Adopted
October 2007 – Revised November 2007
Guidelines for Camp Recovery Website
In any given year the Camp Recovery Committee may decide if it wants a website.
If so, the following are
guidelines for such a website.
Objective
The
primary objective of the Camp Recovery website is to provide potential campers
with information about Camp Recovery. The Camp Recovery website will use the
ACA 12 Steps, 12 Traditions and 12 Concepts as the guiding principles for
maintaining and developing all website content and guidelines.
Domain
Name
Camp
Recovery owns two domain names: www.camprecoveryinfo.com and www.camprecovery.org.
The Camp Recovery Committee is the final authority on its use and content. The
website files are located on server space that are paid for by the Camp
Recovery Committee for the campers they serve. (Tradition 7)
Problems
associated with the website shall be resolved by the Website Coordinator,
a majority vote of the Camp Recovery Committee or an ad hoc website committee
(which can be formed at any time at the request of the Camp Recovery
Committee).
Website
Coordinator
In
the years that Camp Recovery has a website, the Website Coordinator will be a
member of the Camp Recovery Committee serving a term of service as described in
the bylaws for all Camp Recovery Committee members. (Tradition 9)
The Website Coordinator is responsible for the following:
1. Maintains and updates the website
content on a timely basis.
2. Regularly reports to the Camp Recovery Committee regarding all website
changes and activity.
3. May delegate editorial
responsibility for the actual maintenance of the page(s) to an outside service
or individual with expertise in HTML writing and editing, subject to the
approval of the Camp Recovery Committee. (Tradition 8)
4. Acts as a liaison between the
Camp Recovery Committee and the web host and/or any outside services related to
web development or maintenance.
5. Makes sure the website hosting fees, and annual domain name registration are
current, and communicates with the Treasurer for payment for those services.
6. Assures that at least two other
persons on the Camp Recovery Committee have the passwords to all areas of the
website and domain name.
7. Regularly reports feedback and
resolution of issues regarding of the website content to the Camp Recovery
Committee.
8. Makes recommendations to the Chairman for placement on the agenda and the
Camp Recovery Committee regarding further Internet services that may be offered
to the campers of Camp Recovery.
9. Acts as Chairperson for any
regular Website Committee that may be formed.
Website
Continuity
The
Website Coordinator shall provide the Chairman and Treasurer of the Camp
Recovery Committee with the addresses and passwords required for access to the
camprecoveryinfo.com server files and the domain redirection service, if any.
In addition, the Website Coordinator shall attempt to enlist a competent backup
Website assistant who will also be given the same addresses and passwords. It
is suggested that passwords be updated annually.
General
Content
The
general content for the website will be information about Camp Recovery. There
will be no advertisements or commercial affiliations on the website. Large
image files will be avoided, in an effort to limit download time. Obscure and
difficult to read fonts and backgrounds will be avoided. The slogan “Keep it
Simple” is suggested.
Links
1. A separate web page with links to local 12 step
service-structure websites, conventions or functions may be made with the
qualification under the auspices of non-affiliation and co-operation and
Tradition 6. The following local service structures may be linked: ACA World
Services, ACA Los Angeles, ACA Orange County, World Services CoDA, The Valley
CoDA Community (TVCC), CoDA Los Angeles, CoDA Orange County, CoDA Desert
Communities, CoDA San Diego, and CoDA Bay Area.
2. Links may be made to the location where Camp Recovery is
held and mapping services for the purpose of information for campers, with the
qualification under the auspices of non-affiliation with that location.
3. Links may not be made to any individual websites.
The
Website Coordinator is authorized to exercise their judgment in providing links
to other web sites in accordance with these guidelines. This judgment may be
over-ridden and links may be added or deleted by a simple majority vote at a
Camp Recovery Committee meeting.
Anonymity
Tradition 11: Our public relations policy is based on attraction
rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level
of press, radio, T.V. and films.
Photographs
of faces and/or full names of committee members or campers will not be used on
the website. The personal telephone number or email addresses of a committee
member may be shown only with the explicit documented (written or email)
permission of the committee member. Any
page that includes such personal information must include a conspicuous
disclaimer: “Contact information is confidential and to be used for Camp
Recovery related purposes only.”
When requesting such permission, the Website Coordinator should advise
the committee member that risks are involved: they should only consent if they
are prepared to handle the impact of “spam” and viruses. Non-personal email
addresses will be the primary means of directing communication (for instance,
to obtain information about camp, a person may email the Website Coordinator or
other email address set up for Camp Recovery general correspondence). Files of
flyers for events posted on the website will be edited to remove last names and
phone numbers except where such permission is given. Forms for registration and
donations may include mailing addresses but the use of P.O. Boxes for general
camp correspondence is recommended.