Guidelines

General Guidelines

  • One Neighborhood gives users a place to meet, interact, and share ideas with each other. The purpose of One Neighborhood is to promote collaboration and share information towards the goal of ending homelessness in Philadelphia.
  • Just like a real community, you may have different opinions than other users. The One Neighborhood experience works best when people remember a few rules. One Neighborhood sets out the terms and conditions of use in the OneNeighborhood Terms of Service, our Guidelines, and in other rules that we may place on our site. For your use of OneNeighborhood, some of the key things to remember are:
  1. You may not harass, abuse, threaten, or advocate violence against other members, individuals, or groups.
  2. You may not post content that is harmful to minors.
  3. You may not post content that is obscene, otherwise objectionable, or in violation of federal or state law.
  4. Stay on topic. One Neighborhood is focused on issues concerning homeless individuals, families, programs, research, policies ,and legislation. In addition, each section has a specific purpose. If you constantly stray from the purpose of the section in which you are posting content or stray from the topic of a discussion you may be moderated, your permissions may be restricted from that section of the website, or you may be removed from a discussion group by the moderator of that group.
  5. You may not add members to a discussion group without their permission.
  6. You may not use One Neighborhood for commercial or advertising purposes.
  7. You may not post content that infringes on the intellectual property, privacy, or other rights of third parties.
  8. You may not post adult-oriented content in any area of One Neighborhood.
  9. Some content may be more appropriate in some contexts than others. One Neighborhood reserves the right to remove content that it determines, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate and in violation of our rules. For example, discussions or depictions of violence or unlawful acts may be inappropriate if placed in a context encouraging or inciting others to use violence or unlawful acts.
  10. You may not use One Neighborhood solely for the purpose of storing and archiving files. All content you post should be made available to others for information sharing or collaborative purposes.
  • If you are unsure whether your content is consistent with these policies, please err on the side of caution and do not post your content on One Neighborhood.

All registered users have access to:

  1. Post comments in content that allows comments.
  2. Participate in public discussions and private discussion to which they have been invited by the moderator.
  3. Request an invitation from a moderator to a private forum or discussion (the discussion moderator has sole discretion to invite and allow users into discussion groups).

Agency Guidelines

  • One Neighborhood gives agencies an opportunity to promote their programs, services, and events to the public and member community. In order to become a registered agency of One Neighborhood, your agency must meet all of the following conditions:
  1. Be a state and federally registered legal entity with a valid EIN. Committees and ad hoc working groups cannot be registered agencies.
  2. Have programs and services intended to directly or indirectly benefit homeless individuals and families in the Philadelphia area. Indirect benefit may be academic or research related, strategic, or consultative services for programs directly serving homeless individuals and families, homeless prevention, or policy, legislative or advocacy related. Agencies providing general professional services such as marketing, technology, general management, or strategic consulting or financial services will not be permitted to register.
  3. Agree to designate an individual from their agency to maintain an agency profile page and to receive and respond to administrative announcements and other communications from OneNeighborhood regarding our services and the Agency account.

All registered agencies have access to:

  1. Maintain an agency profile in the Agency Directory section.
  2. Post announcements about their programs and services in the News > Agency News section.
  3. Post events in the Events Listing.
  4. Post donation, wishlist, and volunteer requests in the You Can section.
  5. Post program descriptions.
  6. Add registered users to their agency profile.
  7. Add photos to the Gallery.
  8. All of the same content as regular general users including discussions and commenting.

OneNeighborhood 's Right To Terminate. OneNeighborhood, in its sole discretion, may terminate or remove any content, Discussion Group or Forum, One Neighborhood ID, or One Neighborhood Agency account immediately and without notice if (a) One Neighborhood believes that you have acted inconsistently with the spirit or the letter of the One Neighborhood Terms of Service or the One Neighborhood Groups Guidelines, or (b) One Neighborhood believes you have violated or tried to violate the rights of others. Please help us keep One Neighborhood an enjoyable and positive experience. If you see a content that violates our rules, please let us know by contacting us at hello@oneneighborhood.org.