Re: Fwd: Re: Youth Protection Policy and E Memberships

[Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>]

I confess to being a very poor authority on Facebook. But I do know that many institutions like the Missouri Botanical Gardens , Art Museams, and other respiected public and private groups have Facebook pages much like the AIS and Its Affiliates many of whom have their own pages. It would seem to me that these institutions have nuch more to loose than we do if there were potential problems. I believe it is common sense that prevails when it comes to what the facebook owner puts up and AIS policy should be well known and would seem to cover the situation. I think the confusion my lay in what youth do on their own pages, and that those become linked in a sense to the AIS pages. Nonetheless if information is going out about the youth it is because they have put it up themselves on their own sites. It is probably not possibly for AIS to play parent and intrude into their lives far enough to prevent that sort of issue.

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From: bobplankmail@aol.com
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:07:35 PM
Subject: [AISdiscuss] Fwd: Re: Youth Protection Policy and E Memberships

-----Original Message-----
From: bobplankmail@aol.com
To: region15kids@hotmail.com
Sent: Fri, Oct 15, 2010 2:30 pm
Subject: Re: Youth Protection Policy and E Memberships

This is addressed primarily to Michelle and Gerry Snyder, Cheryl Deaton, Bob
Pries, and John Jones,?although all Discuss?input is welcome.
?
First, I know little or nothing about social networking and the controls
and?restrictions, if any, on the forwarding of AIS website e-mail, such as the
Bulletin,?outside the?membership perimeter.
?
Michelle, I request that you, Cheryl, Gerry, John, and AIS nerds?brainstorm
the various possible ways in which predators on the internet could possibly
use the AIS website, including the E Bulletin,?to create?harm to AIS?Youth as
well as create?tort?liability exposure?for the AIS. ?
Also consider the impact of crossovers in which an AIS organization or
subordinate has a facebook-like or?other social network interaction?in
combination?with?the varios scenarios above.
?
Michelle, please?summarize the resulting?permutations and determine from our
insurance carrier(s) whether each scenario is covered and?to what extent,
deductible if any, etc.; if not, what it would take to have them covered and
costs associated therewith; what disclaimers and/or releases would be
necessary, etc.

?
In light of all the above, how might AIS policies, including the Youth
Protection Guidelines, be amended to lessen our exposure to lawsuits with a
possible?causal connection to AIS publications and/or
AIS-related?facebook-like social interactions?on the Internet?

?
Cheryl:? How important is it?to?venture into this?uncharted area?to attract,
keep, and hold Youth in today's world?
?
Bob

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-----Original Message-----
From: cheryl deaton <region15kids@hotmail.com>
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org; bob plank <bobplankmail@aol.com>
Sent: Fri, Oct 15, 2010 8:11 am
Subject: Youth Protection Policy and E Memberships

One of my Youth Chairs brought up a very interesting question...If the Youth
Protection Policy strictly forbids identifying youth members by name, region
or?club affiliation?with photographs on the Internet, how will we deal with 'e
memberships' and the availability of The Bulletin online when the printed
version CAN and does identify AIS Youth Members by name, region and club
affiliation.??? Also, if an AIS Youth Member has a Facebook page, is this in
violation of the AIS Youth Protection Policy if their club also has a Facebook
account and the Youth members?are listed as 'friends'?
?
I think we need to address the Youth Protection Policy guidelines in light of
the fact that many youth members are on the Internet for a variety of reasons
and when the policy was implememted our reasoning was valid, but may not be at
this time.? I value your imput.
Cheryl Deaton, AIS Youth Chair

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