Communications and Posting Guidelines

Prospect Park Track Club was established as a running club to support our members and our local community. The following guidelines apply to all current and future club communications channels, including the email list, Discord, Google forum, and club social media accounts. Posts that do not adhere to the following guidelines are subject to removal. In addition, we expect members to adhere to the Code of Conduct at all times, in particular to the tenets to treat everyone with dignity and to speak positively.

1. Be Respectful: Members are expected to treat each other with dignity and respect. Any communication that’s deemed as harassment, inflammatory, or threatening will not be tolerated. Even if you disagree with someone, we expect that discourse will remain civil.

2. Keep It Relevant: We often encounter overlapping conversations or information overload. Please keep messaging on topic and relevant to running.

3. Know Your Audience: Messages often don’t need to reach the thousands of members in the club. Carefully review the Discord channels to see if there is a specific channel that your note might be appropriate for. This can help ensure that messages are directed to the right audience. When responding to an email, exercise discretion when hitting “reply all” instead of “reply”.

4. Politics: We appreciate the diverse viewpoints of our members. To respect these diverse viewpoints, avoid engaging in national or global political issues on club communication channels. We encourage members to find alternative platforms for those discussions, preferably in direct and in-person communications.

5. See Something, Say Something: We aim to cultivate a safe space for communication and will be vigilant about prohibiting content that’s viewed as obscene, violent, offensive and explicit. We encourage you to reach out if you see something on our communication channels that violates our code of conduct.