>>>But that would be in the future. Anything in the past shouldn't have been affected with anything so drastic as a ban. Right?
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>>Everything new in there would apply from that point and it may requires a checkbox somewhere to be checked by each member to demonstrates the ongoing agreement with a new set of rules, if that would ever be the case.
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>I remember enough business law from college to save you a step there. For a contract or element of a contract to be legally enforceable, there must be "consideration" -- each side must give something and get something. What you are describing is the classic example of one party not getting anything in return. A more typical case is where a company wants to modify employee contracts to add a new requirement or restriction. Unless they give the employee(s) something in return, such modifications are not enforceable.
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>For new members, of course, you can word the agreement any way you like.

Well, look at you! I wish I had got better learning so I could say more than, "So there!" <g> Does it matter that he's in the Great White North country?

Update: I think he hides behind that whole legal thing anyway.