Welcome to IFSA Tree House!

IFSA Tree House is a new platform that was developed in Europe during the year 2018-2019 and since then the Sub Commission was created on IFSS 2019. This idea came up as an answer for the need of having a platform for offering and receiving accommodation all across the world from and for people that have the same interests on forests and have the predisposition to exchange experiences and knowledge. This has been happening all across IFSAs history, meeting new friends at the different events and afterwards inviting them to visit your country, but never before has this opportunity been offered all across the world for every IFSA member and Alumni to use. We truly believe that this platform can change the way IFSA members travel, and at the same time create opportunities for every IFSA member and alumni that want to either receive someone or get to know new places, and all this through a local that can really show you the culture and the places that you would probably miss if you traveled on your own. Through the Tree-House platform you will be able to host, be hosted, or travel with other members of the IFSA family, Do you have an extra bed/couch? Are you planning on traveling? Do you want to meet new friends and show them around your culture and/or country? Then don’t waste your time and join Tree-house, people who share the same interest about forests are waiting for you all across the world!

You have signed up for an account with the IFSA website. To start Tree Housing all you have to do is the following:

  • Go to your profile and edit the information there (your location, whether you’re a traveller, host or both, your LC, …) so other Tree Housers can know what to expect
  • Go on the map and look around for cool spots to go, or search for a specific place and see if there is a pin nearby
  • Click on the Person at the pin to access their profile and get in contact with them by writing a private message
  • Arrange your meeting, sightseeing tour, travelling bed, … and off you go!

 If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to treehouse@ifsa.net

Terms & Conditions 

  • On TreeHouse platform the position of IFSA is providing hosts and hostees therefore IFSA cannot be responsible for any problems arising from use of the platform, you accept to be responsible on your own. In case any problem occurs, you should contact the Head of TreeHouse Sub-Commission ( treehouse@ifsa.net).
  • By using TreeHouse platform you totatlly agree to comply with the terms and conditions.

Respect and Consideration

In TreeHouse platform IFSA members and alumni from all around the world meet, therefore it is a gathering place for people of different cultures, lifestyles and ideals. By being a TreeHouse user, you promise to communicate with respect and consideration. And respect opposing or differing opinions and beliefs, try to listen and understand others with whom you may disagree. You accept personally to resolve any problems encountered with your host / hostee during the travel with due regard, in case some problems arise.

Violence

Personal attacks are not allowed on TreeHouse, nor are disrespectful or insulting attacks directed at other people and their contributions to the community. You don’t incites violence or characterizes violence as acceptable, glamorous, desirable and you assure to not engage in physical, psychological and gender-based violence. If a violence occurs you will report to the Head of TreeHouse Sub-commission.

Member Conduct and Content

TreeHouse platform includes interactive areas where you or other members can create, post or store content, messages, materials, data, information, text, photos, videos, graphics or other items or materials on the services (collectively, “Member Content”). You are solely responsible for your use of such interactive areas and agree that your use of these areas is at your own risk.

Member Content Restrictions

You are solely responsible for any Member Content that you submit, post or transmit via our services. You agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the services, Member Content that we believe, in our sole discretion:

  1. is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
  2. contains nudity, sexually explicit content or is otherwise obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive or sexually exploitative of minors;
  3. may disparage any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious group by stereotypical depiction or is otherwise abusive or inflammatory;
  4. depicts the use of illicit drugs;
  5. contains offensive language or images or is otherwise objectionable;
  6. incites violence or characterizes violence as acceptable, glamorous or desirable;
  7. contains unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations, without our prior written consent;
  8. contains private or personal information about another person, unless such person has agreed to the disclosure of this information;
  9. contains viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive file viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology;
  10. would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense or violate the rights of any third party. IFSA is not responsible for any Member Content that you or other members post, transmit or store through the services. We have no obligation to post Member Content from you or anyone else and we may, in our sole discretion, edit, remove or delete any Member Content without notice. If you become aware of Member Content that violates these terms, you may notify of Head of TreeHouse Sub-Commission.

Member Conduct

By accessing or using the services, you agree to act responsibly, you agree not to:

  • use the services in violation of any applicable law or regulation, including promoting or encouraging any illegal activity;
  • infringe the rights of any third party, including without limitation, intellectual property, privacy, publicity or contractual rights;
  • use the services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other members from fully enjoying the services or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the services in any manner;
  • use our services in connection with the distribution of spam (which we define as unsolicited bulk e-mail or any other unsolicited messages of a commercial, religious, romantic, political or other nature not within the intended purposes of the services);
  • stalk, intimidate, threaten or otherwise harass or cause discomfort to any other member of our services;
  • collect or store any information about any other member other than as permitted on our services;
  • circumvent or attempt to defeat any security or verification measure relating to use of the services;

Member’s Representations and Warranties 

You represent and warrant that you will not use the services if the laws of your country prohibit you from doing so in accordance with these terms (for example, if you are not allowed to provide the types of personal information that we require or if you are prohibited from participating in certain Internet activity). By using the services, you represent and warrant that such use will not violate, or cause us to violate, the laws of your country.

Reporting Misconduct 

If you interact with anyone through TreeHouse’s services who you feel is acting or has acted inappropriately, including but not limited to offensive, violent or sexually inappropriate behavior, who steals from you or engages in any other disturbing conduct, we strongly encourage you to immediately report by contacting Head of TreeHouse Sub-Commission. Please note that although we encourage you to report misconduct, we are not responsible or liable for our members’ actions, and we are not obligated to take any action.

Termination 

If you are in breach of these terms and conditions, we reserve the right to terminate your access to the platform, deactivate or delete your account and all related information, bar your access to the platform. In any of these instances, you are not permitted to register for another TreeHouse account without IFSA’s permission.

IFSA TreeHouse Agreement 

I promise to communicate about everything with respect and consideration, I respect my host/hostee lifestyle and culture. I don’t resort to any type of violences and be a cause of any  inconveniences. I recognize that disputes between users might occur when differing cultural norms create a misunderstanding, as many things are acceptable in some cultures and unacceptable in others. Therefore I am empathetic, I use good judgment and I work together with my host/hostee to resolve disputes if any problems occur.

As host I am clear about the rules in the accommodation and help to provide basic needs of my hostee such as accommodation and the travel guide, including basic informations for the travel and the stay, (information about general current situation of the country)

As hostee I am respectful with my host rules and house rules.

IFSA reserves the right to block and delete profiles of users with reported inappropriate behavior. Hereby I confirm that I have read and agreed on every term provided in the agreement and terms and conditions, I want to be part of the IFSA TreeHouse.