AFNC Social Media Policy

Avoca Football Netball Club Social Media Policy
Approval Date: 9th June 2015
Review Date: March 9th 2019
Version No:
President: Bill Drummond
Vice-
President:
Steve Carey

PURPOSE
To ensure that all members and associates of the club understand the club rules on the appropriate use of its
social media and the consequences of inappropriate use.

POLICY
Avoca Football Netball Club (AFNC) is committed to keeping everyone associated with the club informed
about club matters and to provide up-to-date details of forthcoming events, competitions, schedule changes
etc. To achieve this, the AFNC has developed a Facebook page. This page is to be used for the above
purpose only and is not a mechanism for members to hold discussions or for members to post comments.
Coaching staff are limited to using the site to post information regarding teams/training.

POLICY STATEMENTS
 The Club will attempt to keep its Facebook current and informative as a service to members.

 The Club will from time to time, use the Facebook page to present members with appropriate club
information, photos and events. Sponsors may also be promoted through the page as well.

 The Club will nominate a responsible person to manage the page who will not enter into any
discussion using the club page. Any discussions or postings are to be conducted outside of the club
page. There may also be administrator access granted to other members of the Committee as
deemed appropriate.

 ALL posts onto the Club page will be concluded with the name of the relevant person and their
position.

 The nominated administrator will not use the Club’s Facebook page for their own personal use and
will always act impartially. They will not allow personal thoughts, feelings or opinions to be
expressed on the page and will always act in accordance with this policy.

 The nominated person will be required to report any inappropriate use of the Facebook page to the
Committee.

 The nominated administrator will have the right to deny access to any person who is not associated
with the club.

 The nominated administrator will remove any posts on the site that are deemed inappropriate
IMMEDIATELY and will not enter into discussion or debate with members on the site.

 The nominated administrator will also have the right to block access to any person who misuses the
page or uses the page inappropriately in accordance with this policy. The administrator will not limit
or block access to people that have not breached this policy.

 The nominated administrator will always ensure posts on the page are written in the third person
and will not convey personal ideas or thoughts in any way. The nominated administrator will also
take care to not use the private inbox or closed group functions for personal reasons, comments or
information sharing that is not considered appropriate or necessary.

DETAILS OF INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES

 Posting comments or images on the club page – this is an information dissemination site only and
any inclusions must be emailed to the nominated administrator.

 Creating or exchanging messages that are offensive, harassing, obscene or threatening (INCLUDING
complaints or comments against the MCDFNL) – any misuse of this nature will result in an instant
block from the page and club disciplinary measures. Any breech of this nature is considered serious
and may be referred to Victoria Police

 Exchange of any confidential or sensitive information held by the club relating to individuals, other
clubs, other community stakeholders

 Exchanging information in violation of copyright laws including the uploading or downloading of
commercial software, games, music or movies

 Committee members, coaching staff, players and members are also required to not upload posts on
their own personal pages that may be considered inappropriate, offensive or harassing or obscene.

PROCEDURE FOR MANAGING COMPLAINTS

 Any person identified to be using the club Facebook page inappropriately or for purposes other than
those it was established will be identified to the Exec Committee and issued a warning for a first
offence (if it is deemed minor in nature). Any member whose comments are considered more
extreme will be blocked from the site, reported to the Committee and dependent on the severity of
the offence, will receive disciplinary action (e.g. including but not limited to match suspension
through to membership being revoked). Note that there is zero tolerance for any comments, images
etc which are deemed to be offensive, threatening, obscene, or discriminatory and these will incur
and immediate blocking.

 Any member found commenting about the AFNC or any of its members in an inappropriate manner
on their own personal Facebook Page will also be indentified to the AFNC Executive and dependant
on the nature of the post, will be disciplined as per the procedures outlined in this policy.

 The page administrator will immediately remove posts that are inappropriate and WILL NOT enter
into discussion with members via the site. This also applies to Executive Members.

 Any person who has a concern about the contents of the club page is required to email the
President.

 The Club Committee reserves the right to close down the social media page without notice if
members do not adhere to the rules of use

 The Club Committee reserves the right to dismiss the nominated administrator if it is considered that
this person is not acting in accordance with the rule of use.

PDF Version is attached.

AFNC Social Media Policy.pdf

AFNC Social Media Policy

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