Is This Legal?

[FSUZeta]

if this facebook rule is not written into the panhellenic bylaws, then she has no more control over facebook photos or groups that sorority members join than the man in the moon. if the rule is not official, and she is trying to create her own rules and standards for everyone else to live by and is bypassing the correct procedure to have a new rule passed, then the other panhellenic officers or the greek life advisor (or all) should tell her that she is out of bounds, a memo should be sent to all the campus sorority presidents stating that, and that should be the end of it.

i would pursue this until you find out what is what.

[ADPiLove]

We're having a problem with Facebook as well, but not that someone is going a bit crazy checking them. 3 of the 6 sororities on campus have been put on social probation for Facebook. Someone not in the Greek community reported them, and mainly it was because of only one or two profiles. My chapter is just warning us to make sure they are cleaned up, and have been doing so even before the 3 went on probation.

Our Greek Director of Student Organizations supposedly goes through our Facebook. Personally, you shouldn't put stuff up that would look bad to an employer, etc. but it's your choice. It is getting to be a problem, but I don't think that makes it ok to make people resign from groups, although I understand the whole image of being Greek thing.

[UGAalum94]

My personal opinion is that nobody should worry about regulating the image of being Greek. A particular group has an interest in protecting the image of that group, but trying to impose an image standard on the whole system and every individual in it is silly and counter-productive.

However, there's a big difference between trying to contol "image" and using self-posted photographs to decide that people are engaging in activities that are illegal and/or contrary to the schools student code of conduct.

If you are brazen enough to leave up photos of yourself or members of your group breaking the law or school and GLOs rules, you deserve whatever sanctions you get hit with.

And I also think it's weird that it has become a panhellenic officer's job to screen an entire system's facebook pages. That's kind of crazy.

[CZAXOTerp]

Something no one has addressed is that sometimes these pages can present/create safety issues. When people put their schedule of events on there you know where they are going to be when, with who, and if you are on a campus where chapters have houses you know where they live, so possibly when they will/won't be home, etc.

I know that at our last convention "social networking" sites were addressed as being potentially dangerous and not just from a PR/image standpoint.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by CZAXOTerp

Something no one has addressed is that sometimes these pages can present/create safety issues. When people put their schedule of events on there you know where they are going to be when, with who, and if you are on a campus where chapters have houses you know where they live, so possibly when they will/won't be home, etc.

I know that at our last convention "social networking" sites were addressed as being potentially dangerous and not just from a PR/image standpoint.

Oh, yeah. And not just the events. Kids put addresses and contact info out there. It's a stalker's paradise.

[CZAXOTerp]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Oh, yeah. And not just the events. Kids put addresses and contact info out there. It's a stalker's paradise.

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Well if you are on a campus w/ chatper houses it's pretty easy to determine where many of the members live. I remember when my initiation class moved into the house and they went over all of these safety measures - like not having a key chain w/ letters on it, that has the house keys on it. People posting all of this info are really putting themselves at risk.

Infomation on event timing, location, etc. is one of the reasons why I didn't do an elaborate wedding website- it's like an invitation for your house to be robbed- they know the house will be empty and potentially full of wedding gifts.

[minDyG]

Originally Posted by CZAXOTerp

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Well if you are on a campus w/ chatper houses it's pretty easy to determine where many of the members live. I remember when my initiation class moved into the house and they went over all of these safety measures - like not having a key chain w/ letters on it, that has the house keys on it. People posting all of this info are really putting themselves at risk.

Is it common to have keys to your house? We just had a code that we put in the back door to the house that only initiated sisters were told. Even if you don't have your letters on a keychain, if someone who knows what organization you're in finds your keys, it wouldn't be too dificult to break in to the house. I know the same could be said of living anywhere but that's putting more than just yourself at risk--that's a whole houseful of girls (or guys).

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Oh, yeah. And not just the events. Kids put addresses and contact info out there. It's a stalker's paradise.

I see girls with their cell phone numbers on there all the time.

When I was an undergrad, the Board of Publications put out a Student Directory each year with the addresses and phone number we had listed with the Admissions Dept. It wasn't that big of a deal before, but after a while people got more and more concerned with privacy issues that they quit publishing them my senior year. It was a waste of paper, anyway.

Some people just don't think. You're basically asking for stalkers to come and get you!

[UGAalum94]

Yeah, it's weird how our perceptions have changed.

Most of us aren't bothered by traditional phone book listings. But when you are online with a "map it" function, it's get's really weird, really fast.

But really, a picture, a name, an address and phone numbers all in one place and open to anyone who will register: not such a good thing.