Member Terms

Perthshire Open Studios

Our complete terms and conditions, with our additional Conditions of Entry and Code of Conduct

Conditions of entry

Conditions of Entry

At Perthshire Open Studios, we are committed to fostering a supportive, respectful, and creative community for all our members and volunteers. As a member-led organisation run entirely by volunteers, it’s essential that we treat each other with kindness and professionalism.

By participating in Perthshire Open Studios, you agree to:

  • Treat fellow members, professional advisors, and visitors with respect.
  • Engage in constructive communication, even when offering feedback or raising concerns. 
  • Listen to feedback and strive to be approachable and responsive.
  • Work transparently, fairly, and collaboratively, keeping the best interests of the group at heart.
  • Uphold the values of Perthshire Open Studios – collaboration, creativity, inclusion, and mutual support.
  • Respect deadlines, processes, and guidelines set out by the Board to help Perthshire Open Studios run smoothly.
  • Promote Perthshire Open Studios in a positive and professional manner in both public and private settings, including on social media.

Rudeness, personal attacks, or abusive behaviour towards fellow members, visitors or professional advisors will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Such behaviour may result in a warning, removal from the directory, exclusion from future events, at the discretion of the Board.

Perthshire Open Studios is made up of fellow artists and makers who are donating their time and energy to support our shared creative community.

Code of Conduct

At Perthshire Open Studios, we are committed to fostering a supportive, respectful, and creative community for all our members and volunteers. As a member-led organisation run entirely by volunteers, it’s essential that we treat each other with kindness and professionalism.

By participating in Perthshire Open Studios, you agree to:

  • Treat fellow members, professional advisors, and visitors with respect.
  • Engage in constructive communication, even when offering feedback or raising concerns. 
  • Listen to feedback and strive to be approachable and responsive.
  • Work transparently, fairly, and collaboratively, keeping the best interests of the group at heart.
  • Uphold the values of Perthshire Open Studios – collaboration, creativity, inclusion, and mutual support.
  • Respect deadlines, processes, and guidelines set out by the Board to help Perthshire Open Studios run smoothly.
  • Promote Perthshire Open Studios in a positive and professional manner in both public and private settings, including on social media.

Rudeness, personal attacks, or abusive behaviour towards fellow members, visitors or professional advisors will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Such behaviour may result in a warning, removal from the directory, exclusion from future events, at the discretion of the Board.

Perthshire Open Studios is made up of fellow artists and makers who are donating their time and energy to support our shared creative community.

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Who we are

Suggested text: Our website address is: https://perthshireopenstudios.com.

Comments

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An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.