Terms

Terms of Use

Last updated November 13, 2026

Using Committee Ready

These terms apply to the Committee Ready website, newsletter, checklist, prompts and other free resources (together, "Committee Ready"). By using Committee Ready, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use it.

Committee Ready is intended for adults, especially students in doctoral programs and the faculty who support them.

What our content is, and is not

Our content is general educational coaching about dissertation proposals and the responsible use of AI. It is not academic, legal, or professional advice for your specific situation, and it does not replace guidance from your chair, committee, program or institutional review board (IRB). See our Disclaimer for more.

Your responsibilities

• Follow your program's rules. You are responsible for following your university's policies on academic integrity, AI use and research ethics.
• Stay the author. Our prompts are designed to coach you, not to write your dissertation. Do not use them to produce work you present as your own in violation of your program's rules.
• Protect research data. Do not paste confidential information, participant data or protected records into AI tools unless your institution allows it.
• Check AI output. AI tools can be wrong and can invent sources. Verify everything yourself.

AI tools are not ours

Our prompts are written for use in third-party AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude. We do not control those tools, and your use of them is governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

Our content and how you may use it

The Committee Ready name, logo, newsletter, checklist, prompts and other materials belong to Committee Ready and are protected by copyright and other laws.

• You may use our materials for your own studies and adapt the prompts for your own work.
• You may share the Proposal Checklist or a newsletter issue with others for free, as long as you keep it intact and credit Committee Ready.
• You may not sell our materials, republish them as your own, or use them in a paid product or service without our written permission.

What you send us

If you send us feedback or ideas, you allow us to use them to improve Committee Ready without owing you anything. Please do not send us dissertation drafts or research data.

Links to other sites

We sometimes link to other websites and resources. We do not control them and are not responsible for their content or practices.

No warranties

Committee Ready is provided "as is" and "as available." We work hard to make it accurate and useful, but we do not promise that it is complete, error-free or suitable for your purpose, or that using it will lead to any particular result, such as approval of your proposal.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Committee Ready will not be liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential losses, or for any academic, professional or financial outcome, arising from your use of Committee Ready. Where the law does allow us to be held liable, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us, if any, in the 12 months before the claim. For our free content, that amount is zero.

Changes and ending access

We may update Committee Ready or these terms at any time. If we change these terms significantly, we will update the date at the top and tell subscribers by email. You can stop using Committee Ready and unsubscribe whenever you like. We may stop providing any part of it, or remove access for anyone who misuses it.

Paid offerings

If we offer paid products in the future, they will have their own terms, which you will see before you buy.

Contact

Questions about these terms: [email protected], or by mail at Committee Ready, 924 N Magnolia Ave, Suite 202 PMB 1033, Orlando, FL 32803, United States.