Software & Technology Notice

Purpose of this notice

This page provides a brief public description of how the technical infrastructure behindchallengerscc.ca and the Club's members' portal is organised. It is intentionally neutral on questions of intellectual-property ownership; a more detailed Technology Governance Record is maintained internally by the Board.

How the platform is organised today

• The Club owns and controls its domain (challengerscc.ca), Google Workspace emails and Shared Drives, the Stripe payments account, all member data (registrations, availability, scoring, governance signatures), and all Club branding.
• The Vercel hosting account is logged in via a Club-controlled Gmail.
• The Firebase / Google Cloud project that backs the database and authentication runs under the Club'scontact@challengerscc.ca Workspace account.
• The source-code repository currently lives on the original developer's personal GitHub account. This is the only piece of the platform that is not on a Club-owned service today.

Development history

The Club's website and members' portal were originally designed and developed by Mohammed Saad, a co-founding volunteer director, in an unpaid capacity beginning in approximately November 2025. At the time, the Club had not yet been verified with Google for Nonprofits, TechSoup, or Goodstack, and a Club-owned GitHub organisation had not been created — so personal development resources were used. As Club-owned services have become available (Workspace, Vercel via Club Gmail, Firebase under Club Workspace, Stripe), each element has been provisioned on the Club's accounts where practicable. The platform is used exclusively to support Club operations.

Continuity

The Board maintains continuity arrangements to ensure the Club's operations can continue if the original developer steps away. Details are recorded in the internal Technology Governance Record and may be reviewed by directors via the Pavilion module of the members' portal.

Ownership

This notice does not make a determination of intellectual-property ownership of the source code, and is not intended to grant, transfer, assign, waive, or license any right held by any party. Each party reserves all rights they hold under applicable Canadian law, including the federal Copyright Act and the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act. Questions on ownership, if and when they need to be resolved, will be addressed by the Board in a separate written agreement at that time.

Where to direct questions

For questions about this notice or the Club's digital infrastructure, please contact contact@challengerscc.ca.