SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
The Club understands that some of its members either may or do participate in social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn) and chat rooms, and create and maintain personal websites, including blogs. The Club respects the online activity of its members. It asks only that they be aware that these activities can affect the Club because the online words, images, posts, and comments of members can reflect upon or be attributed to the Club. Club members and their guests should take care to use social media responsibly, in a manner respectful of others, and to represent the Club with integrity and honor when posting about Club activities, members, or other Club-related matters. Further, it is not appropriate for members or their guests to post (commentary, photos or videos) on any public or private website or other forum, such as blogs, chat rooms, discussion sites, information-sharing sites, social media sites, or social or business-networked sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X, the following:
- Any disparaging information about the Club or anything that might harm its goodwill or reputation.
- Any disparaging, discriminatory, or harassing information about any member, employee, vendor, or other person associated with the Club.
- Any confidential or proprietary information related to finances, members, operational plans, policies, or methods, unless expressly approved by the Board of Directors.
- Any private information about a member, employee, or vendor of the Club, without the express consent of such person.
- Any confidential discussions, decisions, events, disputes or disagreements that take place within the Club, unless expressly approved by the Board of Directors.
- Invitations to the public to the grounds or facilities of the Club should not be issued unless expressly approved by the Board of Directors.
A member may be asked to remove or address any post in violation of this policy, including any post made by a member’s guest, and the incident and/or further violations may be referred to the Board of Directors for appropriate discipline.
With respect to the social media accounts managed by the Club, in addition to the guidance set forth above, management will abide by the following:
- The Club’s social media accounts, including the Facebook and Instagram accounts, will be private accounts, only accessible by followers approved by the Assistant General Manager.
- Photos of members, their families or guests at the Club may be posted in Chip Shots and/or on the Club’s private media accounts, unless a member contacts the Assistant General Manager and requests to not be photographed or posted, in which case management will make reasonable efforts to comply.
- All social media content will be reviewed by the Assistant General Manager prior to posting to ensure compliance with these policies and the branding of the Club.