1. AIMInet BAND Purpose
a) Take a leadership role among practicing acupuncturists in the United States focused on clinical Eastern medicine and Complementary and Alternative medicine. b) Learn and discuss about clinical case studies through SNS in real-time so that more effective treatment strategies can be applied in clinic constructively. c) Provide the latest news in the medical science field to practicing acupuncturists to generate new clinical knowledge.
2. AIMInet BAND Category
a) League 1: AIMInet-OASIS: Share clinical case studies and clinical knowledge related to Eastern medicine in general. b) League 2: AIMInet-wellCAM: Share clinical case studies and clinical knowledge related to Western medicine and Complementary and Alternative medicine.
3. Membership Qualification
a) Concerned Eastern Medicine persons (All acupuncturists and students worldwide) b) All concerned clinical medical persons. c) Persons approved by the BAND Leader.
4. Member Registration Process
a) As a private BAND, registration is by current Member’s invitation only. b) Registration is accomplished after understanding and agreeing to Member Policy. c) Registered member may become active after conditional approval by the BAND leader. d) BAND applicant must reply to request by the leader to provide the full english name, cell phone number, and email address in order to complete the registration. If applicant does not reply to this request, the leader may decline the registration.
5. Member Activity
a) Member may post and share clinical information or clinical case studies according to BAND category purposes. b) Member may discuss by commenting or questioning other’s posted information. c) Member may participate in BAND’s offline activity. (Seminar, medical volunteer, scholarly research, etc.)
6. Member Duty
a) Post a clinical case study or clinical information at least once a month. b) Write a response (comment) on a posted information at least once a month. c) Actively participate in Offline common activities (Example: Special seminar, medical volunteer, scholarly research, etc.) d) Maintain dignity as a doctor and having a mutual respect and common courtesy toward other Members must be adhered. e) Member will respect the rational decision by the BAND leader.
7. Member Responsibility
a) Member is responsible for following the Activities and Duties outlined in the BYLAWS and having read the Policy you are agreeing to abide by its terms. b) Posted writings should not contain any defamatory statements against others, personal information, advertisements, or non-medical contents. Should the above cause a problem, the writer of the post in question will take the responsibility. c) BAND will not be responsible for any copyright infringement from posted contents and only the writer of those posted contents in question will be responsible. d) Member cannot personally act on BAND’s related internal or external affairs without BAND ldeader’s prior authorization. e) To keep BAND activities transparent, Member will provide the name, telephone number and email address to the BAND leader. f) If the contents of a post or comments are deemed to be unrelated to Eastern Medicine or may be a reason to cause disputes among the members, they may be deleted without a notice. The member responsible for the post or comment will be given a warning afterwards, and if the infraction were to continue, the member will be expelled. g) If a member does not fulfill the obligations or cause disputes among members, the leader may mediate and try to enforce the rules. If the member does not adhere to the enforcement, the member will be expelled. h) OASIS BAND does not allow postings related to Ideology, Religion, Race, or Politics. If such contents are posted, it will be deleted without warning and the responsible member will be given a notice afterwards. If the infraction were to continue the responsible member will be expelled. i) Member private information, posts, comments, chats, and all data from the BAND must be protected the information must not be disclosed to the outside and should this occur, the member who disclosed will be expelled. j) BAND ID and password should not be transferred to or shared with another person. If a problem arises from the sharing of BAND ID and password, the responsible member and the fraudulent user may face a civil and criminal lawsuit. The liable member will be expelled from the BAND.
8. AIMInet BAND Leader Rights
a) Administrative Committee has the right to approve new members and manage membership as well as overseeing the overall operation of the BAND. b) BAND leader may decide with reason to restrict or expel a Membership if Member does not fulfill the Duties or violate the Policy. c) If BAND leader finds posted contents by a Member to be inappropriate, the posted contents may be deleted or changed without prior notification to the Member. d) Copyrights of all posted writings will belong to the BAND, and should a Member withdraw its membership, the rights will not be given back. e) All disputes related to the BAND will be mediated or have compulsory intervention by the BAND leader. f) In special circumstances or in urgent situations, the leader may decide and act on it.
9. AIMI net BAND Policy Enactment and Enforcement
a) Policy are enacted and enforced by the BAND leader. b) Changes to Policy will be resolved with amendments. c) Policy are enacted and go into effect on June 29, 2015. e) The above contents are added to the Policy on December 9, 2015 and go into effect immediately. f) Change the name to AIMInet g) AIMInet BYLAW was converted to AIMInet Policy on November 30, 2017. h) The above contents are updated to the Policy on Nov. 30, 2015 and go into effect immediately.
AIMInet BAND Leader
Established: October 2014 in Los Angeles, California United States
Contact: band@aiminet.org