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home>about poetry p f
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poetry p f was formally launched in August 2005, with 27 poets listed. The site is principally intended to be a showcase of modern poets, and to provide a focussed point for members to take advantage of the visibility and searchable presence the Internet provides; further to promote poets and poetry. Each member has their own pages within the site, to include poems, biography and photograph, links to their own and favourite sites and, provided their publishers’ consents are obtained, their publishers' details. Feature articles and reviews (of others' books) are invited. There is a members’ events listing, including competitions advised by members associated with them. poetry p f has no involvement with these competitions. features eventslisting & competitions There is also a shop facility where members can list their publications and purchase contact details. shop As the site has developed, sale of Poem Cards and an online shop have been added. poetry p f welcomes commissions to produce tailor-made Poem Cards for purchases of 100 or more cards. email: commissions Members are invited to submit poems as and when these commissions arise. The home page includes one poem by a featured poet and the featured poet status is rotated through the founder membership. Twenty five poets were invited to become founder members. poetry p f receives no external funding, therefore membership is by invitation and no payment is made to members for feature articles. Each member is asked to introduce one other poet to the site. This is to enable the site to grow organically over a period of time and to maintain a high standard of poetry included in it. Applications to join are considered. Where their aims are in the interests of members, arts organisations are invited to take sponsored pages on the site. Normally a single page, but several linked pages also considered. This may be useful for small organisations with little or no web presence e.g. a single page might include: information
about the organisation and their aims To members: No charges to founder members for the lifetime of the site. No charges to non-founder members until October 2005. No charges for updates to the members' events listing or shop listing pages. Due to impractilities, members' items are not normally sold in the poetry p f online shop. From 1st October 2009, until further notice, charges are: £20 one-off, for new members for their initial entry £20 annual renewal due on 1st October £10 for all non-founder members for update to their pages For sponsored pages: from 1st February 2007, until further notice, charges are: £20 per annum per page £10 for an update to pages All payments are due in advance (cheques payable to poetry p f). These charges are intended only to cover the costs of running the site.
Members’ pages within the site will include five poems previously published (preferably not self-published), biography and credits, photograph, and links to their own and favourite sites. Before their pages can be made live, all members are required to: approve a draft version of their pages pay any charges due indemnify poetry p f against any losses due to copyright infringement arising in respect of the poems they have provided poetry p f is subject to the Acceptable Use Policy of the web-hosting service provider and any members' pages which do not comply with this policy will be removed from site. poetry p f reserves the right to reject application for membership and to remove members' pages, without their agreement, in any event or circumstance where removal is considered appropriate action. poetry p f will make every effort to process members’ pages, update members’ events and shop listings and to respond and deliver on shop purchases accurately and in good time, but does not accept responsibility for perceived or actual losses to members, in the event of error or delay. Agreement to be included on the site is deemed to be acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Invitation to members to submit poems for Poem Cards is on hold as there is quite a large range and sales are not growing. Cards
are available separately or in sets. 25p is
paid to the poet for each separate card sold. Specialised
sets are at a different rate, as permitted by the scale and cost
of the project. Cards can now be bought online at A 5% discount is given for sales of more than 10 items Members are given a 10% discount poetry p f welcomes commissions to produce tailor-made Poem Cards for purchases of 100 or more cards. email: commissions On receipt of commissions, members will be advised of guidelines and invited to submit poems for consideration. As at 5 Oct 07: not a single request for one since the scheme was introduced so it has been withdrawn!
Changes since launch date, 1st August 2005. 10th October 2005 (Changes apply only to members not yet invited at the change date): Adjustment of wording to reflect that site is fully up and running. Replacement of paragraph - from: "poetry p f reserves the right to reject application for membership and to remove members' pages in any event or circumstance where removal is considered appropriate action. In the event of removal from site, all payments previously made to poetry p f will be refunded." to: "poetry p f reserves the right to reject application for membership and to remove members' pages, without their agreement, in any event or circumstance where removal is considered appropriate action." Addition of paragraph - "Agreement to be included on the site is deemed to be acceptance of these Terms and Conditions." Addition of terms relating to Gift Vouchers. (withdrawn, Oct 07) Addition of terms relating to Gift Cards. Introduction of sponsored pages. Increase in charges to members (applies to poets invited after 31st March 2007): Registration £20, Update £10. Addition of annual renewal (applies to poets invited after 30th September 2009). Invitations to date, which have not been taken up, will expire on 31st December 2009. Due to addition of the poetry p f online shop, clarification that 'Shop' refers to the shop listing entries with links to purchase points and that, due to impracticalities, members' items will not normally be included in the online shop. Publication of new Poem Cards is on hold.
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