Membership Toolkit: Social Media Guidelines
Some helpful disclaimers for your Lodge social media
By RICK GATHEN, Membership and Public Relations Manager
Please consider using the following social media disclaimer for your Lodge:
We reserve the right to remove comments and or materials from the Elks Lodge social media when those comments:
- are hateful or mean-spirited.
- are potentially libelous, obscene, or sexually explicit.
- are personal attacks, or involve profanity or insults.
- are private or public information published without Lodge consent.
- violate any law or promote the violation of any law.
- contribute to or encourage discrimination or harassment.
- display photos of Members drinking or smoking, or considered harmful to the Elks’ image and reputation.
- contain the names of minors.
- divulge Lodge business that may violate your Obligation.
- are not positive and informative.
We reserve the right to terminate someone’s ability to post when any of the aforementioned has been posted.
- Don’t dive in head first. Social media beginners should focus on a few things and do them well.
- Don’t accept non-Members as friends.
- Don’t post photos of members drinking or smoking.
- Don’t post photos that may be “harmful” to the Elks image and reputation.
- Don’t post names of children.
- Don’t post Lodge business that would be in violation of your Obligation.
