Schedule D: Shared Definitions

Schedule D, version 1.0. Effective Date: the date shown at the top of this page. Capitalized terms in every Reseated document have these meanings. Where a Reseated document uses "Pledge Rules", read "Pledge Terms and Mark Rules".

Part 1: Core definitions (D-1 to D-25)

1. Applicable Law: any law, regulation or binding order that applies to a person or activity, including mandatory consumer and data-protection law in the user’s country.
2. Program Member: a business admitted under the Membership Terms. Assembly Participant: a Program Member acting through its Authorized Representative. Neither is a Statutory Member.
3. Board: the governing body of the Corporation under 8 Del. C. § 141.
4. Bylaws: the Corporation’s bylaws as in effect from time to time.
5. Certificate: the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
6. Charter: the Founders Charter (RC/A/2026/1), as ratified or amended by the Board. After ratification it forms part of the Program Rules.
7. Contribution: any content a User submits, including Reports, comments, nominations, votes cast with a stated reason, files and messages.
8. Corporation, Reseated, we, us: Reseated Councils, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit nonstock corporation.
9. Council: one of the seven program councils established under the Program Rules.
10. Effective Date: the date stated at the top of each document, which is never earlier than the date the Certificate is filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
11. Fellow: an individual appointed under the Program Rules to an advisory Fellowship for a 2-year renewable term. Fellows have no Council vote.
12. Named Executive: an individual identified in a CEO Seat record, invitation or response because of their role at an organization.
13. Nominee: an individual nominated for Fellowship by another person.
14. Partner: an organization (such as a chamber, association or nonprofit) that has agreed to Partner terms.
15. Personal Data: information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.
16. Pledged Business: a business that has adopted a Pledge Standard under the Pledge Terms and Mark Rules.
17. (Reserved.)
18. Program Rules: the rules adopted by the Board governing councils, program votes, Fellowship, consultations, reports, CEO Seats, pledges and the Public Record, including the Charter once ratified.
19. Public Record: the numbered documents, consultations, reports, letters, sessions and status records published on the Site.
20. Report: a Contribution describing a systemic business problem, submitted through the report form.
21. Reporter: a User who submits a Report.
22. Site or Services: reseated.com, its subdomains and related services.
23. Statutory Member: a member of the Corporation under 8 Del. C. §§ 102(a)(4) and 215. Under the Certificate, the directors serving on the Board are the only Statutory Members.
24. Terms: the Website Terms of Use.
25. User: any person who visits or uses the Site, including Visitors, Assembly Participants, Reporters, commenters and signed-in users.

Part 2: Further definitions (D-26 to D-36)

• D-2 (amended): Program Member means a business admitted under the Membership Terms. Assembly Participant means a Program Member acting through its Authorized Representative. Neither is a Statutory Member.
• D-26 Authorized Representative: the individual aged 18 or over whom a Program Member names to act for it.
• D-27 CEO Seat File: a record that names an organization and a Named Executive as invitees or signatories under the Record Policy.
• D-28 Competitively Sensitive Information: non-public information about a business’s current or future prices, costs, margins, wages, benefits, credit or payment terms offered to customers, bids, capacity, output, customers, suppliers or territories.
• D-29 Fix: a proposed practice standard or policy proposal developed by a Council.
• D-30 Non-Public Draft: a document that Reseated marks “Non-public draft.”
• D-31 Other-Party Field: the private field in which a Reporter names the organization or agency involved in a Report.
• D-32 Public Cell: any number, row, map area or filter result shown publicly that is derived from Reports.
• D-33 Public Summary: the summary of a Report published in the Public Record, of no more than 280 characters.
• D-34 Record Editor: the staff member or volunteer the Secretary-General or Executive Director appoints to apply the Record Policy.
• D-35 Signatory: an organization that has signed a commitment in a CEO Seat File.
• D-36 Status: a neutral label from the list in Record Policy section 6.4.

Part 3: Further definitions (D-37 to D-46)

• D-37 Acceptance Record: the stored record of a person’s assent to a specific document version (spec section 12.4).
• D-38 Badge: a graphic or label Reseated licenses to show a Pledge Status.
• D-39 Commitment: the text a Signatory adopts under the CEO Signatory Commitment.
• D-40 Fellow Publicity Consent: a Fellow’s separate, revocable consent to publication of their name, title and photo.
• D-41 Legacy Acceptance: an acceptance of the Founders Charter recorded before the Effective Date.
• D-46 Champion Test: the published, versioned, objective test in Pledge Terms section 4.4 that a Pledged Business must meet before the Champion Status is shown.
• D-42 Marks: names, logos and badges. Reseated Marks are Reseated’s Marks. Partner Marks are a Partner’s Marks.
• D-43 Pledge Standard: the unilateral minimum standard text in Pledge Terms section 3.
• D-44 Pledge Status: Self-declared, Verified, Champion or Withdrawn.
• D-45 Verification Method: the published, versioned procedure Reseated uses to check a Pledge Standard.