Des Moines Rehabbers Club Membership Info

Membership in the Des Moines Rehabbers Club is FREE! Members can attend monthly meetings at a variety of interesting locations throughout the City. From time to time, certain benefits such as discounts at local stores or reduced admission to DSMRC special events may be made available to members.

Donations to help the DSMRC (refreshments, web hosting, etc) are always welcome, but are not tax deductible at this time.

Liability Waiver

Members must sign a liability waiver.

The Des Moines Rehabbers Club (DSMRC) activities focus on construction and renovation. Construction and renovation related activities are inherently dangerous. DSMRC event participants and members must recognize the potential for injury to themselves which may result from participation in DSMRC activities and meetings. The DSMRC intends that participants and members expressly assume all risks and liability for any injuries to, or caused by, participants and members.

Membership Form

Click on the link below to download the membership form. Return it to Steve Wilke-Shapiro, 3134 Cottage Grove, Des Moines, IA 50311 or bring it to the next monthly meeting. Hope to see you there!

Web Site Terms of Use

By accessing content on RenovateDSM.com you agree to the following terms and conditions:

Content

All content on renovateDSM.com is the opinion of the author and shall be used for general information purposes only. Text descriptions may include errors and/or omissions of information that are critical to a safe, complete, and successful project.

RenovateDSM.com and the Des Moines Rehabbers Club provide this web site as a service to building owners and renovation professionals. The RenovateDSM.com web site is dedicated to providing an opportunity for users to exchange ideas, provide information, and facilitate general dialogue and opinions. Accordingly, any content appearing on the RenovateDSM.com website does not necessarily reflect the views of RenovateDSM.com, the Des Moines Rehabbers Club, its members, organizers, and volunteers. RenovateDSM.com, the Des Moines Rehabbers Club, its members, organizers, and volunteers do not assume responsibility or liability for the materials found on the RenovateDSM.com website, nor for any claims, damages or losses resulting from any use of this service or the materials contained therein.

Copyright

Comments, articles, photos, and contractor referrals posted to RenovateDSM.com remain the intellectual property and responsibility of the author. However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting RenovateDSM.com and the Des Moines Rehabbers Club permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their organization and internet web site including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. RenovateDSM.com is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in RenovateDSM.com's sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

If you believe content on RenovateDSM.com violates a copyright you hold, please contact the site administrator.

Renovation Safety and Outcomes

Knowledgeable people often disagree on the "best" way to perform even the most mundane of renovation tasks. Renovation is a complex process - owners and contractors should always refer to multiple sources of information before undertaking any activity at which they are inexperienced. Failure to follow generally accepted construction safety practices, even if not explicitly stated on this web site, may result in serious injury, death and/or damage to property.

By using or following advice on this web site, the user warrants that he or she understands the inherent risks in renovation, and assumes all liability for injury, death, or damage to property incurred as a result of explicit or implicit advice on this web site.

That said, there are many activities that even an inexperienced renovator can undertake safely and effectively. As you decide which tasks to take on, carefully judge your skill, available time, and patience level. Overestimating your ability to tackle a new and difficult task can have a lasting negative impact on your project and your overall satisfaction with the renovation process.

Even when there are tasks you cannot perform yourself, take the opportunity to learn from your contractors. Ask them to explain the whys and hows so you can better understand the way your house is put together.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indenmify, and hold RenovateDSM.com, the Des Moines Rehabbers Club, its members, organizers, and volunteers harmless, from and against any claims, damages, costs, and expenses, including all costs of legal proceedings and attorneys' fees, arising in connection with use of the RenovateDSM.com by you or by anyone using your password, or in connection with a violation or breach of this agreement by you or by anyone using your password, including without limitation: (1) claims based on defamation or other conduct by you in using RenovateDSM.com, or (2) your violation of any intellectual property laws including without limitation those relating to copyright, trademarks or trade secrets.

Advertising and Privacy

RenovateDSM and the Des Moines Rehabbers Club respects the privacy of its users. Users may register with RenovateDSM to access additional features - a valid e-mail address is required to verify user identity and limit SPAM comments. This e-mail address is provided to RenovateDSM at registration and may be used for infrequent announcements, however, it will never be sold or given to an unrelated organization or business. RenovateDSM does reserve the right to utilize the e-mail address database for its own use and use of related organizations including, but not limited to, the Des Moines Rehabbers Club and a future umbrella organization or non-profit sponsor of the Des Moines Rehabbers Club.

To recoup some of the hosting costs, RenovateDSM uses third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. RenovateDSM does not pass registration information to the third-party advertisers.

• Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.

• Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

It would be the preference of RenovateDSM to not use third-party advertisers. Rather, we would prefer that local businesses support the Des Moines Rehabbers Club! If you would like to support RenovateDSM and the Des Moines Rehabbers Club by advertising your business, please click here.

Become a Registered User

Register on RenovateDSM for free to access additional features! In order to register, you will need a valid e-mail address and of course an interest in renovation.

Registered users can do the following things:

1. Upload your own renovation related images to the Image Galleries. Inappropriate or copyrighted images are subject to deletion, of course.

2. Submit comments without "moderation". Anonymous comments must be approved by a site administrator before appearing online.
3. Create "Userlinks" to renovation or community related web sites. Inappropriate or off-topic links are subject to deletion, of course.
4. "Subscribe" to specific categories and receive e-mail notifications when updates or new articles are posted.
5. Post renovation and community-related events to the RenovateDSM calendar.

Additional features such as extended content, an optional e-mail newsletter, and other benefits for registered users will be implemented as RenovateDSM.com grows.

Your e-mail address will NEVER be sold, leased, given away, or otherwise used for any purpose other than RenovateDSM site related communication (such as if you forget your password).

Advertise on RenovateDSM.com

The Des Moines Rehabbers Club is an all volunteer organization, but there are costs incurred for meetings (refreshments), web hosting and domain registration. To help defray these costs, the Des Moines Rehabbers Club offers advertising space on RenovateDSM.com for a modest fee.

For more information, please fill out the Contact Form.

Audience

RenovateDSM users are highly targeted towards residential renovation. They are likely to be in the market for a variety of renovation related businesses such as contractors, real estate agents, architects, and hardware stores among others.

RenovateDSM is a content-heavy web site. Viewers will tend to look at more pages per visit than many other web sites, so your advertisement will have more of an impact.

Pricing

Two different ad sizes are currently available. Standard ad spaces are priced "per view" (also known as an "impression" - the count is incremented each time the ad is "served" to a RenovateDSM viewer. "Timed" ads (visible for a specified period of weeks or months) can also be negotiated.

120x90 pixels - button ad

• 1000 views @ $.015 per view = $15

• 2000 views @ $.0125 per view = $25
• 5000 views @ $.01 per view = $50
• 10000 views @ $.0075 per view = $75

120x240 pixels - tower ad

• 1000 views @ $.02 per view = $20

• 2000 views @ $.0175 per view = $35
• 5000 views @ $.015 per view = $75
• 10000 views @ $.0125 per view = $125

Advertisements will be rotated in randomly from the pool of all current ads. Depending on the number of advertisements and the traffic load, 1000 views may last between two and four weeks. All advertising costs must be paid in advance. Nonprofits and other community-based organizations may qualify for free or reduced rates.

If you don't have a digital ad, the web site administrator can create one for you for a nominal fee of $20. The Des Moines Rehabbers Club reserves the right to refuse ads for any reason and/or edit for content as required.