Website Instructions / Info

If you cannot find the info you are looking for please contact us with any questions or concerns.  We have put together this site with the belief that it will better the exchange experience, and provide a place for students to go, upon their return.  By connecting our community, we will be able to better serve one another, and give back to the very thing that gave us so much! 

Why Register:  By Registering for this site, you are becoming part of a larger society.  One that is built on the belief that by working together, we can spread peace and understanding long after we have returned from our years abroad.  It is also a means for us to volunteer, give back, stay connected, and show the world what it means to have been an exchange student.  

How to Register:  Under the log in section on the left click on REGISTER.  Fill out as much information as you can.  This info is kept private and will not be used for any purpose that you do not select.  Please remember that if you wish to volunteer, be recruited by universities or companies or post your resume you must select these options.  You can at any time after registration go back and edit your profile to activate or deactivate your e mail status.  Your information will not be sold or distributed.  

How to use Private Mail System (PMS): To use the Private messaging system that is attached to each user, you must first create a contact with that person.  This can be accomplished under the profile screens and manage connections.  If you would like to connect with someone to take advantage of the PMS simply click on their picture and proceed from there.  If you need further instruction on this, or if you notice a flaw, please contact us immediately.  

Register as a Volunteer: To register as a volunteer open your profile through ICEF.  (user menu) 
Once you have your user open, click update profile.  Under the tab for Volunteer, you will see a series of boxes to either check yes or no.  Even if you have not had any experience with the type of volunteer work you would like to do, click on the selection and someone will be in contact with you.  We are always looking for new ways to give back, so if you see an opportunity we have missed, please contact us with your idea!  Please check back frequently as this site is very dynamic and constantly changing.  

Update Your Exchange Info:  In order to maintain the integrity of the site, we ask that you provide as much information as possible on your exchange year.  Remember, as much as you may be searching for someone, the chances of someone seeking you out is also great.  Please see our privacy information with regards to use of the information you provide, and remember, our goal is to make everything we participate in be beneficial to the student, former student, Rotarian, parent, or host family. 

Privacy Policy Statement

Our postal address is
3949 Hedgewood Drive, Medina, Ohio, 44256

330-598-1815

For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes no information regarding the domain or e-mail address.

We collect the domain name and e-mail address (where possible) of visitors to our Web page, the e-mail addresses of those who post messages to our bulletin board, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, the e-mail addresses of those who make postings to our chat areas, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, user-specific information on what pages consumers access or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations, name and address, telephone number, payment information (e.g., credit card number and billing address).

The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web page, used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor, used to notify consumers about updates to our Web site, shared with other reputable organizations to help them contact consumers for marketing purposes.

With respect to cookies: We do not set any cookies.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending us an e-mail at the above address.

From time to time, we make the e-mail addresses of those who access our site available to other reputable organizations whose products or services we think you might find interesting. If you do not want us to share your e-mail address with other companies or organizations, please let us know by calling us at the number provided above.

From time to time, we make our customer e-mail list available to other reputable organizations whose products or services we think you might find interesting. If you do not want us to share your e-mail address with other companies or organizations, please let us know by calling us at the number provided above.

If you supply us with your postal address on-line you will only receive the information for which you provided us your address.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed on-line.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line may receive telephone contact from us with information regarding new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such telephone calls, please let us know by sending us e-mail at the above address.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will contact you before we use your data for these new purposes to notify you of the policy change and to provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses.

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to all information [including proprietary information] that we maintain about them, unique identifier information (e.g., customer number or password) that we maintain about them, communications that the consumer/visitor has directed to our site (e.g., e-mails, customer inquiries), contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them , a description of information that we maintain about them.

Upon request we offer visitors the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information.

With respect to security: We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact The DMA's Committee on Ethical Business Practices at mgoldberger@the-dma.org  state or local chapters of the Better Business Bureau, state or local consumer protection office, The Federal Trade Commission by phone at 202.FTC-HELP (202.382.4357) or electronically at

http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm .