1.1	Purpose
	The Hogwarts Online community was founding in July 2005 and is based off of the Hogwarts found in the Harry Potter book series. Hogwarts has 5,000+ students from 60 countries across 6 of the 7 continents and offers all the traditional classes found in the Harry Potter series to broaden the magical knowledge of its pupils. Not only does Hogwarts Online offer classes to take, it offers a chance to make new friends and to expand on the imagination of J.K. Rowling with our own imaginative ideas and wishes.
1.2	Web Address
	The homepage for Hogwarts Online is www.hswcw.com on that page you will find links to all of the other areas of our online community. Hogwarts Online also has many classroom pages that are run by the professors.
1.3	Content
	All of the content found on the Hogwarts Online site must at all times reflect a PG rating. This site is founded on family values, therefore content that is not suitable for a 10 year old may not be posted.
1.4	Membership Types
	Hogwarts Online has four member categories. The first and largest category is STUDENT. The second category is PROFESSOR. The third category is ADULT. The fourth category is FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Before you request a membership from this community it is necessary to decide which category you would like to be under. Member Limits All new members joining are only allowed ONE student account and ONE adult account (prof, shop keeper, OR ministry). This includes those used in plots. If you need extras for aproved plots, find an older member to help you. This is godfathered as of TODAY 11/24. This does NOT exclude ministry/prophet accounts, but does exclude IEC students (which is still limit of one). After you've been on this site for 6 months, you can create ONE more student and/or ONE new adult account. So if you wanted a twin sibling to play yourself, I suggest you don't take any classes during your 6 months here so that both accounts will be the same year when you can register another student. I will NOT bend on this so don't bother trying. I like the word no and I will use it. This excludes ministry/prophet & IEC accounts. After one year of first joining this site you can have up to five students/adults. Broken down to however you choose. If you have one prof, you can have four students. If you have a prof & a shop keeper character, you can have 3 students. Overall, the final total is five. This excludes IEC accounts and ministry/prophet accounts since these are different boards.
	1.4.1	Student Membership
		The Student category is the most popular category. The Student category is broken down into four more groups called houses. The four houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, & Slytherin. Every student starts out as a first year and moves up each term if they earn 3 or more quills.
	1.4.2	Professor Membership
		The Professor category is comprised of all those members that conduct a class or hold an administration position. This includes all Governors, Heads of Houses, Department Chairpersons, Professors, & Staff. All faculty are hand chosen and are interviewed to be sure that they are capable of conducting courses and maintaining proper adult behavior.
	1.4.3	Adult Membership
		The Adult category contains any member that is not a student or professor. This includes: Healers, Ministry Officials, Prophet Reporters, Shop Owners (that aren't students.) and any other member that does not fall under the student or professor membership.
	1.4.4	Foreign Exchange Membership
		The Foreign Exchange Membership is a new type of membership that began in the Winter 2007 Term. The following schools are associated with the British Ministry of Magic: Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, & Salem. Each of those schools sends students and professors to spend time at Hogwarts.
1.5	2007-2008 Calendar
	Summer Seminar 2008: July 6, 2008 – August 2, 2008 Dates: June 29, 2008- Summer Seminar Enrollment Begins July 7, 2008- Summer Seminars Begin July 7, 2008- Summer Quidditch League Begins July 6, 2008- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. July 20-26, 2008- Anniversary Week Celebration: 3 Years! August 1-31, 2008- “Crowning of the Lion” (Gryffindor Pride Month) August 1, 2008- Summer Seminar Ends August 3, 2008- Professor Applications Open for the Fall Term August 3, 2008- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. August 17, 2008- Summer Quidditch League Finals Begin August 24, 2008- Summer Quidditch Championship August 23, 2008- Professor Applications Close for the Fall Term August 24, 2008- Fall Term Professors Announced August 24-30, 2008- New Professor Bootcamp. August 29-31, 2008- Hogwarts Express Weekend. August 30, 2008- Summer Seminar & Summer Quidditch Awards Ceremony Fall Term 2008: September 1, 2008 - December 13, 2008 Dates: August 24, 2008- Fall Term Enrollment Begins August 31, 2008- First Staff Meeting of the School Year at 8pm EST. August 29 – September 1, 2008- Hogwarts Express Weekend September 1, 2008- 2008-2009 School Year Begins, Fall Term 2007 Begins September 1, 2008- Quidditch Pre-Season Begins August 31-September 6, 2008- Quidditch Team Tryouts September 1-7, 2008- Start of the Year Feast September 7, 2008- Fall Term Enrollment Ends September 8, 2008- Fall Term classes Begin September 14, 2008- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. September 21, 2008- Gryffindor Vs. Slytherin (Pre-Season) September 28, 2008- Hufflepuff Vs. Ravenclaw (Pre-Season), Quidditch Pre-Season Ends October 1, 2008- Quidditch Season Begins October 1-31, 2008- “Slythoween” (Slytherin Pride Month) October 5, 2008- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. October 12, 2008- Ravenclaw Vs. Slytherin October 19, 2008- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. October 26, 2008- Gryffindor Vs. Hufflepuff October 26- November 1, 2008- Fall Festival November 2, 2008- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. November 9, 2008- Gryffindor Vs. Ravenclaw November 16-22, 2008- Thanksgiving Holidays November 23, 2008- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. November 30, 2008- Hufflepuff Vs. Slytherin December 1, 2008- Professor Applications Open for the Winter Term December 1- 31, 2008- “HOlidays” (Hogwarts Pride Month) December 6, 2008- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. December 7-12, 2008- Fall Term Exams December 13, 2007- End of the Fall Term 2008 December 14, 2007- Fall Term 2008 Quills are Due December 14, 2007- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. December 15, 2008- January 5, 2009- Winter Holidays December 20, 2008- Winter Term Awards Ceremony, Graduation Ceremony December 27, 2007- Professor Applications close for the Winter Term 2009 December 28, 2007- Winter Term 2009 Professors Announced December 29, 2007 - January 3, 2009- New Professor Bootcamp Winter Term 2009: January 1, 2009 - March 20, 2009 Dates: December 28-30, 2008- Hogwarts Express Weekend December 28, 2008- Winter Term 2009 Enrollment Begins January 1, 2009- Winter Term 2009 Begins January 1, 2009- 4 th HHC Begins January 3, 2009- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST January 4-11, 2009- Winter Formal January 5, 2009- Winter Term Classes Begin January 11, 2009- Hufflepuff Vs. Ravenclaw January 18, 2009- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. January 25, 2009- Gryffindor Vs. Slytherin February 1, 2009- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. February 8, 2009- Gryffindor Vs. Hufflepuff February 8-14, 2009- Valentines Week Celebration February 15, 2009- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. February 22, 2009- Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin March 1, 2009- Professor Applications open for Spring Term 2009 March 1-31, 2009- “Luck of the Puff” (Hufflepuff Pride Month) March 8, 2009- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. March 15, 2009- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. March 15-20, 2009- Winter Term 2009 Exams March 22, 2009- Winter Term 2009 Quills are due March 22, 2009- 4 th HHC Ends March 22, 2009- Winter Term Awards Ceremony, Graduation Ceremony March 22- April 5, 2009- Spring Holidays March 28, 2008- Professor Applications close for Spring Term March 29, 2008- Professors Announced for the Spring Term Spring Term 2008: April 1, 2009 - June 27, 2009 Dates: March 27-29, 2009- Hogwarts Express Weekend March 29, 2009- Spring Term 2009 Enrollment Opens March 29- April 4, 2009- New Professor Bootcamp April 1, 2009- Spring Term 2009 Begins April 5-11, 2009- Spring Social April 5, 2008- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. April 6, 2008- Spring Term classes begin April 12, 2009- Hufflepuff Vs. Slytherin April 19, 2009- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. April 26, 2009- Quidditch Season Ends, Gryffindor Vs. Ravenclaw May 1-31, 2009- “Soar like an Eagle” (Ravenclaw Pride Month) May 3, 2009- Monthly Staff Meeting at 8pm EST. May 10-16, 2009- HO Picnic May 10, 2009- Quidditch Finals Begin, 2 nd Place Team Vs. 4 th Place Team May 17, 2009- Junior Wizengamot Meeting at 8pm EST. May 24, 2009- 1 st Place Team Vs. 3 rd Place Team June 7, 2009- Quidditch Championship: May 10 th Winner Vs. May 24 th Winner June 7-13, 2009- Spring Term Exams June 8, 2009- Quidditch Cup Winner Announced June 14, 2009- Spring Term 2009 Quills due June 14, 2009- Final Monthly Staff Meeting of the School Year at 8pm EST. June 14, 2009- Spring Term 2009 Awards Ceremony, Graduation Ceremony June 21-27, 2009- End of the 2008-2009 School Year Celebration June 27, 2009- House Cup Winner Announced
1.6	Privacy Policy
	Privacy as always sense the sites creation in 2005, has been a huge issue for Hogwarts Online. This is a Governor Disclaimer detailing that we as a website ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LEAKING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION REGARDING YOURSELF. Privacy ladies and gentlemen is a basic game of common sense, and you must use your basic "street' smarts in this delicate issue. Their are basically two schools of thought, either your comfortable with divulging information about yourself and suffer whatever possible consequences that follow, or your not at all comfortable with the notion of other members knowing the "Real" you. Look its perfectly simple the only conceivable way anyone will invade your privacy is if you allow it, and as such a fast pace, and successful website Hogwarts Online cannot guarantee your privacy will not be invaded. So the rule is simple; do not share your information if your uncomfortable with it, and do not I repeat do not come to us(Governors)whining that someone has "violated" your personal rights. This is the internet and it is far from perfect, bad things happen and sometimes their unavoidable. Use common sense is all we ask when giving out any type of personal information, and only do so at your own risk of privacy invasion. The Governors of HO are very efficient, but we cannot prevent everything, and we are not responsible for your lack of common sense.
1.7	Politics & Religion
	Hogwarts Online does not descriminate based on religion, ethinicty, sexual preference, political ideologies, or any other way humans find to descriminate against. With that said, no members are to bring up matters that deal with religion or politics anywhere in the site. Through past events, we've found that these two topics lead to great controversy and because this site has nothing to do with world politics or relgion it should be left off the site.