Terms and Conditions: SAFM Platinum Inner Circle Membership (Prior to October 29, 2023)

Last Updated: July 12, 2023

These Terms and Conditions are between Purpose Inc, 137 Concord Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776 (“Provider”, “School of Applied Functional Medicine™”, and/or “SAFM”) and the “Participant” (the “Parties”) and cover the relevant tenets of the Platinum Inner Circle Membership (“Membership”).

Participant access to and participation in the Membership and, in conjunction with Membership, access to the private, SAFM-hosted social media group page (“Membership Facebook Group”), communications, and materials is subject to the Participant’s compliance with the terms of this Agreement.

PAYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Upon purchase of the Membership, the Participant acknowledges and agrees that:

All payments are to be made in United States Dollars unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by Purpose Inc.
All payments will be made on the payment schedule specified in the order form at the time of purchase. The first payment is due at the time of purchase (i.e., Membership enrollment). If the Participant selects a payment plan, the first payment will be charged to the credit card provided at purchase and successive payments billed every 30 days thereafter until the plan is paid in full. Billing day variance may occur if payments are started at the end of a month since not all months end on the same day.
All payments and fees are authorized by the Participant (without notice, unless required by applicable law) to be, automatically, charged using the credit card, or other approved method of payment, registered with Purpose Inc at the time of purchase. Regardless of the extent to which the Participant does or does not take advantage of all Membership components, the Participant remains fully responsible for the timely submission of all Membership payments unless granted a refund under the terms of the Purpose Inc refund policy outlined herein.
The Participant agrees to keep credit card information current and active for the duration of the selected payment schedule. Changes cannot be made to a payment schedule once the monthly payment series for any SAFM Program, Course, or Membership has begun.
Late Payments: If the Participant selects a payment plan and a payment is declined, the Participant will receive a notification from the SAFM billing system. The Participant’s card will, automatically, be retried up to three more times. After the final failed billing attempt, the Participant’s account status will be changed to “expired” and access to the Membership (and all other Membership components) will be terminated immediately.

REFUNDS/TRANSFERS/CANCELLATION POLICY

Refunds. SAFM does not not offer any refunds for the Membership once payment has been received. The Participant should review all available information on the components of Membership and determine whether or not Membership is appropriate prior to any purchase.

Transfers. Once the Participant is enrolled, Membership may not be transferred to another person or Membership start date.

Course Cancellation. Should the Company cancel the Membership prior to the terms outlined in the agreement, the Company agrees to cancel any remaining active Membership payment plans. For Memberships paid in full at the time of purchase, the Company agrees to refund, in full and at the amount of $499.00 per month, all Membership fees for the remaining months of the Membership term following cancellation.

DELIVERY AND ACCESS

This Membership is fully virtual. All Membership learning events are conducted via video conferencing. and posted materials are made available through a private Membership Facebook Group hosted and managed by SAFM.

The Participant acknowledges and agrees that:

Membership is for a term of one year as defined by the start and end dates defined and agreed to at the time of purchase. Membership access will terminate at 11:59 p.m. ET on the Membership end date.
Membership email communications will be sent to the email provided by the Participant at the time of purchase. The Participant is responsible for confirming that Membership emails are being received and for reporting email delivery issues to SAFM via designated channels.
As a social network enterprise, Facebook maintains its own independent user agreement and terms of use. The Participant assumes full responsibility for the Participant’s Facebook account and any disruption in access to the Membership Facebook Group that may occur as a result of the Participant violating the Facebook terms of use, in Facebook’s sole discretion.
All Membership calls are recorded and, thus, signature of this Agreement conveys consent to having participation included in these recordings. Due to the private nature of the Membership Facebook Group in which Membership calls are conducted, Purpose Inc will limit replay access to paying members only.
Any stated Membership component may not be available (or recorded) at various times due to poor network availability or stability or other constraints beyond SAFM’s immediate control. SAFM will make every effort to communicate technical issues in a timely manner.

See also the SAFM Social Media Disclaimers.

DISMISSAL AND CODE OF CONDUCT

SAFM has established a set of standards and community guidelines to govern the actions and behaviors of staff, students, affiliates, and partners. The principles outlined in the SAFM Code of Conduct, and the policies and practices aligned to it, are intended to nurture a safe, encouraging learning environment in which students feel welcomed and valued.

SAFM reserves the right to dismiss from the Membership, without refund or recourse, any Participant who violates the SAFM Code of Conduct, in the sole discretion of SAFM.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS

SAFM retains the right to change the form, nature, and content of the Membership (and all of its components) at any time without prior notice to the Participant. Purpose Inc is not responsible for any impact these changes have on the Participant and/or the Participant’s business.

SAFM is committed to personal, professional responsibility. The Participant must use any information gleaned from the SAFM involvement in accordance with the rules of the regulatory entity that has awarded the Participant’s license and/or certification. The Participant acknowledges and assumes full responsibility for the use of any and all information gleaned from the Membership, via any component for any purpose. It is the Participant’s responsibility to assess, decide, and accept responsibility for what (if any) information taken from this Membership is appropriate for use in supporting any client or patient for any purpose at any time.

The Participant releases Purpose Inc. and its administrators, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, teachers, lecturers, agents, representatives and staff (collectively, the Releasee(s)) from any and all liability, damages, causes of action, allegations, suits, sums of money, claims and demands whatsoever, in law, admiralty or equity, which against the Releasee(s), the Participant ever had, now has or will have in the future against the Releasee(s), arising from the Participant’s past or future participation in or use of information and guidance gleaned from, or otherwise with respect to the Membership.

CHOICE OF LAW/ARBITRATION

This Agreement shall be subject to and construed and interpreted in accordance with Laws of the State of North Carolina, United States of America without regard to its conflicts of law principles. The Parties agree to personal jurisdiction in North Carolina.

In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed unenforceable, the remaining portions of the Agreement shall be severed and remain in full force.

In the event a dispute arises between the parties, either arising from this Agreement or otherwise pertaining to the relationship between the parties, the parties will submit to binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for the Americas Mediation and Arbitration Rules). Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Such arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator. The sole remedy that can be awarded to the Participant in the event that an award is granted in arbitration is limited to a refund of a portion or the entire, current fee already paid by the Participant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no award of consequential, punitive, or any other damages, costs and/or fees, unless specifically set forth herein, may be granted to the Participant.