As part of managing a registered student organization, group leaders are responsible for ensuring that their organization’s events, publications, and online platforms remain fair, transparent, and open to the community. Registered student groups may only restrict engagement — in person or online — based on group or campus affiliation. Restrictions on any other basis are not permissible.
For example, a social media following or an in-person event might be open to:
- Members of the student group
- Any Yale undergraduate
- Any member of the Yale community
- The general public
Social Media and Online Activities
Registered student organizations may create organizational social media or other online accounts, provided they follow Yale’s trademark policies. Groups are expected to manage these accounts responsibly and to remember that information shared online can have long-lasting effects for the group, for individuals, and for the campus as a whole.
A student organization’s online presence, including social media accounts, websites, and other digital platforms, must allow for fair access and may only be restricted by campus affiliation, as described above.
- Student organizations are responsible for content on all social media accounts in the group’s name.
- The best practice is to monitor any comments and respond to any direct messages; for accounts with audiences beyond the group members, it may be wise to filter or turn off the commenting and direct messaging features. (See also Resources for Doxing and Other Online Abuse and Harassment).
- Online events must be registered through Yale Connect, just like in-person events.
Ticketed Events
If an event is ticketed or requires pre-registration, those opportunities must be made available in a fair and accessible way. Organizations may set priorities, such as opening registration to undergraduates in advance of the general public, but may not otherwise restrict access beyond the affiliation-based categories above.