1. General Membership Rules

• 1.1. There is no limit of group members.
  
• 1.2. New members have to publish a photograph where you can see clearly his/her face (in the past unreal people have joined the group to send spam to its members or create inappropiate messages on the Message Board). Once you have attended an event you can change your photograph.
  
• 1.3. This is a non-profit group and membership can be denied and cancelled at anytime with the Organizer’s discretion, usually, for the reasons that he thinks are harmful/problematic to the group (such as negative attitude/behavior towards other group members, disturbing the harmony of the group, etc.). These members will be banned to rejoin the group.
  
• 1.4. The Organizer pays a fee of 12 $/month to Meetup.com to maintain the group page. To cover this costs people participating in events can make donations.
  
• 1.5. You have to be at least 18 years old to join this group.
  
• 1.6. If you have suggestion about events that you would like to attend, do not use the Message Board. Send an e-mail to the Organizer or any of the Assistant Organizers. We will be thankfull for them and we will take into account your suggestions. Most of them have been posted in the past, but not all of them can be posted.
  
• 1.7. Hikes are typically posted one month in advance. There is no systematic way of knowing when the next hike will be posted or where it will be. When the organizer posts a hike, all members can then make their RSVPs. We try to post different types of hikes for different levels, but not everyone’s requests will be met. Suggestions on hikes are always welcome.
  
• 1.8. Members who use the group to send advertising or spam to its members will lose his/her membership and will be banned.
  

2. Rules for Joining Events
The events of this group are very popular and usually full very quickly, nevertheless the spirit of the group is that old and new members have the same chances to join an event. This makes the group very dynamic in a social way, and this is why the rules of joining events are the following:

• 2.1. If you would like to join an event that is already full, RSVP with a YES anyway, you will be placed at the Waiting List.
  
• 2.2. When somebody with a car joins an event, the Organizer can increase the amount of people that can attend it up to the maximum that he determines.
  
• 2.3. When a space opens up in a car, the Organizer of the event will add people according to the waiting list, unless that the organizer that published the event added additional rules in the description of the event. These additional rules must be objective and measurable (for example: members who attended to 3 or more events in the past). Rules based on personal preferences are not allowed (for example: the following rule is not allowed "my friends are not the first people in the waiting list but I add them first", you can use your phone and plan events outside of this group).
  
• 2.4. The Organizer (or Assistant Organizer) of an event can refuse a member’s participation in an event for the reasons that he thinks are harmful/problematic to the event (such as physical condition, insufficient hiking gear/equipment, negative attitude/behavior towards other group members, disturbing the harmony of the group, etc.).
  
• 2.5. Before you were allowed to join Meetup, you had to check a box saying you read and agreed to Meetup's Terms of Service. One of the most important sections in these terms as an Organizer, is Section 6.2 which refers to liability. Here is a link for your review. In simple language, YOU and only you, are responsible for your safety at all times if you participate in a Meetup event. By joining an event you are accepting the Liability Terms of this group. This second check have to be done, because of catalan legislation (Decret 333/2002 Art. 7), just to make clear that you accept to be a co-organizer of the event.
  • NOTE: Do not trust people or "improvised" organizers who pretend to be an expert or professional just because they have a FEEC licence or because they are in a hiking association. This only proves that he/she has the money for paying a FEEC licence. FEEC/FEDME members are not mountain sports professionals unless they have additional legal qualifications that you can check at FEEC.
• 2.6. The driver of a vehicle will announce the cost of the journey to its occupants before leaving the meeting point.
  
• 2.7. A participant who does not pay the cost of the trip to the driver cannot participate in any event until he pays the appropriate amount to the driver. The driver should report this incident to the Organizer.
  
• 2.8. In some events it is allowed to the members to bring guests. The only restriction for guests is that they cannot be banned members of this group. Contact the Organizer, if you want detailed information about this issue.
  
• 2.9. Car drivers have preference to join an event when there are not enough cars to reach the limit of people of the event, because they open new spots for other members. Additionally they can choose up to one member to jump to the first position of the waiting list to join the event in their car (it has to be informed in their comment of their RSVP). They have this privilege because this group exists because of these drivers.
  
• 2.10. For events during more than one day, the Organizer can require an inscription fee of (at least) 10 EUR. This fee will be used to cover part of the costs of the event if the member shows up. If the member cancels his/her participation without a major issue, he/she will lose this fee (it will be used to cover additional costs or Meetup.com costs). This way it will be avoid that people join an event without knowing if they are going to attend the event or not.
  • You can use PayPal to pay this fee. Paypal takes an amount of every transaction. Take into account that in this case the amount to pay will be increased just to cover the PayPal fee (to receive 10 EUR in PayPal the amount has to be 10,71).
  • You can perform a money transfer to an account of the Organizer or Assistant Organizer of the event. This sometimes cost at least 1 EUR.
    

3. Attendance
Due to the frequency of last minute cancellations, I have applied some additional membership rules so members who are serious and committed about going on the hikes can go.

A member who has RSVP'd Yes and does not attend an event, without changing his/her RSVP to No will have the following rules:

• 3.1. After the first time, you will have to confirm your attendance at least 24 hours before the meeting time by e-mailing me. If you don't confirm, I will change your RSVP to No.
  
• 3.2. After the second time without confirming by e-mail, you will be banned for the next two events. If you RSVP Yes, I will change it to No.
  
• 3.3. After the third time without confirming by e-mail, your membership will be canceled.
  
• 3.4. If a driver of a vehicle does not show up to an event without warning the organizer at least 2 days in advance, his/her membership will be cancelled.
  

Exception to these rules: If you send an SMS up to 1 hour before the meeting time, due to a major reason (illness, personal situation, etc...), these rules will not be applied to you.

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