Good day to you!

You have reached the house rules and application form page for Artists-In-Residence, the Web hosting service that offers free personal, business, and organizational Web sites exclusively to those in the Performing and Visual Arts and the Humanities.

***A-I-R TEMPORARILY CLOSED***.

I am currently in the midst of completing my first commercial recording and cannot devote the time necessary to process new applications. At present, I do not expect to begin accepting new applications until at least June.

For those who have submitted applications and who have not heard from me, please be patient. I will handle your application as soon as I can. My apologies for the delay.

As much as I wish it was not necessary, I have drawn up some rules to which all residents must agree.

Most are based on rules set by Artists-In-Residence's Internet Service Provider (ISP). The others are designed to help maintain the hosting service.

BE WARNED: I will keep the rules short and simple as long as residents don't abuse my good graces. If necessary, though, I will replace the simplified version with enough legalese to make the most critical lawyer smile.

1. All pages must be solely related to Performing or Visual Arts or the Humanities and used for lawful (specifically United States federal, state or local laws) purposes only. Each resident is completely responsible for anything s/he/they places on the pages assigned to her/him/them and agrees to pay any legal or other fees charged to Artists-In-Residence or the Landlady because of the resident's activities.
   
   
2. Any resident who uses his/her/their Web space or any other service of Artists-In-Residence to put their fellow humans down because of race, gender, sexual-orientation, political or religious views, etc., will immediately lose their space.
   
   
3. Residents may not spam anyone about their pages nor use Artists-In-Residence services to spam. The resident will pay a $25.00 (U.S. currency) fine, due immediately upon receiving notice, and lose his/her/their space.
   
   
4. While interest in Artists-In-Residence is much appreciated, the Landlady encourages applicants to apply only when they are ready to use the space. If the resident does not place the Web page(s) originally described in her/his application within two weeks of the Landlady notifying him/her that the space has been opened to him/her, the Landlady will consider the space vacant and give it to another resident. If the resident decides on a different Arts/Humanities subject for the page, the resident should let the Landlady know immediately or risk losing the space.
   
   
5. Residents will be required to place a small label on their sites (see What's New to view the label). While placing it on all pages with .html or .htm that do not reside on the secure server would be appreciated, residents will only have to place it somewhere on their main page. The code will be sent within the welcome letter.
   
   
6. Residents should keep an up-to-date backup copy of their files since Artists-In-Residence does not maintain them and can not guarantee that the Internet Service Provider will, either.
   
   
7. While the Landlady is a firm believer in freedom-of-speech on the Internet, pornography and sex-related merchandising, or even links to such sites, are not allowed. The Landlady is the sole arbiter regarding this issue, and she has the right to immediately remove any pages that violate this.
   
   
8. Effective June 13, 1999, all new sites must be in English. Unfortunately, this is the only way the Landlady can be certain that all sites are complying with the rules stated above.
   
   
9. Effective August 1, 2000, I can no longer allow sites that do no more than point to other sites where the residents' pages actually exist (this does not includes links sites). The number of rooms (userids) available is even less than the amount of space; thus, I must limit them to those who actually house their pages here.

That's pretty much it.

Thank you for coming. I hope that you will return soon.