Purpose Statement
The St. Joseph the Worker Web site is a medium to distribute information to parish members and to welcome others who are interested in learning about the mission, ministries, location and people of SJW.

Goals of the Web Policy include:

* To outline the ways that any SJW department, committee, staff member can contribute to the Web Site.
*To create Web Pages that are accurate, timely, and attractive to viewers.
*To promote clear policy for all who contribute to the web site.

Policy Statement and Guidelines
SJW recognizes the value and potential of publishing on the Internet. The web site is an official publication of SJW. All text and photographs appearing on the web site are copyrighted and should not be reproduced without written permission from the parish.
SJW is a Christian community committed to the Roman Catholic tradition. All materials published are expected to reflect the community's mission, life, and ethical standards.

Web Page Content
*Standards for Parish web page content are exemplified as follows:
*Fundraising may only be done for St. Joseph the Worker parish and its ministries
*Information must be accurate and current.
*Copyrighted materials may not be posted without permission of the copyright holder.
*The author of a text or the creator of a graphic is protected by copyright law unless she/he specifically releases her/his work into the public domain.
*Material should present information that furthers SJW mission.
*All pages should be grammatically correct with no spelling errors. All authors to the web are strongly encouraged to have their pages reviewed by another party for typographical errors and similar problems.
*Great care will be taken so that the SJW web page will not annoy abuse, libel, threaten or harass anyone, individually or collectively, or violate state or federal laws.
*Parish directory information will not be made available on the Web Page.
*Posting of photos of children including names and addresses will not be permitted. Also, advanced posting of children's events such as field trips that are off campus will not be permitted. Reporting of events after the fact is allowed.
* Written or verbal permission is needed prior to posting identifiable pictures on the website.
* No one may use the World Wide Web servers for any activity that violates the Church's teachings on honesty.

General Principles for Parish Web Page Development
Adapted from Loras College Principles for Web Page Development.

The Parish Web may not be used in any manner prohibited by federal, state, or local law or disallowed by licenses, contracts, or parish regulations, including
(but not limited to):
*General parish policies as contained in the current printed versions of the parish handbook
*Use of the Parish Web page must be related to the mission, goals, and functions of the parish.
*The parish web employs a standard format to clearly identify the pages as a St. Joseph the Worker Home page and provide easy navigation within the site. Templates are available for each department and organization.
*Each department will designate an individual responsible for the coordination of the maintenance of the page.
*All pages must use an approved and/or provided header and footer.
*Contact information: postal address, phone number, fax number or E-mail address of the contact person or department.

Privacy
*The usage of personal and identifying information of official pages is restricted to that allowed by federal, state, and local laws and by standards for print publications. In particular, the Family Education Right and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law which requires school/parish to maintain the confidentiality of student records, subject to various exceptions. The use of person information that identifies individual student is prohibited.

The St. Joseph the Worker site is approved by the Parish Council and delegated to the Technology Committee for planning and oversight. The day to day work is administered by the website coordinator who works with parish staff and committees to see that information is presented accurately and in a timely manner.

Parish, school and youth sections are updated by appropriate personnel in each of these areas.
Role of Website Coordinator

1. Coordinate the activities of the parish staff, school and youth group as applicable to the site
2. Assure timely updates to the site in accordance with parish policies.
3. Review updates of static pages prior to publishing to the website to insure the content is in accordance with parish policies and the teaching of the Catholic Church.
4. Receive and review comments concerning the parish web site
5. The coordinator may revoke passwords if authorized authors do not comply with website standards.

Revised 11/25/02