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It would be useful for elaotad officials to consider the affect personal comments about official city business oan have on the city as a whole, Just as with face.towfaoo oomments, aleetronic oomments via somal media ca.n servo to "stir the pot" when an official speaks in opposition to an official pity position adopted by a voto of the council, The city ocunoil aright consider voluntary polloy language to prevent this kind of awkward situation, Mooted of"fielais should also bo mindful of the risks of electronic oommunioation in relation to the Minnesota Government Data fractions Act and the Open Meeting Law, and should consider adopting a policy on oleotronic communioations between oounoil members, and consider adopting a oorputor use polioy for oiooted °Moials, Remember, two way oommunloations amongst elected offlolals should bo strictly avoided duo tho possibilities of serial meetings in violation af tho Open Meeting Law, * Account Naxnes, ?arsoraal social media aocount names should be not be tied to the city, This will help olarit'y that'the individual is not speaking offiolally on behalf of the eity,1!or example, the personal Twitter account for Jane Deer, the Mosquitofoights Mayor, should bo Just "JaneDcor," her l aeobook page "Jane Doer's" and so on, w Transparency, Eloeted ofi oIals who use personal social media aaeounts should bo encouraged to complete profiles on those sites, and to reveal that they are elected ot"fioiais for the city, They should be eraoouraged to inolGdo a statomant that any opinions they post are their own, not those of the city, They should be aware that— even though they are revealing their affiliation with the city — they will inherently create perceptions about the city among visitors to Choir personal account sites, Individual actions, whether positive or negative, will impact how the city is viewed, A good rule) of thumb to encourage thorn to follow is that if they would be ombarrassod to see their comment appear in the news, they shouldn't post it, L;iJ Read more in the following materials from the League; 'logrRhjc C9111/2Xdite9121 .All! A± s d v IL“.! These items and more are atin the Resource Library of titbit. • Honesty. 3noourage elected officials who use personal social media accounts to be honest, straightforward and respectful. Eduoate them that if they ohoose to oolmnent on city issues, they are personally responsible for what they post, They should be mindful of the need to abide by privacy and confidentially laws in all postings, Individuals should bo sure that efforts to be honest don't result in sharing nonwpubllo information related to ooworicers; personnel data, medical information, claims or lawsuits, or other nonwpublic or confidential information, • Mistakes, liability and claims against the city. If an pleated oftleial makes a faotual mistake, it should be corrooted as soon as the o'ffiolai is aro aware of the error, Carreotions should bo upfront and as timely as possible, if the cleated official Is correcting a blog entry, she may choose to modify an earlier post, and make it piper the posting has boon corrected, If oorrooting Page 10 of 12