TERMS · AURELIS ASSOCIATION
Terms and Conditions
The operating terms for this website and its membership application, review, activation and verification services.
Scope and website use
These terms apply when you browse the AURELIS Association website, submit or track a membership application, use membership verification, or contact the Association through a channel published on this site. By using a service, you agree to use it lawfully, accurately and without attempting to disrupt, bypass or misuse its security, records or identity controls.
Submitting a form or enquiry does not itself create membership, an employment or agency relationship, or any promise of admission, appointment, award, jury service or commercial opportunity.
Official membership routes
The public online form accepts direct applications for Member and Professional Member. Senior Member and Fellow follow the progression or nomination route published in the Membership Charter. Honorary Fellow is available only by institutional nomination. An email enquiry is not a membership application unless the Association expressly directs the applicant to use email for a specified procedural step.
The level-specific criteria published on the Membership page and the Membership Charter form part of the applicable membership rules.
Submission and applicant responsibility
An applicant must provide complete, current and truthful information, use materials they are entitled to submit, identify authorship accurately and disclose relevant conflicts when requested. The current online form requires the stated identity, professional, portfolio and declaration fields, together with the file types and size limits shown on that form.
The Association may validate completeness, authenticity, authorship and professional evidence, and may request clarification or replacement material. Material falsehood, impersonation, altered evidence or misrepresented authorship may result in rejection and may also support later suspension or revocation.
Application reference and status
A successfully submitted online application receives a unique application number. The applicant is responsible for keeping that number and the submitted email address secure. The exact number and email may be used together to view the applicant-facing status: Pending, Further Information Required, Approved or Rejected.
Status access does not disclose source uploads, internal notes or reviewer identities. If the Association requests further information, review may pause until a sufficient response is received. Duplicate, incomplete, unsafe or technically invalid submissions may be held or closed.
Review and decisions
Applications are reviewed under the level-appropriate procedure in the Membership Charter. This may include completeness and authenticity checks, professional evidence review, qualified reviewers, panel voting, conflict controls and Board ratification where the level requires it. The website does not automatically approve applications.
The Association may approve, request further information or reject an application. A controlled member profile and membership number are created only after approval. An approval decision remains subject to any stated activation requirements and continuing good standing.
Fees and activation
The website currently has no online payment checkout and the application form does not request card or bank-account information. If an applicable membership fee is required, the amount, payment method, activation date and any payment, cancellation or refund terms will be communicated before payment is requested.
Payment supports the applicable membership service; it does not purchase a rank, guarantee admission, influence professional review, or guarantee an award, jury appointment or other opportunity. Any future online checkout will be governed by updated published terms before it is placed in service.
Reconsideration
After rejection, an applicant may request one reconsideration within 30 calendar days through the Association's published email address, quoting the application number. The request must identify a material procedural error, a recorded conflict of interest or important evidence that was not previously available. Mere disagreement with professional judgement is not sufficient.
Where reasonably possible, different qualified reviewers will handle reconsideration. The resulting decision is final within the Association's internal membership process.
Good standing, suspension and revocation
Members must continue to comply with the Membership Charter, professional conduct requirements and authorised use of the Association's name, credentials and records. Material false evidence, misrepresented authorship, serious misconduct, misuse of credentials or identity, an undisclosed material conflict, or failure to meet applicable obligations may lead to suspension or revocation.
Except where urgent protective action is reasonably required, the member will receive notice and an opportunity to respond. Suspension pauses the affected rights; revocation ends membership standing and authorised credential use. A disciplinary decision may be reconsidered on the procedural grounds allowed by the Membership Charter.
Member records and public verification
An approved member record is not public by default. Public verification requires separate authorisation and uses an exact name-and-membership-number lookup. It may display only controlled non-sensitive fields; uploaded evidence, contact details and internal review notes are not public.
The live verification record controls over screenshots, copied text or downloaded credentials if their status differs. No person may alter, fabricate or imply a current membership record, level or authority that the live record does not support.
Intellectual property and submitted materials
Applicants retain the rights they hold in submitted work and evidence, and grant the Association a limited permission to store, reproduce and review those materials only as reasonably necessary to administer the application, membership record, integrity checks and related disputes. The applicant must have authority to provide every submitted item and remains responsible for third-party rights.
Original Association website text, marks, layouts and publications are protected. They may not be copied, altered, presented as an endorsement or used to create a misleading Association identity except with permission or as otherwise allowed by applicable law.
Privacy, external links, availability and changes
Personal information is handled under the Privacy Policy. External websites, including the separate AURELIS Design Awards website, operate under their own terms and policies. Links do not transfer control or responsibility to the Association.
The Association may maintain, secure, suspend or change website functions and may correct inaccurate content or records. Material changes to these terms will be published with a new update date and apply prospectively unless an integrity, security or applicable-law correction reasonably requires otherwise. Questions may be sent to 15217326923@163.com.
条款 · AURELIS 国际设计协会
条款与条件
适用于本网站及会员申请、审核、生效与核验服务的运行条款。
适用范围与网站使用
当您浏览 AURELIS 国际设计协会网站、提交或查询会员申请、使用会员核验，或通过网站公布的渠道联系协会时，适用本条款。使用相关服务即表示您同意合法、准确地使用服务，不干扰、绕过或滥用网站安全、记录及身份控制。
提交表单或咨询本身不会产生会员资格、雇佣或代理关系，也不构成协会对准入、任命、奖项、评审工作或商业机会的承诺。
正式会员申请路径
公开在线表单仅受理 Member（会员）和 Professional Member（专业会员）的直接申请。Senior Member（资深会员）与 Fellow（会士）按照《会员章程》公布的晋级或提名路径办理；Honorary Fellow（荣誉会士）仅限机构提名。除非协会明确要求申请人就某一程序步骤使用电子邮件，邮件咨询不等同于正式会员申请。
会员页面公布的等级专项标准与《会员章程》共同构成适用的会员规则。
提交资料与申请人责任
申请人必须提供完整、真实且为最新的信息，仅提交其有权提供的材料，准确标明作者身份，并在被要求时披露相关利益冲突。当前在线表单要求填写所列身份、专业、作品集及声明字段，并遵守表单显示的文件格式和大小限制。
协会可核验完整性、真实性、作者身份及专业证明，并可要求澄清或替换材料。重大虚假陈述、冒名申请、篡改证明或虚报作者身份可导致拒绝，并可作为此后暂停或撤销会籍的依据。
申请编号与状态
在线申请成功提交后会获得唯一申请编号。申请人有责任妥善保管该编号及提交时使用的电子邮箱。通过完整匹配编号与邮箱，可查询面向申请人的状态：待审核、需补充资料、通过或拒绝。
状态查询不会公开原始上传文件、内部备注或审核人员身份。协会要求补充资料时，审核可暂停至收到充分回复。重复、不完整、存在安全风险或技术上无效的提交可被暂缓或关闭。
审核与决定
申请按照《会员章程》所规定的相应等级程序审核，可能包括完整性与真实性检查、专业证明审核、合资格审核人员、专家表决、利益冲突控制，以及在相应等级要求下的理事会确认。网站不会自动批准任何会员申请。
协会可作出通过、要求补充资料或拒绝的决定。只有申请获批后，系统才会创建受控会员档案与会员编号。获批决定仍须满足已说明的生效条件，并以持续保持良好会籍为前提。
会费与会籍生效
网站当前没有在线支付结账功能，申请表也不会要求填写银行卡或银行账户信息。如需缴纳适用会费，协会会在要求付款前说明金额、支付方式、生效日期，以及相关付款、取消或退款条件。
付款用于支持相应会员服务，不代表购买会员等级，不保证获得准入，也不会影响专业审核，更不保证获得奖项、评审任命或其他机会。未来如上线在线支付，协会会在功能投入使用前发布更新后的适用条款。
复议
申请被拒绝后，申请人可在 30 个日历日内通过协会公布的电子邮箱提出一次复议，并注明申请编号。复议请求必须指出重大程序错误、已有记录的利益冲突，或此前无法取得的重要证据；仅对专业判断持不同意见不足以构成复议理由。
在合理可行的情况下，复议由不同的合资格审核人员处理。复议决定为协会内部会员程序的最终决定。
会籍维持、暂停与撤销
会员必须持续遵守《会员章程》、专业行为要求，以及协会名称、资质和记录的授权使用规则。重大虚假证明、虚报作者身份、严重不当行为、滥用资质或协会身份、未披露重大利益冲突，或未履行适用义务，均可能导致会籍暂停或撤销。
除非为紧急保护而合理需要立即采取措施，会员会收到通知并获得回应机会。暂停会籍将中止受影响的权利；撤销会籍将终止会员身份及资质使用授权。纪律决定可按照《会员章程》允许的程序性理由申请复议。
会员记录与公开核验
获批会员记录默认不公开。公开核验须另行获得授权，并使用完整姓名与会员编号精确查询。查询仅可显示受控的非敏感字段；上传证明、联系方式和内部审核备注不对外公开。
如实时核验记录与截图、复制文本或已下载资质文件不一致，以实时记录为准。任何人不得篡改、伪造或暗示实时记录无法支持的现行会员身份、等级或权限。
知识产权与提交材料
申请人保留其对所提交作品与证明材料享有的权利，并授予协会有限许可，仅在合理必要范围内存储、复制和审核材料，用于处理申请、会员记录、诚信核查及相关争议。申请人必须有权提供每一项材料，并对第三方权利承担责任。
协会原创的网站文字、标识、版式与出版内容受保护。未经许可或适用法律另有允许，不得复制、篡改、用于暗示协会背书，或用于制造具有误导性的协会身份。
隐私、外部链接、可用性与变更
个人信息按照《隐私政策》处理。外部网站（包括独立的 AURELIS Design Awards 网站）适用其自身条款与政策；提供链接不代表协会对目标网站拥有控制权或承担责任。
协会可为维护与安全需要暂停、调整网站功能，并可纠正不准确的内容或记录。条款的重大变更将以新的更新日期公布，并原则上向后适用；为纠正诚信、安全或适用法律问题而合理需要的情形除外。相关问题可发送至 15217326923@163.com。