The NALMS website exists to advance the mission and objectives of the society. It provides
a service to NALMS members (individual and corporate) and afilliate organizations. The
opportunity to establish e-mail and Web links is available to members and afililiates and
to those entities explicitly cited below. The Society will allow others to link from our
website after review and approval and payment of an appropriate fee.
NALMS Affiliates – All NALMS affiliates may have a web link from the website at no charge.
NALMS Corporate Members – All Corporate members may have e-mail and web links from the
website at no charge.
NALMS Members – All NALMS members may have an e-mail link from the directory pages at no charge.
Certified Lake Managers – All CLMs may have an e-mail link from the CLM Page at no charge.
Non-Corporate Members (includes anyone, NALMS member or not) – Under the policy adopted by
the Board in May 1997 in Chicago, non-corporate members may have lake-related links from
the NALMS website for a yearly payment. Non-Corporate member links will be removed if their
site fails to meet the following conditions:
- their site will be used in a manner consistent with all state and federal laws; and
- their site will not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, or
proprietary rights of others or contain anything obscene, discriminatory or intended
for harassment purposes.
Education/Information Sites – If information or education materials are accessible to
all at no charge and if the materials support NALMS’ mission and objectives, the source
can be linked from the website at no charge. If the material is sold, the Chair of
Technology Transfer Committee and the Chair of the Education Committee will jointly
review it and determine whether it should be linked or listed (at the standard cost or
at no charge) from the NALMS website.
Events – All affiliate and regional activities will be able to link from the website at no
cost. Events that relate to the Society’s objectives and are sponsored by non-profit
organizations, including federal, local, state and provincial agencies, academic
institutions, and citizen groups will be able to link from the website at no cost.
Events sponsored by commercial entities can maintain a link from the website at a charge of
$25 per month.
Individual Lake Organizations – A free link will be available to those demonstrating that
the missions and objectives of NALMS are advanced as a result of their linkage. One of the
primary elements of a lakes website must be that lake management information or education
useable by NALMS members is available at little or no cost. The value of the linkage must
exceed, in terms of recommendations, examples and lake management information, the cost of
maintaining the link. Those selling a product or service should be able to secure listing
in the Sponsors and Services section of the website.
Those seeking to establish a link from the NALMS website shall submit their request to
the Webmaster.
If the requester chooses to link a site from the NALMS website, he or she will sign an
agreement with NALMS that will specify that:
- their site will be used in a manner consistent with all state and federal laws;
- their site will not be transferred to any other entity without NALMS being given
the opportunity to review the entity’s compliance with NALMS policies described above;
- their site will not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, or
proprietary rights of others or contain anything obscene, discriminatory, or intended
for harassment purposes.