Glendale Village Wide Email System Policy

Glendale Village Wide Email System Policy Effective 1.1.2008 It is the goal of the Village of Glendale Administrator to encourage voluntary subscription of all households (1,070) to the Village Wide Email System so that meaningful government public service announcements and notices may be sent to each and every computerized household in a timely fashion. The system currently has apx. 580 computerized household subscribers. This email system has been in effect since 2005. As a result of several years of requests and feedback, the Village of Glendale finds it beneficial to establish basic guidelines and policy to continue the growth of enrollment, protect the privacy of subscribers, respect the wishes of subscribers and avoid subscriber’s perception of spam. Spam Policy: Glendale will not spam residents. For the purpose of this policy, Spam shall be considered; 1.      More than one email per 14 day period per event topic. 2.      Messages that could be considered advertisement (not         municipal announcements or events of public interest). Municipal Messages: The Village of Glendale shall send meaningful messages pertaining to official municipal events, notices, public meeting agendas, meeting minutes, weather cautions, emergency notices, and similar notices when deemed appropriate and beneficial to the Glendale public at large. Non Municipal Messages: On occasion and at the discretion of the Administrator, non-municipal messages from the Chamber of Commerce, HWB, GYS and other similar non-profit organizations may be transmitted when their message is a public service announcement of a non-profit event. Submissions that appear to be advertising and or are not public event focused will not be considered.