Terms of Use

What you need to know about using our member portal.

PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

When you entrust your personal information to a web site, you expect the operators of that site to demonstrate that they have earned your trust. Maintaining your privacy and the security of your personal information is our highest priority.

This Privacy Policy explains how Novi AMS ("Novi") collects, stores, uses, and discloses information about you. Our customer is Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC), which has signed up and paid for the Novi AMS service.

We offer our services to membership-based organizations (clubs and associations) to help them run their operations, including their website, events, finances, and communications. These operations include the collection, storage, and processing of data on current and expired members of each organization, as well as non-members who add themselves to the organization's database by completing an Add-Me form, registering for an event, making a donation, volunteering, or other means, including being added manually by an administrator of the organization.

Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi are committed to meeting and exceeding all relevant international, federal, and state laws and industry guidelines regarding your personal information and how it is protected.

Please note that privacy laws differ widely between countries and, within countries, between states and smaller jurisdictions. Because an association using Novi may be located anywhere in the world and may have members or non-members from anywhere, and because their website may be accessed from anywhere in the world, Novi will follow the strictest possible rules. This Privacy Policy has been updated in accordance with the requirements of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations ("GDPR") and similar UK regulations.

In the context of the GDPR and similar UK regulations, Structural Engineers Association of California shall be considered to be the Data Controller and Novi shall be considered to be the Data Processor.

Novi is based in the United States and our servers are hosted in the US. No matter where you are located, you consent to the transferring to, and processing of, your information in the US.

This Privacy Policy applies only to this website and the functionality and services provided by Novi. This website may contain links to other websites not controlled by Structural Engineers Association of California or by Novi, and the policies and procedures described herein do not apply to these other websites.

Note also that privacy laws and regulations are continually evolving and this Privacy Policy may be modified at any time to account for new and stricter provisions. Your continued membership in Structural Engineers Association of California and/or your continued use of this website, whether as a member or non-member, confirms your agreement to abide by the provisions of the current Privacy Policy. As described below, you also have the right and ability at any time to resign from the organization and to have your personal information removed from its databases.

What We Collect and How We Use It

This site stores personal information about you, including your name, contact information (addresses, phone numbers, email address, work information, etc.), demographic data (date of birth, gender, etc.), and, for members only, a user name and password to allow you to log in and access member-only content. Depending on which functions have been enabled by Structural Engineers Association of California, it may also collect, store, and display other information, including but not limited to:

Your original membership sign-up and subsequent renewals
Your event registrations
Your donations
Your online payments and payment history
Biographic and other information specifically to share with other members
Business information specifically to share with the public
Links to your social networking accounts for the purposes of sharing association information with others in your networks
Information posted in online discussion forums and surveys
Volunteering and committee assignments
Downloading of documents and photos from the website
Uploading of documents and photos to the website
Completing custom forms for specific association purposes
Posting classified ads or available jobs
Maintaining your certifications and continuing education training
Purchasing products through an E-commerce storefront

This information is provided by you as you interact with the website and its various screens and dialogs. Some information is required by your association in order to maintain accurate and complete records, for legal protections, or to allow the organization to provide its services to you. Other information is optional or dependent on your participation in specific activities or programs.

Structural Engineers Association of California uses this information to run the association, to provide services for members, to maintain accurate and complete financial records, to fulfill its legal obligations in accordance with laws pertaining to non-profits, to promote the association in the general community, to strengthen and grow the organization, to communicate with you about news and activities, and to advocate for issues that are important to members.

Within this website, only authorized administrators appointed by Structural Engineers Association of California have access to personal information on members. Novi cannot control who these administrators are or what they do with this information. However, our agreement with Structural Engineers Association of California strongly discourages organizations from selling or trading personal data to third parties, but if they do so, you always have the ability to opt-out from such lists.

Novi may collect and access personal information when you contact our Customer Support team by email or phone to get help with using the features of this website. Novi does not otherwise collect personal information for its own purposes. All personal information is collected on behalf of the associations that have signed up to use the Novi platform.

This website also collects information when you log in and as you navigate around the site, using standard Internet technologies (such as IP addresses, log files, access dates and times, language and other formats, session cookies, pixel tags, other tracking technologies, and reading your computer or mobile device type, operating system, browser version, etc.) We use this information for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our service
To help us improve our products and services
To manage the performance of our platform
To perform accounting and billing activities
To detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent use of the platform
To detect, investigate and prevent abuse and other illegal activities
To detect, investigate and block security breaches
To protect the rights, intellectual and physical property of Novi
To protect the rights and intellectual property of others
To provide you with a safe online environment
To manage and resolve legal claims
To protect and enforce our legal rights

What is Our Legal Basis for Collecting and Processing This Information

As noted above, Structural Engineers Association of California is the controller of this data. It collects and stores your personal information in order to manage your membership in the association and/or your participation in the organization's activities. Any of the following activities provide clear indication of your intent to establish a relationship with this association, thereby allowing them to collect and store your personal information:

When you pay a membership fee to join or renew
When you register for an event
When you make a donation
When you purchase product from the organization's storefront
When you request to be added to the organization's mailing list
When you log in to the website as a paid-up member to participate in the organization's activities

As noted below, you also have the right to cancel this relationship with the association at any time, and to have your data removed from their website and data repositories, subject to the organization's rights to maintain accurate and complete records of its operations.

As noted above, Novi is the Data Processor for this data. Structural Engineers Association of California has signed a legal agreement with Novi to use the Novi platform, which provides methods for maintaining and processing this data. Novi manages the security and integrity of this data and access to it.

Sharing of Information

Information about you will only be shared based on the provisions of this Privacy Policy.

The Novi platform is designed to allow associations to run their operations online, including promoting themselves to the public. An organization running on Novi may choose to make certain user information (generally limited to your name but, in some cases, also showing contact information) visible on the public side of its website, available to anyone who visits the site. This information may include, but is not limited to:

Your membership in a committee, interest group, or chapter
Your registration for an event
Your registration for a volunteering activity
Photos that you have uploaded to the website
Your participation in a Member or Business Directory

Members who log in to their organization's website may have access to more information about other members. Depending on how the website and various functions are configured, you may have the ability to control what information is shown.

We recommend that you survey the organization's website to see what information is visible to the public or to other members, to ensure that you are comfortable with this level of sharing. You always have the option to not participate in the activities that involve sharing.

Associations have the ability to define Administrators from within the organization who have access to all data on the website, as well as Limited Administrators who have some but not all administrative rights. These members assume the responsibility on behalf of the organization to protect the privacy and integrity of this data.

Your association may share member and non-member data with vendors who assist in the operation of the organization. For example, a vendor may help to manage a large event and will need to know who has registered and paid to attend the event or specific activities within the event.

Novi may share information with service providers and vendors that help us run the platform, including hosting the computers on which the platform runs, merchant processing companies to handle credit card payments, address verification and geocoding services, and consultants that help us secure, maintain, and enhance the platform in different ways. This information sharing will be strictly limited only to what is necessary for the vendor to perform its service(s), and said vendors and service providers are subject to strict contractual and confidentiality obligations barring them from using it for any other purposes.

Novi may also share your information as part of a financial transaction such as a sale of the company, merger, consolidation, liquidation, or reorganization. In any such event, the acquirer will be subject to our obligations under this Privacy Policy.

Within Novi itself, only authorized employees who are trained in our privacy policies and procedures and in the proper handling of confidential customer information have access to your data.

We may retain and disclose information about you to third parties if we believe such disclosure is required by applicable international, federal, or state law or regulation, or by the order of a competent legal authority (such as a court order), or as part of an audit. We may also disclose information if we believe that your actions are inconsistent with our Terms of Use or internal policies, or if necessary to defend against a real or perceived threat or fraud against Novi and its employees or contractors, or an association running on the Novi platform, or to prevent abuse of the platform.

What Novi Will Not Do

Neither Novi nor association officers have direct access to your password or credit card information. This data is encrypted by the system using state of the art technologies and cannot directly be accessed. If you forget your password, Structural Engineers Association of California or Novi can reset it at your request. You will then be required to change it when you next log in.

You have the option to not store your credit card information in our system. If you select this option, you will need to re-enter it for each transaction. Once your card has been authorized using an encrypted transfer, we only retain the first 4 and last 4 digits in accordance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) regulations and for reporting purposes.

Novi will not independently contact you regarding new features or products or other service offerings unless you are listed as an official association contact, responsible for your association's relationship with Novi. Novi does not send unsolicited email to email addresses in your association's database.

Novi will not sell or otherwise share your name or any contact information with any third parties, including partners, advertisers or service providers, except as necessary to fulfill your explicit requests.

Novi may generate and provide aggregate statistics about association customers and their members, online traffic patterns and related information to customers and partners, but this information will not contain data which is individually identifiable or which can be linked back to a specific person, family, or business organization member.

Information collected through your membership in one organization is never visible to members or administrators of other organizations using the Novi platform.

Data Retention Policy

Structural Engineers Association of California has a compelling business reason to maintain accurate and complete records of its operations, including everything associated with memberships, events, fundraising, and member usage of the organization's website. There may not be a time-limit to this policy.

Novi will retain this information while you are an active or expired member of the Structural Engineers Association of California or have participated in their activities as a non-member, for the following reasons:

To allow you to use the Novi platform
To allow you to review and update your information stored in the platform
To allow you to opt-out of receiving communications from the organization or to request that your information be deleted
To ensure that we respect your communication preferences
To maintain accurate membership and other records
To maintain accurate financial and accounting records
To better understand how the platform is used so that we can provide you with a secure, reliable, and high-performing experience
To detect and prevent abuse of the platform, or illegal activities or breaches of this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, or the Subscription Agreement
To comply with applicable government legal and financial requirements

Note that data may persist for an additional time in other formats exported from this website for backup and data analysis purposes. Once data has been exported, it moves outside Novi's control and becomes the responsibility of Structural Engineers Association of California. Requests for correction, deletion or a limitation on processing will be forwarded to your association so that exported data can also be updated.

Your Rights and Options

If you are a member of Structural Engineers Association of California, you have the right to log in to the website to view and update your contact information, transaction and payment histories, event registration and volunteering history, credit card information if stored in the system, and other data that is part of your membership record. You also have the right to change your privacy settings at any time, including opting out of receiving general announcements and excluding yourself from lists provided to third parties for marketing or fundraising purposes.

If you are a non-member of Structural Engineers Association of California, you have the right to view any of your personal data stored in the platform, and to update any inaccuracies. You also have the right to change your privacy settings at any time, including opting out of receiving general announcements and excluding yourself from lists provided to third parties for any purpose. Requests should be submitted by email to the organization's designated Data Privacy Officer (DPO) or general contact address, which can be found on the Contact Us page.

Both members and non-members have the right to request that their information be deleted from the organization's digital records. For members, this implies that you are resigning your membership. This request can be submitted through your Profile screen, from the email Opt-Out screen, or via email to the organization's designated DPO.

Both members and non-members also have the right to object to the processing of their information, to request a restriction on its processing, or to withdraw their consent for future processing. Because such processing is an integral part of the organization's operations, such requests will be treated as delete requests. Note also that such actions typically cannot have a retroactive effect.

Such requests will not affect the lawfulness of any processing conducted before the request was received, nor will it affect subsequent processing based on a reliance on lawful grounds other than consent, such as the compelling business reasons of the organization.

When such a request is received, it will be logged in the system and Structural Engineers Association of California will be notified. They have 30 days to accept or decline the request. If they decline it, they must provide you with a reason. If they accept it, or if they take no action within 30 days, your information will be flagged for deletion within 7 days.

Information that does not have a compelling business reason to be retained (such as your full contact information, biography, answers to additional member data questions, uploaded photos, etc.) will be deleted. Information that does have a compelling business reason to be retained (such as transaction and payment records, event registrations, and donations) will be anonymized.

You also have the right to complain to your local Data Protection Authority ("DPA") about the collection and processing of your data. For more information, please contact your local DPA directly.

Compliance with CA Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

The CCPA provides consumers (CA residents) with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes these rights and explains how to exercise them.

Within the context of the CCPA, Novi is a "Service Provider." Novi stores and processes personal information on behalf of Structural Engineers Association of California. Novi does not sell, barter, trade, or share your personal information with third parties (except to fulfill the business operations of Structural Engineers Association of California, such as to process a credit card), and has no ownership rights over your personal information.

Novi and Structural Engineers Association of California may collect the following types of Personal Information:

Your name, nickname, postal address, phone numbers, email address, website, spouse and family information, work information, and emergency contact information
Information specific to your membership in Structural Engineers Association of California such as professional qualifications, education, interests, and affiliations
Geolocation data
Participation in association activities, such as event registrations and attendance, volunteering, files downloaded, pages viewed, discussion forum participation, emails received, continuing education and certifications, storefront items purchased, and surveys taken
Activity on the Structural Engineers Association of California website

Novi and Structural Engineers Association of California may engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services, including hosting, database storage and management, credit card processing, and direct marketing. We may share your Personal Information with these third parties but only to the extent necessary to perform these contracted functions and provide these services. We require these third parties to maintain the privacy and security of the Personal Information they process on our behalf.

You have the right to see what Personal Information Structural Engineers Association of California has collected about you and how this information is used. If you are a member, you can log into the website to view and update your personal Profile. Non-members can submit a request via the Contact Us page. We may require you to verify your identity before providing this information. Once verified, it will be provided within 45 days.

You have the right to see the following information: (1) what categories of personal information we collected about you; (2) the sources of this personal information; (3) the business purpose for collecting this personal information; and (4) if we have shared this personal information with any third parties.

You have the right to request that personal information collected about you be deleted. For more information, see the "Your Rights and Options" section above.

You have the right of Non-Discrimination. For exercising your CCPA rights, we will not deny you goods or services, charge different prices, or provide you with a different level of goods or services.

Other Provisions

This website is not intended for unsupervised access by children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly collect information from site visitors of this age group. We encourage parents to talk to their children about their use of the Internet and the information they disclose online.

If at any time you have questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, the information practices of this website, or your rights, please contact us at:

Structural Engineers Association of California

1201 J Street, Suite 200

Sacramento, CA 95818

seaoc@seaoc.org

TERMS OF USE

Revised April 10, 2026

Welcome to the Structural Engineers Association of California website, which is running on the Novi AMS ("Novi") platform. This website and mobile app help to support the operation and activities of your association.

All users are subject to the following terms and conditions of use. By accessing or using this website and/or mobile app, you agree that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.

1. Use of This Website

You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes related to your membership or possible membership in Structural Engineers Association of California or related to your pursuit of the activities and programming supported by Structural Engineers Association of California. You agree that you will NOT use it to:

Upload or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, obscene, libelous, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable according to the community standards of your association.
Violate the legal rights of others (including their right to privacy), or violate the laws of any jurisdiction.
Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Structural Engineers Association of California or Novi administrator, or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
Upload or otherwise transmit data that you do not have the legal right to upload or transmit, that violates any patent, trademark, trade secret, or copyright, or that contains a virus or deliberately corrupted data. You acknowledge that you have full rights to transmit the data that you upload or post, and you accept full responsibility for its legality, reliability and appropriateness.
Collect information about others (including contact information and e-mail addresses) without their consent.
Upload, store, maintain, forward or display adult content, including documents and images of a lewd or lascivious nature. This website and the messages, documents, and images it contains may be viewed by children, so all users share responsibility for ensuring that content is appropriate.
Engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the website or the Novi platform, or which, as determined by your association administrators or Novi, may harm Structural Engineers Association of California or Novi or users of the website, or expose them to liability.

The administrators of Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi reserve the right to remove any information or material from the website, without explanation, which we determine at our sole discretion to be incompatible with the above restrictions, including anything that we believe, through our own research or notification by others, may constitute copyright infringement.

However, these actions will be performed on a best-efforts basis. Neither the administrators of Structural Engineers Association of California nor Novi can review all material that is posted to the website or mobile app, nor guarantee that objectionable material is immediately removed. Therefore, neither Structural Engineers Association of California nor Novi assume liability for any action or inaction regarding such material uploaded to the website or mobile app, or indeed, for the content itself.

If you believe that your intellectual property is being violated by something on this website or mobile app, please notify Novi immediately with sufficient documentation to allow them to identify the infringing material and its location, as well as your claim and authority to file this notification, and your contact information.

2. Your Account

If you are a member of Structural Engineers Association of California or a registered user of this website, you will receive a username and password which are used to log into your account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account. If you are accessing this website from a shared computer (such as in a public library), you must be careful to log out of the account and close the browser before leaving the workstation. If you suspect that your account has been compromised in any way, you must notify Structural Engineers Association of California or Novi immediately. Neither Structural Engineers Association of California nor Novi will be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the provisions in this section.

3. Privacy and Protection of Personal Information

Structural Engineers Association of California's and Novi's collection, storage and use of your personal information is described in the Privacy Policy above, which is incorporated by reference into this Terms of Use document.

4. Association Information Posted on the Website or Mobile App

Events are organized and sponsored by Structural Engineers Association of California and/or a parent association or other chapter of the parent association. Some information on this website regarding events may be provided by the event sponsor or organizer. Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi have not verified or certified the accuracy or completeness of this information, and will not be liable for any errors or omissions. You also agree to hold Structural Engineers Association of California as well as Novi and its agents harmless from any liability or injury arising from or related to your participation in such events.

Your association may activate Novi modules to post available jobs or classified ads for products and services being sold by members. Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi have not verified or certified the accuracy or completeness of this information, and will not be liable for any errors or omissions.

5. Credit Card Transactions

This website supports credit card transactions of various kinds. You acknowledge that you have carefully reviewed the summary of charges for each transaction before selecting the link or button to finalize the transaction. If you do not understand a credit card transaction, contact us immediately. If there has been an error, we will work to reverse the transaction.

Refund policies are determined by Structural Engineers Association of California and cannot be processed by Novi. If you want a refund, contact SEAOC directly.

6. Copyright Restrictions / Use of Content

The contents of this website, including documents, web pages and photos, as well as association-specific logos and graphic images, are copyrighted by Structural Engineers Association of California and are protected by US and international laws regarding copyrights and trademarks. You agree that all messages and information that you post to this website or mobile app become the property of Structural Engineers Association of California and may be used as it sees fit.

The organization of this website, including its templates, graphic themes, screen organization, forms, interactivity, database structures and middleware programming, is copyrighted by, and a valuable trade secret of, Novi and is likewise protected by US and international laws regarding copyrights, trademarks and intellectual property rights.

You are authorized to use this information as a member or prospective member of Structural Engineers Association of California. You may not use this information to create competing or derivative works, nor may you distribute it to others as if it were your own. You are not permitted to reproduce, sell or use this information for any commercial purposes without both Novi's and Structural Engineers Association of California's written permission.

This website may provide a facility which allows you to upload photos of association events or activities, and which allows other members to reproduce these photos for their own enjoyment but not for commercial purposes. When you upload a photo to the site, you agree to allow such non-commercial reproduction. When you download a photo from this site you agree that you will not use it for commercial purposes without first obtaining permission from the uploader.

8. Trademarks

Structural Engineers Association of California and any logos, slogans, or tag lines are registered trademarks or trademarks of Structural Engineers Association of California and may not be used in any commercial manner without written permission from Structural Engineers Association of California.

Novi, as well as other product and service names, logos, slogans and tag lines of Novi are registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of Novi AMS, and may not be used in any commercial manner without written permission from Novi.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED BY STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA AND NOVI ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA AND NOVI MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS WEBSITE OR MOBILE APP OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS WEBSITE OR MOBILE APP, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED FOR ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR SAFETY.

IF YOU RELY ON ADVICE OR INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE, YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOU ARE DOING SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA AND NOVI EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY FOR INJURY OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE THEREOF.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA AND NOVI DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA AND NOVI WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF PERSONAL INJURY, LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM DELAY, INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE, LOST DATA, OR OTHER ERRORS OR OMISSIONS.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

10. Disputes

With the possible exception of a violation or threatened violation of Novi's and Structural Engineers Association of California's intellectual property rights, any dispute related to your use of this website, or to products or services purchased or obtained through this website or mobile app, shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the prevailing rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

As outlined in the Privacy Policy referenced above, you also have rights under international data protection regulations, including the right to be deleted from Structural Engineers Association of California's database, the right to object to processing, and the right to complain to a local Data Processing Authority.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, affiliates, third party information providers, licensors and others involved in the development or maintenance of this website, or the delivery of products or services through the website, from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from any violation by you of these Terms of Use or your use of this website, or of any products, services or information obtained from this website.

12. Comments and Submissions

Both Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi welcome your ideas for improving this website or for adding new features that would benefit association members and visitors. Any comments, ideas, suggestions, or feedback that you submit to Structural Engineers Association of California or Novi cannot be treated as confidential or proprietary and can be used or disclosed by either organization as it sees fit.

13. Third Party Links

This website may contain links to other locations on the Internet not controlled or managed by Structural Engineers Association of California or Novi. Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi are not responsible for the quality, accuracy or content of the information, products, services or policies of these websites. Your use of such websites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. A reference or link from this website to any products, services, events or information by trademark, trade name or manufacturer does not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation and cannot be referenced as such without the written permission of Structural Engineers Association of California or Novi.

14. Termination

If you are a member of the association, Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi reserve the right to close your account if you do not renew your membership when it is due to expire, in accordance with association policies posted on the website and in renewal notices sent by email or regular mail.

The administrators of Structural Engineers Association of California and Novi also reserve the right to terminate access to this website or mobile app and refuse service to users who violate these Terms of Use or who we reasonably believe are not intending to use the platform for its intended purpose, and to pursue legal remedies against persistent or serious offenders.

15. Miscellaneous Provisions

The use and operation of this website or mobile app shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict of law provisions. If you sign up for membership, register for an event, make a donation, or purchase products and services through this website or mobile app from another country, you do so in accordance with US law.

If a court should hold any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be modified to the minimal extent necessary to render it enforceable without losing its intent, or severed from this Agreement if no such modification is possible, and other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Novi may modify these Terms of Use at any time without notice by posting this amended and dated document to the website and mobile app. You should check back periodically to see if anything has changed. Your continued use of the website and mobile app indicates your acceptance of the revised Terms of Use.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about these Terms of Use, please contact us at: