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Official OA Web Site Guidelines
As the proliferation of chapter, lodge, section, and
region Order of the Arrow Internet web sites continues, the National
OA Committee felt it was appropriate to set forth some policy
guidelines for OA web sites. There are many people who are unsure of
what is or is not appropriate, and what guidance is available to them.
These guidelines were adapted from the guidelines
that the BSA electronic publishing division has established for
council web sites, as laid out in a October 23, 1998 memo from the
Electronic Publishing Division Director.
The following guidelines were approved at the May
1999 National OA Committee meeting, and take effect immediately. They
are being publicized starting at the 1999 National Leadership Summit.
An official Order of the Arrow web site should
follow these guidelines:
- The appropriate OA leadership must have direct
control over the content of its official web site (i.e. the Key 3 at
each level of the organization).
- The content of the OA site must be appropriate to
the Scouting movement and the Order of the Arrow. Safeguarded
information such as ceremony details must be properly protected.
- The OA site shall not contain any advertisements
or commercial endorsements, except those for the organization
providing the site service if it is provided for free or at a
discount.
- The OA site shall not engage in the electronic
sale of BSA Supply Division merchandise, merchandise commissioned by
the National Order of the Arrow Committee, or competing products.
- The OA site shall not contain any links directly
to any sites that contain material that is not appropriate to the
Scouting movement.
- The OA site shall not replicate any BSA
publication currently for sale through the Supply Division.
- The OA site must abide by all laws regarding
copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property.
- The OA site must consider the safety and privacy
of their participants by obtaining necessary permissions to release
information about or identifying images of any specific individual.
- The OA site should include an email contact
address for reaching the person managing the site, so visitors can
report any problems
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