Spartans Hockey club SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY

The Spartans Hockey Club (“SHC”) is committed to developing individuals with “leadership, commitment and outstanding character” on and off the ice.  To that end, we will require strict adherence to the following social media and electronics communications policy by all SHC members, coaches, and their families as a condition of their participation in the SHC:

• The SHC will not tolerate its members participating in any form of electronic communication that is deemed by its Rules and Ethics Committee to be derogatory, hateful, vengeful, or otherwise disrespectful to the SHC, any member of the SHC, any coach of the SHC, or any other person(s) associated with any other hockey club or organization. This includes, but is not limited to, communications deemed harmful to the goodwill or reputation of the SHC, any member of the SHC, any coach of the SHC, or any other person(s) associated with any other hockey club or organization.  This further includes, but is not limited to, sending a text or email about the SHC, any member of the SHC, any coach of the SHC, or any other person(s) associated with any other hockey club or organization that is intended to abuse, bully, humiliate, or harass.
• Any communications that are deemed to violate this policy will be reviewed by the SHC’s Rules and Ethics committee for possible sanctions up to and including expulsion from the SHC and further reporting to AHAI.

I have read this SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY and agree to comply with the word and the spirit of the document.  My electronic acceptance serves as a written signature.