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Good points.
First, ISUKappa is absolutely right - you cannot police from headquarters. It gets you nowhere and it would end up like whack-a-mole - squelch one here, another one pops up over there... The issue is absolutely one that must be handled by the chapter leadership and standards council.
The recruitment counselor issue is a completely new angle I hadn't even thought of - but you are so right. It is nearly impossible to put the electronic genie back in the bottle when you suddenly need to be "anonymous" for recruitment week!
I was asked for some thoughts on the subject by the technology chair for Kappa, but I am at a loss to recommend a good approach. Banning, as we have established, is draconian and ineffective. You can require members to only blog/post/whatever to "members only" sites, but take thefacebook - members only, sure - but please - anyone can still find you there. Do you recommend chapters write an "electronic communications standards" policy in their bylaws? Do you have fraternity eduction or standards have an online safety session? I'm not sure those are the right answer either... it just seems that if you're the recruitment chair, the VP of standards, or on panhellenic it is a problem with no easy solution.
Paula
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