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Venues for the KORE Kickstarter have been selected to provide a safe environment to foster learning, growth, and collaboration.

Your safety and well-being is of prime importance. However, with travel comes the possibility of risks such as illness, transportation incidents, and other unforeseen circumstances.

While KORE Venture and its partners undertake to act with care and diligence for your safety at all times during the weekend, we require that you (i) acknowledge and accept all risks involved with participating in the KORE Venture Kickstarter and (ii) release, discharge, and hold KORE Venture and KORE Venture’s agents, officers, directors, volunteers, staff, team members, and partners (“Released Parties”) harmless from all liability, loss, actions, causes of actions, debts, claims, and demands of every kind and nature which might arise in connection with your participation in a KORE Kickstarter, including claims for bodily harm, injury, death, disability, disease, loss, or damages (“Claims”). This release includes without limitation any Claims that you may at any time have for injury, disease, damages, death, or loss. You agree that this release will apply even if the injury, death, disease, damage or loss is caused by the negligence, fault, error or omission of any one or more of KORE Kickstarter or the Released Parties, but this release does not extend to gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Released Parties.

You agree that this is a general release extending even to Claims that you do not know of or expect to exist when you executed this release. You agree you will pay the KORE Venture and the Released Parties’ reasonable attorney fees, costs, and expenses that it incurs to enforce this agreement, including costs of any appeal. You agree that you will never sue or bring any legal action against KORE Venture or any of the Released Parties for any claims or actions your have released herein.

HEALTH
We request that you acknowledge the right of KORE Venture to terminate your participation in a KORE Kickstarter due to health, mental or physical conditions which may compromise your safety or that of others.
Further, you consent in the case of an emergency to KORE Venture personnel securing the medical care for your safety, including transporting you to a medical facility and providing emergency care for you.

COVID-19 / COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread primarily from person-to-person contact. As a result, federal, state, and local governments, and federal and state health agencies, recommend certain precautions when gathering. KORE Venture has and will continue to put in place preventative measures, consistent with state and federal guidelines, to reduce the spread of COVID-19. However, KORE Venture cannot guarantee that you will not become infected with COVID-19 or any other infectious or communicable disease.

This release, including the covenant not to sue and indemnity set forth above, further extends to any and all claims, demands, costs, expenses, and actions of any nature you may at any time have against KORE Venture or any Released Parties arising out of or related to contracting COVID-19 or any other infectious diseases while participating in any activities as a part of KORE Kickstarter. You agree to assume the risk of contracting COVID-19 or another infectious or communicable disease while participating in activities as a part of KORE Kickstarter.

Certification: I am voluntarily registering for KORE Kickstarter and understand I am under no obligation to do so, and that this agreement is required in order for participation. I understand that I cannot terminate or revoke this agreement for any reason. I agree this release my be signed electronically and an electronic signature is legally binding.

Creating a safe environment for real conversation and honest reflection

KORE Venture is a safe place where you can be yourself, ask any questions and share your deepest reflections. This relies entirely on trust. Please respect the privacy and confidentiality of your peers during and after attending a KORE Kickstarter.

By agreeing below, you are agreeing you will uphold our Code of Conduct.

1. Confidentiality and Discretion - Please do not share or repeat what your peers share with you through this experience. If you are attending a KORE Kickstarter at a family’s home, please do not share its location details or any security information.
2. No Solicitation - Including but not limited to business/fundraising efforts and promotions.
3. Be sensitive and Kind - Listen well and empathize with your peers. Resist the urge to jump in with solutions or to judge others. Keep our gatherings free from verbal, online, physical or sexual harassment and assault. Free from discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, class, religion, age, ability, sexual orientation, perceived gender identity or expression.
4. Respect Each Individual - Forget about family names. We will not be sharing or using family names during KORE Kickstarters so that our primary interest is each other and not the families we come from. Get to know each other but resist the urge to Google your peers!
5. Be Authentic - The more we are open with each other the richer the experience will be for everyone.
6. Drugs & Alcohol - Official KORE Venture events are drug-free and alcohol is to be consumed responsibly.
7. Fire Arms - Please do not bring any fire arms.
8. Social Media - You are welcome to tweet/post/blog about KORE Kickstarter and to share freely what you learn. However, please do not reference or disclose the identity of any or your peers. This is particularly important in relation to photographs.
9. Photographs - By all means capture the experience through photos however please do not share these beyond the group without express permission. Official photographers and videographers will be present throughout KORE Kickstarters and use of imagery will be subject to permission. Images will be captured and shared on the closed and private KORE Venture community platform.