Terms of Events and Networking Meetings

§1. General provisions

1.1. The Service Provider organises online meetings on the Platform for Users holding a Subscription.

1.2. These Terms set out the types of those meetings, the conditions of taking part, how they run and the rules that apply to participants.

1.3. Terms written with a capital letter in these Terms have the meaning given to them in paragraph 2. Terms not defined in paragraph 2 have the meaning given to them in paragraph 2 of the Terms and Conditions of Using the Platform.

1.4. In matters not covered by these Terms, the Terms and Conditions of Using the Platform and the Terms of the Elegant Learning Paths apply.

§2. Definitions

2.1. Meeting. An online meeting organised by the Service Provider within the Salon or the Networking series.

2.2. Salon. A meeting organised once a quarter, held under the name Elegant Investor Salon.

2.3. Networking. A meeting from the series held under the name Elegant Investor Networking.

2.4. Subscription. Paid access to the Service Provider's products in a subscription model, offered under the name Elegant Learning Paths. The scope of each variant and the rules for acquiring it are set out in the Terms of the Elegant Learning Paths.

2.5. Announcement. Information about a Meeting published on the Platform and sent to the email address assigned to the Account.

2.6. Service Provider. Kinga Stigter, operating the Platform, email address kinga.elegant.investors@gmail.com.

2.7. Platform. The website available at www.elegantinvestors.com together with all its features.

2.8. User. A natural person using the Platform. These Terms use the feminine form because of the character of the brand, and the rules apply equally to everyone using the Platform regardless of gender.

2.9. Account. An individual User profile on the Platform, opened free of charge, allowing the use of materials and the purchase of the Service Provider's products.

§3. Types of Meeting

3.1. The Service Provider organises two types of Meeting.

3.1.1. The Salon, that is a meeting devoted to a chosen matter from the market and from investing, covering a discussion of the subject, time for questions and a conversation between participants.

3.1.2. The Networking, that is a small meeting devoted to exchanging experience and to relations between investors, in which the subject given is the starting point for the conversation.

3.2. The Salon is run around a prepared subject, and the Networking around the conversation between participants.

3.3. The Salon is organised once a quarter.

3.4. The dates of Meetings from the Networking series are given by the Service Provider.

3.5. Meetings are held online.

3.6. Meetings are held in English.

§4. Who takes part

4.1. Taking part in a Meeting requires an Account and a Subscription covering that Meeting.

4.2. The Salon is covered by the Elegant Alumni and Elegant Circle variants.

4.3. The Networking is covered by the Elegant Circle variant.

4.4. Participation is decided by the state of the Subscription on the day of the Meeting. A User whose Subscription ended before that day does not take part in the Meeting.

4.5. Taking part in a Meeting carries no separate charge.

4.6. Taking part is not compulsory and does not affect the scope of the other materials covered by the Subscription.

§5. The Announcement and signing up

5.1. The Announcement is published on the Platform, on the page of the Meeting concerned, and sent to the email address assigned to the Account.

5.2. The Announcement gives the subject of the Meeting, its date, its starting time and its expected duration.

5.3. The Service Provider passes on the link to the Meeting before it starts, to the email address assigned to the Account.

5.4. The Service Provider may limit the number of places at a Meeting from the Networking series. It gives information about the limit and about the way of signing up in the Announcement.

5.5. If the number of places is not limited, signing up is not required.

§6. How a Meeting runs

6.1. A Meeting is hosted by the Service Provider.

6.2. A Meeting covers a part devoted to the subject and time for questions and conversation.

6.3. Turning on the camera and the microphone is not compulsory.

6.4. The Service Provider may host a Meeting with a person invited to discuss the subject. It gives information about this in the Announcement.

§7. Proposing subjects

7.1. A User may propose subjects for further Meetings.

7.2. A subject is proposed on the page of the Meeting concerned on the Platform.

7.3. The choice of subject belongs to the Service Provider. Proposing a subject does not oblige the Service Provider to hold it.

§8. The rules that apply during a Meeting

8.1. The rules given in points 8.1.1 to 8.1.8 apply during a Meeting.

8.1.1. Participants treat each other with respect.

8.1.2. Vulgar language and offensive remarks are not used.

8.1.3. Products and services, one's own and those of others, are not advertised.

8.1.4. Recruitment is not carried out and job offers are not presented.

8.1.5. Buy and sell signals are not passed on and particular financial instruments are not recommended.

8.1.6. Bank promotions and the offers of financial institutions are not presented.

8.1.7. The investment approach of other participants is not assessed in a disparaging way.

8.1.8. The course of the Meeting is not disrupted.

8.2. Where the rules given in point 8.1 are breached, the Service Provider may turn off the participant's microphone or remove her from the Meeting.

8.3. Where breaches are repeated, the Service Provider may exclude the User from taking part in further Meetings. It gives information about this together with the reasons to the email address assigned to the Account.

8.4. The exclusion given in point 8.3 does not affect access to the other materials covered by the Subscription and does not give the right to a reduction of the charge.

8.5. The rules for content published by Users are set out in paragraph 9 of the Terms and Conditions of Using the Platform.

§9. The privacy of participants

9.1. A Meeting is closed.

9.2. The link to a Meeting is intended only for the User it was passed to and is not passed on to other people.

9.3. Information about the financial and personal situation of the other participants is not passed outside the Meeting.

9.4. A participant does not capture the image or the words of the other participants.

§10. Recording

10.1. The Service Provider gives information about the recording of a Meeting before it starts.

10.2. Recording a Meeting by a User requires the consent of the Service Provider.

10.3. If a recording is made available after a Meeting, the Service Provider gives the place and the period of its availability.

10.4. The recording is intended for the User's own use.

§11. Materials and the conversation after a Meeting

11.1. The Service Provider may make available on the Platform the materials discussed during a Meeting.

11.2. Making materials available is not compulsory and is not part of the Subscription.

11.3. The conversation about the subject of a Meeting may be continued on the Elegant Investors Talks forum, if the User has access to it. The rules for using the forum are set out in the forum terms.

11.4. Copyright in the materials and the rules for using them are set out in paragraph 19 of the Terms and Conditions of Using the Platform.

§12. Change of date and cancellation of a Meeting

12.1. The Service Provider may change the date of a Meeting for important reasons. It gives information about this without delay and gives the new date.

12.2. The Service Provider may cancel a Meeting for important reasons. It gives information about this without delay.

12.3. A change of date and the cancellation of a Meeting do not give the right to a reduction of the charge for the billing period of the Subscription or to a refund of part of it.

§13. Absence of the User

13.1. Absence from a Meeting does not give the right to a reduction of the charge for the billing period of the Subscription or to a refund of part of it.

13.2. Absence from a Meeting with no limit on the number of places does not need to be reported.

13.3. At a Meeting with a limited number of places, a User who signed up and will not take part reports this to the Service Provider before the Meeting.

§14. The character of the Meetings

14.1. The Meetings are educational and informational only.

14.2. The Meetings are not an investment recommendation and not investment, legal or tax advice.

14.3. The Service Provider does not indicate financial instruments to buy or to sell and does not indicate what investment decision the User should make.

14.4. What the other participants say is their own opinion. The Service Provider is not liable for its content.

14.5. Every User makes her investment decision herself, on the basis of her own analysis and her own financial situation.

14.6. The liability of the Service Provider for educational content is set out in paragraph 20 of the Terms and Conditions of Using the Platform.

§15. Personal data

15.1. The controller of Users' personal data is the Service Provider.

15.2. The rules for processing personal data are set out in the Privacy Policy.

15.3. During a Meeting the other participants see the name displayed by the User, and with the camera on also her image.

15.4. The data given when signing up is processed in order to confirm participation and to pass on the link to the Meeting.

§16. Complaints

16.1. Complaints concerning Meetings are made by the User on the terms set out in paragraph 16 of the Terms and Conditions of Using the Platform.

16.2. A complaint should give the name and the date of the Meeting it concerns.

§17. Changes to these Terms

17.1. The Service Provider may change these Terms for important reasons, in particular after a change in the way Meetings are organised or after a change in the law.

17.2. The Service Provider gives information about a change in accordance with paragraph 22 of the Terms and Conditions of Using the Platform.

17.3. The date of the last update of these Terms is given at the beginning of the document. Previous versions of these Terms are archived.