an illegal threat via email, you should contact the appropriate legal authorities. Darebin City Council is not responsible for any private behaviour.

4. Items Not Allowed in Forums - No attachments. Send any files you wish to share to the Moderator, who will store them in the files section if they are relevant to the discussion. Commercial advertising and chain letters are prohibited from the eForum. Email based posts must be plain text without file attachments. Comments or complaints about forum management or complaints about member rule violations must not be posted to the main forum. Instead, direct such messages privately to the Moderator.

Public event promotions and links to commercial, media, or non-profit online content related to the scope of the eForum are appropriate. Participant "signatures" providing links to the work or projects of an individual are acceptable, but the display of specific products for sale are not allowed. Darebin City Council may acknowledge eForum sponsors in messages or on the web site.

5. Warnings – Darebin’s Going Places is moderated by Council officers. Moderators reserve the right not to publish postings that are deemed offensive, illegal or otherwise unsuitable. Should a posting to Darebin’s GP Messages be deemed objectionable, the moderator will contact the author, explain the reasons and encourage the participant to revise the posting so that it is acceptable.

Moderator Responsibilities

1. Moderators shall behave in a manner that models good participation skills to other participants.
2. Darebin City Council as the host and publisher of Going Places is legally liable for its content. To minimise the possibility of legal litigation, Moderators screen postings prior to publication. Postings are screened to ensure that the participation rules are respected. Postings are not screened to prohibit different views from those of Council.
3. The Moderator may moderate, rename, clean headers, and/or ignore non-member messages.

Where did these rules come from?

These participation rules are based on the rules developed by E-Demoracy.Org www.e-democracy.org