Since 1917, the Hydraulic Institute (HI) - the largest association of pump industry manufacturers in North America - has served member companies and pump users by providing product standards and a forum for the exchange of industry information. EXPLANATION AND DISCLAIMER FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA SITES OF HYDRAULIC INSTITUTE AND PUMP SYSTEMS MATTER
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) and Pump Systems Mat
ter (PSM) social media sites are produced and maintained by the marketing department of HI/PSM. The views and opinions expressed on HI/PSM social media sites by individuals who are not employees of HI, are those of the individuals and not necessarily those of HI/PSM. The employees, members, volunteer leaders and HI/PSM organization cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, currency or reliability of information posted by external parties. While HI/PSM strives to make the information within our social media channels as timely and accurate as possible, we make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the contents of these sites, and expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in the contents of these sites. HI/PSM makes use of social media to engage interested individuals and followers to learn about HI, PSM, standards, guidelines, education and training programs and the pump and pumping system industry and our involvement in it, and to contribute to and support relevant conversations about and to promote HI/PSM programs and services. No communication to HI/PSM through this social media shall be deemed to constitute legal or official notice for any purpose, nor shall be construed in any way as technical advice or guidance. Users of these sites, however, may contact HI/PSM through the Contact Us link located on the HI or PSM websites, respectively, for information about HI membership, standards, guidelines or education/training programs or other services we offer. While HI/PSM makes reasonable efforts to monitor and respond, if necessary, to relevant content posted on its social media platforms, HI/PSM does not moderate all comments at all times and may not respond immediately to online requests. HI/PSM reserves the sole right to review, edit and/or delete any comments deemed inappropriate, as further defined below. Further, HI/PSM social media sites are not forums for soliciting business and/or requesting technical advice or solutions to technical problems, as further defined below. HI/PSM reserves the right to terminate involvement by those who post such content. Comments including, but not limited to, the following may be deleted or edited if deemed inappropriate or irrelevant by the moderator(s) of HI/PSM sites:
- Abusive or hurtful comments about any other person, whether or not this person or company is a user or participant in HI/PSM’s social media sites;
- Off-topic and redundant comments (this includes promotion or solicitation of events, groups, pages, websites, organizations, products, services and programs that are not related to or affiliated with HI/PSM and spam);
- Comments that use profanity, foul language, abusive language or "hate speech" (for example, including but not limited to racial, ethnic or gender-bashing language);
- Private, personal information published without consent;
- Personal attacks or defamatory statements or comments (i.e., making negative personal or untrue comments about an individual or a company, whether a participant in the social media platforms of HI/PSM or not), instead of just professionally responding to a posting, opinion or comment(s);
- Plagiarized material or material that potentially violates intellectual property rights;
- Comments that violate the privacy of any individual;
- Advertisements and business solicitations; and
- Material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, slanderous, hateful or embarrassing to any person, company or entity as determined by HI/PSM.
- Reference in HI/PSM sites to any specific commercial product, process or service, or the use of any trade, firm or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public and does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by HI/PSM. Some HI/PSM social media channels contain links to third-party websites. The linked sites are not under the control of HI/PSM, and we are not responsible for the content(s) of any linked website. These links are provided as a convenience only and shall not be construed as an endorsement of, sponsorship of or affiliation with the linked website by HI/PSM.
- All references to Hydraulic Institute standards or guidelines by HI/PSM are intended to be consistent with their stated purpose and scope. Such references do not constitute technical advice, and any individual or organization that applies the information in such publications recognizes, as stated in the forward to HI standards, that:
1) “Hydraulic Institute Standards are adopted in the public interest and are designed to help eliminate misunderstandings between the manufacturer, the purchaser and/or the user and to assist the purchaser in selecting and obtaining the proper product for a particular need.
2) Use of Hydraulic Institute Standards is completely voluntary. Existence of Hydraulic Institute Standards does not in any respect preclude a member from manufacturing or selling products not conforming to the Standards.”
YOUR PARTICIPATION IN A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE OF HI/PSM CONFIRMS YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONDITIONS AND YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY THEM.
