Cowbit Social Media
Cowbit Social Media Rules
Social media
This is to cover the different types of social media used to promote the village and for the benefit of its residents. The rules of engagement, membership and complaint procedure
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The Cowbit Village Hall Committee has overall responsibility for all social media used by the village, and is responsible for rules and membership of the groups. Some are listed below, this may not be complete.
CowbitVillage.co.uk (website)
Facebook (CowbitVillage)
Facebook ( buy and sell in Cowbit)
Discord
Rules
No hate speech or bullying
Make sure everyone feels safe. Bullying of any kind isn't allowed, and degrading comments about things such as race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or someone's identity will not be tolerated.
No promotions or business posts
Self-promotion, business, spam, political posts from candidates and irrelevant links aren't allowed. Anything for sale, must be advertised on our ‘buy it sell it Cowbit’ page and will be removed.
This includes any individual, group or company that makes a surplus of funds for the event being advertised. The only few exceptions would be community events with the church school, Parish Council, Village Hall.
Events are allowed if in the interest of the village residents, only posted once and are not from a business, and near or in the parish of Cowbit.
Members are allowed to ask for recommendations, which could be a business.
Be kind and courteous
We're all in this together to create a welcoming environment. Let's treat everyone with respect. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required. While understanding everybody’s right to their own view, this must be done in an environment that is not deliberately being rude, racist or unkind.
items for free
Each resident is allowed 1 post per day to give any items for free to the local community, must be a resident in the village or very local.
Control
All village social media is under the control of the Cowbit Village Hall Committee responsible for the Ownership and administration.
It appoints and approves the admin that monitors the feed day 2 day, in accordance with the rules.
Admins
Any member of a Facebook group can be appointed as an admin as long as they’re:
Connected to the village.
Being a member of the FB group
Has a personal Facebook account,
5 is a recommended number but can be more but no less three (3) in order that any decision is guaranteed a majority rule in favour.
Any changes in the rules, the committee has the final approval
Wherever possible admin’s must be a cross section of Cowbit village community, and all act independent of each other and not live in the same household
Membership for the Facebook group is approved only if they have answered both questions correctly, unless they have been recommended by someone else, which we cannot disabled.
Removal or banning anybody can be done by just 1 admin if they believe a rule has been broken.
Complaints Procedure
If anyone is unhappy with the decision of the admins they can contact the village hall committee and this will be reviewed at its next meeting.
email cowbitvillage@gmail.com
Other Facebook Groups in the Village