Social media Policy

[Guest Guest]

Is it appropriate to include your social media policy as part of bylaws?

[Chris Harrison]

I think such a policy would more properly be adopted as a Standing Rule.

[CameronR]

I would ask though, what is your definition of social media?

[Trina]

The bylaws 'include all rules that the society considers so important that they ( a ) cannot be changed without previous notice to the members and the vote of a specified large majority..., and ( b ) cannot be suspended...' (RONR 11th ed. p. 13 ll. 2-5)

For more information on the nature of bylaws, see pp. 12-13.

I don't recall that RONR says anything one way or the other about social media.

[Josh Martin]

Is it appropriate to include your social media policy as part of bylaws?

Probably not, unless you're thinking about electronic meetings or something of that nature, which would have to be authorized in the Bylaws.

Otherwise, these sounds more like administrative details which belong in standing rules. It's also worth noting that social media changes rapidly, so it might not be wise to put those rules in a document which is difficult to amend.

I don't recall that RONR says anything one way or the other about social media.

Not unless the organization is contemplating some form of electronic meetings, in which case the original poster should see RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 97-99.