ONLINE POLICY

PRIMARY CRU CAMPS ONLINE FORUMS v1.1

CRU Camps is encouraging the use of online social networking forums post-camp so that campers and leaders can stay in touch with each other in a controlled environment. Campers will be sent a web link at the end of camp to enable them to join their specific camp group forum.

Forum Security

Your child’s safety is of great importance to us. To maximise the safety of each camp forum group we have put the following procedures in place:

· The only people in the group will be campers and leaders from the camp your child attends – no one else will be allowed to join the group.*

· All content will be screened by the administrators of the group (camp leaders)  in order to  screen inappropriate content.

·The administrator can remove published/public postings at any time and has the power to remove campers from membership of the group if necessary.

·All postings by campers and leaders will be viewable only by group members (not the public).

In order to join the group, your child needs to be a member of Fervr and agree to its terms and conditions. We advise you speak to them about using online social networking positively and decide with them whether they should become a member and whether they should join the camp group. The http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/teens and http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/ websites provide helpful guidelines and ideas of what you could speak with your children about.

If you do not wish your child to participate in their camp forum group please make it known to them that you do not want them to join. Cru Camps leave it up to parents to instruct their children and will not be held responsible if a child joins against their parents’ wishes. If you have any concerns regarding the content of a group, please contact the Director of CRU Camps by calling 9874 8933.

SECONDARY CRU CAMPS ONLINE FORUMS v1.1

CRU Camps is encouraging the use of online social networking forums so that campers can stay in contact with other campers and their leaders beyond camp. Campers will be sent a web link which will enable them to join their specific camp group forum.

Forum Security

Your child’s safety is of great importance to us. We recognize that online social networking can have both a positive and negative influence on users, and our desire is to be proactive in creating a positive space with positive interactions.

To achieve this, each completely high school aged Cru camp will have a group created using the Facebook website ‘group’ feature.

The advantages of using this method are:

• The majority of group content including names ofmembers is only viewable by other group members.
• The posts are not unhelpfully private or closed,but are instead open to scrutiny with staff, leaders and other campersinteracting through the site regularly.
• Most high school aged campers already use thesegroups, so they are more familiar with their operation, and their editableprivacy and security settings.
• Campers can easily be informed of and reply topost camp reunions.

For High School aged camps we have put the following procedures in place:

• A designated leader from camp will act as theadministrator of the group, with other leaders also having the ability toidentify and remove unhelpful content and/or members.
• Posts by campers and leaders will be viewableonly by group members.
• Photos and videos taken by campers and leaders canalso be uploaded to this group, where they may have otherwise beenuploaded to sites which are not known or viewed by leaders.

In order to join the group, your child needs to be a member of Facebook and agree to its terms and conditions, one of which is that members must be aged 13 or older. We advise you speak to them about using online social networking positively and decide with them whether they should become a member, whether they should join the camp group, and whether they should add and accept online friend requests from other campers or leaders. The http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/teens and http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/ websites provide helpful guidelines and ideas of what you could speak with your children about.

If you do not wish your child to participate in their camp forum group please make it known to them that you do not want them to join. Cru Camps leave it up to parents to instruct their children and will not be held responsible if a child joins against their parents’ wishes. If you have any concerns regarding the content of a group, please contact the Director of CRU Camps by calling 9874 8933.

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