Sorority Facebook Monitoring

[BocoTriDelta]

Hey everyone,

I have an issue that has been bothering me for some time now. I am an officer in my house, and I have tried to go back and forth weighing the pros and cons of this situation.

My sorority monitors our Facebook, and last semester the passed a by-law that says we can get in trouble by our standards board, meaning you can get a strike.

The Following is in our bylaws:

"It is expected that all members’ profiles and photos posted on Facebook, MySpace, etc, reflect a positive public image of Tri Delta.

The VP/PR shall be responsible for auditing member profiles on Facebook, MySpace, etc.

Questionable items on pages where a member’s Tri Delta association is obvious shall be brought to the attention of the Standards Committee. The Standards Committee may require the member to remove the item from the web site if they feel it is in the best interest of the chapter to do so. If the member does not comply, a strike may be issued."

Now I understand drinking in our letters, and I can understand that their trying to save the integrity of our house. For one girl represents everyone, and a bad photo can do that. I have my photos on private and and facebook on private. However you can't control if someone has an album and there's a photo of you. I'm also a very conservative individual, and yet for some reason this just hits me wrong.

I just don't know how I feel about this, and I don't know if its crossing a line. How far is too far? How can you say one person gets i trouble for a red cup versus another. Is allowing our standards board to monitor our facebooks crossing the line?

If any one has words of advise or reasoning, that would be greatly appreciated.


Thank you