02-07-2008, 03:19 AM
[quote C(-)ris]If it is a school group or organization I would insist on them having a website on the school servers. Facebook and myspace is not the place for an official organization of the school.
That's a valid point, and one that I've already made to them-- it doesn't help that their student government organization is also using Facebook. As I understand it, if they are receiving money from the school (for activities, for example), they shouldn't be doing that. Also, they DO have an official school email addy. My understanding is that they *can* use Facebook, but they cannot *only* use Facebook... for example, for announcing meeting dates, etc., since not everyone is on Facebook and so therefore it's possible people might not get the announcements. As for their using it, there's nothing we can do to prevent them from doing whatever outside the school. Still, it's a legitimate point that I may bring up with one of my superiors just to see what they say. (I do know that one of my superiors, being an advisor to another school organization, flatly said "NO" to the possibility of that group's having a Facebook presence... on the other hand, again, I don't know how you would prevent it.)
That's a valid point, and one that I've already made to them-- it doesn't help that their student government organization is also using Facebook. As I understand it, if they are receiving money from the school (for activities, for example), they shouldn't be doing that. Also, they DO have an official school email addy. My understanding is that they *can* use Facebook, but they cannot *only* use Facebook... for example, for announcing meeting dates, etc., since not everyone is on Facebook and so therefore it's possible people might not get the announcements. As for their using it, there's nothing we can do to prevent them from doing whatever outside the school. Still, it's a legitimate point that I may bring up with one of my superiors just to see what they say. (I do know that one of my superiors, being an advisor to another school organization, flatly said "NO" to the possibility of that group's having a Facebook presence... on the other hand, again, I don't know how you would prevent it.)