The American Camp Association® (ACA) is a national 501c3 nonprofit organization. ACA, page Code of Conduct:
COMMUNITY RULES & ETIQUETTE
Thank you for being part of our community. To ensure the best possible experience for all members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation. This is a great medium with which to solicit the advice of your peers, benefit from their expe
rience, and participate in an ongoing conversation. By joining and using this community, and aligned FB groups, you agree that you have read and will follow these rules and guidelines. You also agree to reserve discussions and shared files and content to that best suited to the medium. Questions should be directed to our community manager at [email protected]. Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. In order to preserve an environment that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate membership in this community and FB groups for anyone who violates these rules. THE RULES
Respect others. Focus on the content of posts and not on the people making them. Please extend the benefit of the doubt to newer guests and members; there’s no such thing as a stupid question. Don't post commercial or self-promotional messages. ACA FB messages and posts should not contain commercial or self-promotional material (including books or webinars), special offers, job offers, product announcements, or solicitation for services. ACA reserves the right to remove such messages and potentially ban sources of those solicitations. If you’ve found a product or service helpful, please share your experience with the group in a respectful way. Don’t post camp job openings. ACA’s two services, Year-round Jobs @ Camp and Summer Jobs at Camp are the dedicated areas where we direct job seekers. Open positions at your camp should be posted in one of these services instead of in these communities. Posts about camp-related events should almost always be posted to a local community group and not to the primary FB page. Use caution when discussing products. Information posted on the page and in the groups may be available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws. All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, and illegal materials are strictly prohibited. Respect intellectual property. Post content that you have personally created or have permission to use and have properly attributed to the content creator. Use judgment. Do not post anything that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you. DISCUSSION GROUP ETIQUETTE
State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line or post. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject. Do not send administrative messages, such as “remove me from the group,” to the group. Instead, use the FB interface to change your settings or to remove yourself from a group. If you are changing email addresses, you do not need to remove yourself from the group and rejoin under your new email address. Simply change your settings. Post your message or documents only to the most appropriate communities. This helps ensure all messages receive the best response by eliminating "noise." When posting items in our collaborative environment, please indicate if the item is not available for reuse. It’s also advisable to contact the owner of any material if you would like to reuse it. Transparency is very important in gaining trust in online relationships, therefore be clear who you are and where you work. Including a profile picture and use of a legal name is highly recommended.
