12-08-14 Amended Council Agenda, Packet & Committee Meetings

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Ordinance Amending SBMC Creating New Section 2 -9.1 Page 9 posting. Content gathered online is subject to the same attribution rules as other content. Council Members shall proofread all posts for grammatical and spelling errors in addition to verification of the accuracy of the information to be posted. 9. Attribution: In the event that a Council Member decides to publish an email or other message he or she has received from a reader, the Council Member must be clear in his or her post that the email or message is from another person and that the words are not the words of the Council Members. BEFORE such a post is made, the Council Member ~•••zst eheek should consider checking the accuracy of the comment before republishing. 10. Honesty and Being Straightforward: All posts must be accurate and must avoid being misleading in any way. Posts should be presented as being brief, accurate and to the point. If a Council Member is alerted or discovers that a post which he or she made may be misleading, that Council Member must correct the post as soon as possible. 11. Encourage Readers to Contribute: Council Members may encourage multiple perspectives, additional knowledge and expertise which should be properly and respectfully acknowledged. 12. Always Be Respectful: Posts may encourage comments of opposing ideas. Responses shall be carefully considered in light of how such responses reflect upon the individual Council Members, the Common Council and the City of South Bend, Indiana. Disruptive behavior shall never be rewarded by a participating Council Member. Council Members have the duty and responsibility to report any such instances as consistent with these policies and procedures in a respectful manner. 13. Embracing Social Media is a Risk -Based Decision. Each Council Member who individually decides to participate in using social media acknowledges the principle that this is a "risk -based decision' .2 14. Defamatory Personal Attacks Prohibited: Postings shall never include profane or defamatory personal attacks of any type. No Council Member shall post in a defamatory or unprofessional manner. espeeially "ea ^ r t z Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media by Federal Departments and Agencies, prepared by the Information and Security and Identify Management Committee (ISIMC), Network and Infrastructure Security Subcommittee (NISSC) and the Web 2.0 Security Working Group (W20SEG) (p. 6, 2009) noted that "The decision to embrace social media technology is a risk -based decision not a technology based decision... in order to defend against rapidly evolving social media threats, departments and agencies should include a multi - layered approach in a risk management program, including risks to the individual, risks to the department or agency, and risks to the federal infrastructure ".