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Alibamu Lodge 179 Internet Policy
This site is the official website of Alibamu Lodge # 179, Order of the Arrow, W.W.W., but is not the official page for either the Order of the Arrow or the Boy Scouts of America.
It is the policy of Alibamu Lodge 179 not to link to any page that possibly can have a chain of links that connect with pages that are inconsistent with the principals of the Boy Scouts of America.
Names, email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses of lodge members will only be posted with permission of the member. Youth members will be identified only by email address - these will only be posted with permission of the member.
(Exception --- the history, past officers, awards, and Vigil honor pages --- only the names will be posted unless a member asks us not to list their name)
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.
An official Order of the Arrow web site should follow these guidelines:
1.The appropriate OA leadership must have direct control over the content of its official website (i.e. the Key 3 at each level of the organization).
2.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.
3.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.
4.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.
5.The OA site shall not contain any links directly to any sites that contain material that is not appropriate to the Scouting movement.
6.The OA site shall not replicate any BSA publication currently for sale through the Supply Division.
7.The OA site must abide by all laws regarding copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property.
8.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.
9.The OA site should include an email contact address for reaching the person managing the site, so visitors can report any problems or concerns.
No attempt is made to covertly or "quietly" collect personally identifiable information, nor are cookies or any other tracking technology used for the purpose of coordinating information that a user may opt to enter in various interfaces on the site.
