Terms & Conditions for SMS Communications

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your use of the SMS-based agenda communication service ("Service") operated by Vanguard Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation ("Vanguard," "we," "our," or "us"). By sending a message to the Service's designated telephone number, you ("you" or "Sender") agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. Description of the Service

The Service allows authorized individuals to submit meeting agenda items to Vanguard via text message, receive confirmations and command responses, and receive system-generated meeting agenda documents. The Service is operated for Vanguard's internal business purposes and is not a consumer-facing communication channel.

2. Eligibility and authorization

The Service is available only to individuals who have been expressly authorized in advance by Vanguard's CEO. Authorized users include Vanguard employees, members of the Senior Leadership Team, the company's owner, and a limited number of approved external contacts. Use of the Service by any unauthorized person is not permitted, and any messages received from unauthorized senders may be discarded, evaluated for legitimacy, or forwarded internally for review.

You represent that you are at least 18 years of age and that you have authority to send messages from the mobile telephone number you use with the Service.

3. Message frequency, fees, and carrier terms

Message frequency varies based on Sender activity. The Service generally responds only when a Sender initiates a message and may also send transactional notifications such as agenda confirmations and delivery alerts.

Standard message and data rates from your mobile carrier may apply to all messages you send and receive. Vanguard does not charge a fee to use the Service. Mobile carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

4. Supported commands

The Service responds to a small set of plain-text commands. Commands are not case-sensitive.

• HELP — returns a summary of available commands and contact information
• STOP — opts you out of all further messages from the Service
• START — resumes messages after a previous opt-out
• LIST — returns your open agenda items
• AGENDA — generates and emails the agenda document for an authorized meeting
• COVERED followed by item numbers — marks items as completed
• DELETE followed by an item number — removes an item you submitted

Any message that is not a recognized command will, by default, be treated as a new agenda item submission.

5. Acceptable use

You agree to use the Service only for legitimate Vanguard business purposes and to comply with all applicable laws and Vanguard policies. You agree that you will not:

• Submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, threatening, or that violates the rights of any third party
• Submit confidential patient health information, customer financial account numbers, government identification numbers, or other regulated sensitive data
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, its underlying infrastructure, or any related Vanguard systems
• Use the Service to transmit malicious code, spam, or commercial solicitations
• Impersonate any other person or misrepresent your identity
• Forward, share, or republish system-generated agenda documents outside the authorized recipient list

Vanguard reserves the right to revoke any individual's access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, for any reason it determines in its sole discretion.

6. Content ownership and confidentiality

Agenda items, system-generated agendas, and any related materials produced through the Service are the confidential business property of Vanguard Resources, Inc. You may not disclose this content to anyone outside the authorized recipient list without Vanguard's prior written consent.

You retain authorship of the underlying ideas and information you submit, but you grant Vanguard a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, process, format, distribute, and retain such submissions as necessary to operate the Service and conduct Vanguard's business.

7. Privacy

Information collected through the Service is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, available at privacy.vanguardresources.com. By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood that policy.

8. Service availability

The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Service operational but do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. Messages may be delayed, lost, or undelivered due to factors outside our control, including carrier outages, network conditions, and third-party service interruptions.

9. Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise. Vanguard disclaims all implied warranties, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Vanguard does not warrant that the Service will be error-free, timely, secure, or uninterrupted; that any defects will be corrected; or that messages will be delivered to or from any particular recipient.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Vanguard, its officers, directors, employees, agents, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or business opportunity, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service, even if Vanguard has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Vanguard's total cumulative liability arising out of or related to the Service shall not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100.00).

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Vanguard and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of a third party.

12. Modifications

Vanguard may modify these Terms at any time by posting an updated version at this URL. Changes are effective when posted. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Vanguard may also modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service, in whole or in part, at any time without notice and without liability.

13. Termination

You may terminate your use of the Service at any time by replying STOP to any message from the Service. Vanguard may terminate or suspend your access at any time, with or without notice, for any reason. The provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination, including provisions on content ownership, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and indemnification, will survive.

14. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Bexar County, Texas, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

15. Entire agreement; severability

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Vanguard regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements on the same subject. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

16. Contact

For questions about these Terms or the Service, please contact: