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Houston factoid: The Houston Metropolitan Statistical Area recorded 2.382 million payroll jobs in February 2006, more than the job counts of 29 states, including Colorado, Alabama, or South Carolina.

It is the mission of this Group to maintain a high standard of ethical conduct within the organization and in relationships with the member community and business associates such as hardware vendors, software vendors, etc. The Group and its Members adopt the below prescribed rules of conduct.

Failure of any Member to follow the prescribed rules of conduct will be reviewed by the LIG Board of Directors (BOD) for continued Group Membership eligibility.

Rule: 1.1.     Members will not use the itSMF name or its registered Logo in any activity that results in personal gain. The use of the itSMF name or the Group Logo may not be used without the expressed written permission of the Group.

Rule: 1.2.     Members will not use their itSMF affiliation to market or sell any products, equipment, or services.

Rule: 1.3.     Members will not use their itSMF affiliation to solicit any products, equipment, services or favors from vendors without expressed permission of the Group.

Rule: 1.4.     Board Members, Chair People and Volunteers who have access to confidential information, including the membership list, potential speaker database, etc. will not disclose or utilize the information for any non-itSMF-related reason.

Rule: 1.5.     Members will project an attitude of courtesy and respect for other Members, Group activities and Group property and will act in a polite and courteous manner during all itSMF and Group activities.

Rule: 1.6.     Members will maintain a high degree of integrity within the community, and always act in the best interest of the itSMF when called upon.

Rule: 1.7.     Members will refrain from the exchange, copying and distribution of copyrighted material.

In our four years of operation, we have never seen an approach to the boundaries of our ethical statement of operation.

As the fourth largest city in the country, and home to the third-most Fortune 500 companies, this is testament to the understanding and cooperation of our industry's vendors. Many of them extend great effort to support us, yet ask for nothing in return.

In fact, in the U.S. the tool developers drive ITSM more than the practitioners. We are greatful for their participation.
 

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