Who do these terms bind?
You, once you submit an application, and FDE Club, the operator named in the imprint. The terms apply for as long as you have an account.
Who can apply?
Anyone aged 18 or older who is a forward deployed engineer, is moving into the role, or leads or builds a forward deployed team, and who is based in Switzerland or deploys here. Related titles count when the work is the same.
Recruiters, agency staff and sales roles cannot be members.
What you write in your application must be true and must be about you.
How is an application decided?
A person reads it and approves or declines it. No decision is automated. Nobody has a right to membership, and the club gives the reason category when it declines.
A person whose application is declined can apply again after 90 days.
What does membership give?
Access to the member area of this site and to what the club runs for its members. Membership is free. It is personal and cannot be passed to someone else.
The club can add, change or end a feature.
What do members agree to?
The house rules. They are part of these terms: confidentiality, no recruiting or selling to members, and respect for other members.
What are the rules of the members directory?
You choose whether you are listed and which details show, and you can change it at any time. What you see in the directory is for contact between members, one person at a time. Scraping, export and bulk messages are not allowed.
What does the club do with member data?
Member data is never used for recruitment, by the organisers or anyone else.
Every time an organiser opens your application or your member record, it is logged, and you can see the log in your privacy settings. The privacy notice says what is held, why and for how long.
How does membership end?
You can end it at any time by deleting your account in settings. Your profile, application and photo are then removed.
The club can pause or end a membership when a member breaks these terms or the house rules. The member is told why.
What is the club liable for?
The club runs this site and its meetups with care and offers them as they are. As far as the law allows, the operator is liable only for damage caused by intent or gross negligence.
Members are responsible for what they say and share, and for keeping to their own duties of confidentiality towards employers and customers.
Can these terms change?
Yes. Members are told by email before a change takes effect. A member who does not agree can end the membership.
Which law applies?
Swiss law applies.
The place of jurisdiction is Geneva, Switzerland, unless the law names another place.
Who do I ask about these terms?
Write to hello@fdeclub.ch.