Guidlines
Last updated:
09/29/07
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Introduction
As the Web Site Liaison
for your council or committee, you will be posting information on your council’s
or committee’s web page that exists within the US SAILING Web Site. Keep in mind
that the world will be able to view what you post. Therefore, you must exercise
good judgment and discretion with regard to what you put up and how you present
it. In effect you will be representing US SAILING to the outside world as well
as to members of US SAILING and your council or committee. We have prepared the
following general guidelines to help you.
Guidelines
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Create content that will be
useful, informative, and helpful. You could post your council or committee’s
mission, organization & members, summaries of actions or activities, relevant
databases (check with Aaron Kiselka first about this), new developments of
interest, meeting minutes & agendas, or key contacts for different parts of
your organization.
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Post any official notices
(Entry Forms, Notice of Race, Conditions, Releases) only on the US
SAILING webpage. As the organization authority of the championship, this site
alone is responsible for maintaining this information. If you wish to link to
the information on your webpage, that’s fine.
·
Post information about
accommodations, directions to your site, nearest airport, etc. on your site.
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Have your council or
committee chair review the material before you post it.
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Put up factual information.
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Try to make it interesting,
both in content and graphics if possible.
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Limit your page to your
council’s or committee’s business and area of interest.
·
Proof read your information
for clarity, grammar, and spelling.
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Use good taste.
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Make the presentation of your
materials concise.
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Keep your material current.
It is useful to link directly to the US SAILING site where the information is
refreshed as soon as it becomes available. For instance, time of meetings
held during the Annual and Spring US SAILING Meetings will change as the
schedule gets adjusted. Either refer to the general schedule or check daily to
be sure that your information is accurate.
·
Make sure that US SAILING is
always spelled correctly.
·
Refer to the championship
first, then the trophy – e.g. U.S. Multihull Championship for the Hobie Alter
Cup.
·
Post information that is
copyrighted, either by US SAILING or another entity or person. If you are
in doubt, check on it first.
·
Make any personal
comments about people.
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Say anything you think is
counter to US SAILING’S policies. If you have any questions about this,
contact your Chairperson.
·
Post anything that is
proprietary. US SAILING’S proprietary information is listed in its
"Proprietary List" (See Regulation 7.06) If you are in doubt, check on it
before posting it.
·
Post anything that is
confidential.
·
Give prices for US
SAILING products or services without verifying the information with your
council or committee’s staff liaison.
·
Post information
contained in press releases. These will be found in another section of the
US SAILING website.
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Say anything that would
embarrass anyone inside or outside of US SAILING.
·
Endorse specific
products.
OFF SITE LINKS
You may establish
off site links from your web pages to other web sites that provide useful
sailing content and information. Committees and Chairs are responsible for
all content on their sites so if you intend to include external links, you
should inform your committee or council chairs and the Web Master. You
should use due diligence when deciding to link to an external site that is
commercial. If the site primarily promotes its owners products or service
and provides little general interest content - it would not be appropriate.
A site that provides some useful content along with a commercial message, if
it conflicts with any existing marketing agreement US SAILING may have, may
also not be appropriate. Banners, logos or any linking object that conveys
more than just the name of the site being linked to may not be used.
If the Web Master finds any potential conflicts with US SAILING'S policies,
he is required to notify the Web Working Party Chair and staff and you may
be asked to remove the problem links.
All off site links should come up in a new browser window. Any page you
create with a list of links should include a disclaimer that US SAILING is
not responsible for any of the content on any of the linked to sites, nor
does a site's inclusion constitute an endorsement of any kind.
You will have the opportunity to set up a
page with limited access where your council or committee can have a dialog. In
this case, you and your organization will have more latitude as to what is said.
However, most of the Do’s and Don’t still apply.
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