Privacy
No Kiwanis-family club should assume the right to
post members’ personally identifiable information
on its website, including names, photos, phone numbers,
e-mail, postal addresses, etc. Permission to post
personally identifiable information must be granted
by express permission given on a strictly opt-in basis.
Implied consent by way of an opt-out process is not
acceptable as express permission under the Guidelines.
Kiwanis-family clubs may choose to post information
about meeting places and times. However, officer names,
addresses, and other contact information should be
posted in areas protected by secure password protection
for members of that club only, unless express permission
is given as above. In addition, addresses and phone
numbers of Circle K members and Kiwanians listed in
the Circle K and Kiwanis International Directories
shall not be posted on Kiwanis-family websites without
approval of the International Board.
Political
Activity Outside Circle K
Although a Kiwanis-family website
can provide balanced information on all candidates
running for a given office as a public service, it
shall not endorse a political candidate.
Political
Activity Within Circle K
Endorsements of candidates for office in the Kiwanis
Family at the division, district, and International
level may be posted only if the club or district board
of directors votes to endorse and directs that the
endorsement be announced on the website. Endorsements
or critiques of amendments and resolutions at the
district and International levels may be posted only
if the club or district board of directors votes on
these issues and directs that the decision be announced
on the website.
Links
Kiwanis-family club web sites should be linked to
the appropriate Kiwanis-family website (i.e.: Circle
K International).
Recruitment
A Kiwanis-family club shall not solicit new members
through its website, but it may invite persons interested
in learning more about the club to attend a meeting
or to receive more information about the club. Only
when a member is ready to stand as a sponsor may a
person be considered for membership.
Page
Design and Content
Content and design of a club, division, and a district
website should clearly represent only its club, division,
or district and not the Kiwanis Family as a whole.
Clubs, divisions, and districts are encouraged to
submit project stories and photos to the Kiwanis-family
websites. Kiwanis assumes no responsibility for the
uploaded material. Clubs, divisions, and districts
are urged to assert the following statement: “The
(name of Kiwanis-family club) assumes no responsibility
for any sites linked to/from its Web site, has no
obligation to edit posted submissions, and reserves
the right to edit, rewrite, and delete content that
it deems inappropriate for any reason.” Additionally,
any Kiwanis-family club creating a website should
obtain an agreement from the developer assigning all
rights for the content of the site to that Kiwanis-family
club.
Commercial
Activity
A Kiwanis-family club website, like a bulletin or
newsletter, may carry advertising or recognition for
donations but shall not endorse products or services.
Any Kiwanis-family club posting advertising on its
website should obtain an agreement from each advertiser
indemnifying the Kiwanis-family club and Kiwanis International
against loss resulting from the advertisement including,
without limitation, losses caused by trademark or
copyright infringement and suits for defamation. Additionally,
a Kiwanis-family club website shall not carry an advertisement
or link to a commercial site that fails to meet the
standards of the Objects of Kiwanis.
Fundraising
and Solicitation
A Kiwanis-family club may promote only its Kiwanis-family
related fundraising activities on its website. A member,
club, district, or division shall not promote any
program or project outside its club/division/district
territory without prior approval. Similarly, e-mail
solicitation of funds or sales of products by a club
within a district shall be confined to the geographic
area in which the club functions except by mutual
understanding and agreement of clubs or divisions
in the area of solicitation. Advertising in support
of club fundraising should be labeled as a fundraising
activity of the club. E-mail lists of Kiwanis-family
members collected at a website or acquired by other
means should not be used for junk mail without specific
permission of the members on the list. Kiwanis-family
entities many not engage in unsolicited e-mail (spam).
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