This statement is in regards to the District's public social media profiles, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Purpose of social media
To build communication and trust among members of the public with our residents and visitors, and encourage participation through comments and feedback.
Goals
West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District aims to effectively
use its social media accounts to:
- Provide information
- Support community engagement and outreach
- Support promotional campaigns such as public information campaigns (e.g. Don’t Move Firewood: https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/)
- Frame the public conversation around natural resource issues relevant to West Multnomah SWCD’s mission
- Assist with District recruitment efforts
Please be aware that when engaging with West Multnomah SWCD through social media, you agree to the following:
Moderation of Third-Party Content
West Multnomah SWCD does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with third-party comments, messages, posts, opinions, advertisements, videos, promoted content, external hyperlinks, linked websites (or the information, products or services contained therein), statements, commercial products, processes or services posted on any social media account. User-generated posts may be rejected or removed if the content:
- Contains obscenity or hate speech
- Incites or promotes violence or illegal activities
- Contains spam or links to malware
- Promotes illegal discrimination (e.g., housing discrimination)
- Contains actual defamation
- Uses the copyrighted work of another
- Is intended to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems
. You participate at your own risk and take personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided.
Retention
West Multnomah SWCD social media accounts serve as a limited public forum and all content published is subject to preservation and disclosure in accordance with state public record law.
Any communications sent to or received by the West Multnomah SWCD and its employees via social media may be subject to our retention and disclosure requirements. The District is required to comply with applicable public records statures (ORS 192.001-192.60) to ensure government is transparent that the public has access to public records and information of which our District is the custodian. These retention requirements apply regardless of the form of the record (e.g. digital text, photos, audio, and video). To that end, the District may collect and store all information posted on this District social media account. All information posted on this account may be subject to public disclosure under ORS 192.001-192.60, even if it has been deleted. The staff member or department (currently communications and outreach coordinator/department) maintaining an account shall preserve records pursuant to a relevant records retention schedule, such as going through comments once per month.
Emergency Postings
Social media accounts are not monitored 24/7. If there is an emergency, contact 911.