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The views expressed in blog posts and comments on this site do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the FMVA as an organization.

The FMVA does not necessarily condone nor actively participate in all of the events posted to its website.

FMVA Social Media Code of Conduct

Representing the FMVA

If you Post to -

• the FMVA Twitter account as an administrator
• the FMVA Facebook Group page as an administrator
• the fmva.us Blog as an Author or
• Save a link on the FMVA Delicious account or
• Create an Event on the FMVA Google Calendar or
• Comment or Post on these or any other outside social media network or blog while intentionally using the FMVA’s name or logo or otherwise claiming to represent the FMVA

you are representing the FMVA and are thereby bound to our Code of Conduct as follows.

Principles of Conduct¹

Our Code of Conduct is based around three principles: Integrity, Competence and Confidentiality.

Integrity

The FMVA is a professional, ethical 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Therefore transparency, honesty and accuracy should be practiced in all elements of internal and external communications. Copyright and Attribution will be respected and given where applicable². Never use any of the FMVA’s social media accounts or blog to knowingly mislead fellow members, the public or other professionals and always fully and timely disclose any financial interest or conflicts of interest.

² When quoting any other blog or publication, be sure to link to the original (if possible) and use quotation marks or blockquotes (for longer texts). For Photos,

• When using a photograph found elsewhere on the web, you must do one of the following:
  • Get permission from the original copyright holder (which may not always be same as the site displaying the image). Document receipt of permission.
  • Use an image that is not encumbered by copyright, such as an image that is available under a creative commons license.
• When using an image from within the FMVA’s image pool, contact the appropriate committee and make sure the image is licensed for online use.
• Make sure images are properly credited, citing the source and photographer’s name, preferably in the photo’s caption.

More information is available at the Blogger’s Legal Guide.

Competence

In this area as in others, be aware of the limitations of your professional competence, and be willing to accept or delegate only that work for which you are suitably skilled and experienced. Do not post material that is unlawful, abusive, defamatory, invasive of another’s privacy, or obscene to a reasonable person. Get permission from others before writing about them. Avoid announcements related to unconfirmed internal or external programming. The public will expect that the person(s) writing or interacting on behalf of the FMVA will engage and respond to them in a timely and respectful manner – please do so when appropriate.

Confidentiality

Do not disclose privileged or confidential information via any online medium unless specific permission has been granted by the parties concerned. If you think it may be private, don’t post it.

Keep in mind at all times that everything online is just a click away from the world. And above all, don’t say anything you wouldn’t say to your mom.

Failure to follow the Code of Conduct while representing the FMVA could lead to disciplinary action as recommended by the FMVA Board of Directors. If a complaint arises about a particular individual representing the FMVA, it will be up to the individual to explain their actions to the FMVA membership and Board of Directors, and it will be up to the FMVA Board of Directors as to the action to take and person(s) to involve in the rectification of any negative situation resulting from the individual’s actions.

The FMVA reserves the right to delete any posts, comments, profile or other information on the fmva.us site or any other of the FMVA’s social media accounts at any time. Users who persist in violating the Code of Conduct may be barred from posting to the fmva.us site or it’s other social media accounts.

These guidelines do not constitute legal advice. The FMVA accepts no liability for any action taken or not taken as a result of this information.

Social Media and online communications are ever-changing and evolving, and therefore this Code of Conduct can and will change and is considered a ‘living’ document. Updates to the Code of Conduct may be viewed at any time on our website at http://fmva.us/policies.

¹ Adapted in part from the Walker Blog Guidelines and the CIPR Code of Conduct

Privacy Policy

This is the web site of the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists (FMVA).

Our postal address and contact information is listed on our Contact page.

For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes no information regarding the domain or e-mail address. No information on consumers simply browsing our web page will be collected.

We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail and information volunteered by the visitor (such as survey information and/or site registrations).

The information we collect is used to notify visitors about updates to our Web site and information regarding our organization.

With respect to cookies: We do not set any cookies.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by contacting us.

If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings with information on membership and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by contacting us.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line may receive telephone contact with information regarding membership and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such telephone calls, please let us know by contacting us.

From time to time, we may use visitor information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at any time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, check our Web site periodically. Visitors may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by contacting us.

With respect to security: We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

Reporting Abuse

We take abuse reports seriously. If you’ve received spam that you think came from us, we want to hear about it. Please let us know by contacting us.