On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Butch Fralia <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this an official policy or?
The deal is that just because someone tacitly agrees to have their picture taken in (or out of) costume during TCR does not and should not be construed as any sort of permission to 3rd parties to post photos of them to open source internet sites. Keep them in your private collections, if you like, share them at private parties (i.e.: after Grotto meeting parties, etc) amongst friends, but don't put them out for public consumption--by any means. TCR is a private party of cavers and what happens there should pretty much be kept there. To the best of my memory there has never been an "official policy" on anything at TCR. There are guidelines that comply with the free spirit of TCR and people are expected to use good judgement and common sense in the interpreting of those guidelines. That means that people are given the freedom and responsibility to police their own actions to a modicum of social (within the caving community) acceptability. If you wouldn't want your revealing photos posted on the internet (even if there actually are none) assume that no one else wants their's posted either. Then, "don't post anybody else's" would be the guideline on this one. Diana's suggestion is the 'safety fuse' on this matter. To be absolutely safe, don't appear in public in a way you wouldn't want to be seen. While that is the logical ultimate solution, it does not allow for the concept that TCR is provided as a safe place to turn kids, dogs, and yourself loose for the weekend and enjoy some freedoms that must be kept penned up during one's daily visits to the real world. By respecting other peoples' personal privacy, though shared with you at TCR, to not have photos of them posted on the internet, can we be sure that TCR will remain a safe place to turn dogs and kids and yourself loose for the weekend. Please understand that this is my personal observation and opinion on the matter. --Ediger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
