I, Donna Snyder, as CEO of the World Wide Web Awards and all Awards Programs held at the World Wide Web Awards website, do hereby declare (on behalf of myself and any other Evaluator/s , agree to abide by and promote, The Webmasters Code Of Ethics.

We agree that any critiques giving, will be constructive and positive and will refrain from any criticisms unless applicants notify us in writing, asking for comments, suggestions or tips, for improving their sites.  Any and all response from the WWW Awards giving to applicants asking for advice will be of a positive nature.  Our goal is to provide Webmasters and Designers with the finest resources, tools, tutorials, tips and advice for building quality web sites. 

We agree to fairly evaluate all sites/pages meeting our Criteria and we agree to post and promote any applicants who have won our award, by placing a link and description on our winners list.

We agree not to discriminate on grounds of race, gender, religion, handicaps, age, countries, or any other reason, which has nothing to do with submitting an application to the WWW Awards.

We agree to set forth an Awards Criteria and to adhere to same. 

We agree to evaluate web sites under the Criteria which was in place at the time application was submitted.  Should our criteria, change or become revised, any applicants who has previously, submitted an application, will be evaluated under the "old" criteria, guidelines, if they have won a previous award from us.

We agree to evaluate all submitted sites within four (2-4) weeks of receipt of applicants submission. If this deadline cannot be met, we agree to notify the applicant and provide them with a time frame, in which we will complete their evaluation.

We agree not to divulge any personal information about our applicants, other then a listing of their URL on our site and any advertisement that is submitted to us. All email, forms, feedback, etc., is completely confidential.

 We agree to assist any person requesting advice concerning ways of improving their sites. 

 It is a requirement that any Awards granted from this web site must be linked back to our web site in a method that will be outlined in Award notification e-mails.

We agree that we will not grant Awards to, or in any other manner endorse or promote, any web site that endorses, promotes or contains content which is considered globally to be illegal or discriminatory.

In order to comply with C.O.P.P.A. you must be at least 18 years of age to nominate a Website title. 

We agree that we will take all measures necessary to maintain the honor and integrity of our Awards Programs.

Submitted on this day, 2/5/03.

Signed: Donna Wark - CEO of The World Wide Web Awards & all evaluators for The World Wide Web Awards. 2/5/03

Special thanks to CEM/CEMA, and Rhonda M. Serong (Co-author of the Declaration of Ethics)