Montpelier Section's Policy regarding Facebook

General

• Anything on FB is not a permanent record of the Montpelier Section.
• Anyone can view our information and photos. Anyone with a personal Facebook account can add photos and text to photos, to our pages. Since FB controls access, we make no guarantees.
• Posting on FB is not controlled by the section. We do not guarantee that our website's policy is respected by FB. Users are warned that names and email addresses may be exposed. The owner of our account (the website committee) does have the capability to see changes and make corrections.
• Updating and maintaining FB is a lower priority than our website. There are no guarantees the the FB files are current or accurate.
• FB pages are not vetted for grammatical or orthographical correctness.

Facebook and our website

• Every page that links to our Facebook account includes the logo which directs you to this policies page.
• The submit trip report form includes a checkbox authorizing submitted photos to appear on Facebook.
• Any link from our website to Facebook specifies (target="_blank") to force a new window or tab in the user's browser.

Facebook structure and nomenclature

• Our Facebook account is for an "organization" as opposed to a "person", and as such, it cannot participate in "friending"
• Facebook is designed for people to establish and maintain connections to other people; "organization accounts" are an add-on.

How to use Facebook

• Facebook pages declare "no robots", so you must have a link to our page before you can find it -- you cannot Google it.
• People can send such a link via email, by posting on a web page, or by including it in their Facebook pages.
• The account owner can set permissions for access. The account now allows universal read access and allows people (with Facebook accounts) to add photo albums. They can also add text under photos.
• The account owner (or designated administrator) can modify permissions.
• The account owner (or designated administrator) can see a history of activity (changes and additions.)
• The account owner (or designated administrator) can delete anything.

How to maintain the account

• The website committee designates people to serve as administrators of the Facebook account.
• Administrators remove personal information, such as full name, address, email address, or telephone number.
• The account provides a link to our web site.
• We will not (normally) post section events on the Facebook Events tab. (Possible exception: work hikes)