P a g e | 20 – Northern Tier Staff Handbook
• There is absolutely no nudity allowed on the bases or on
the canoe trips. Skinny dipping and sleeping nude are
not acceptable activities. All staff and participants are
required to wear underwear both on bases and on the
trail.
Use of Base Resources and Property, Including Technical
Resources
The National Council’s information systems and other technical
resources—including telephones, handheld e-mail devices,
voice-mail system, facsimile machines, duplicating machines,
desktop, laptop, and other portable computers, computer
network, modems, electronic mail (e-mail) system, and Internet
access—are to be used exclusively for the National Council’s
business operations, except as provided in the last paragraph
under this heading. All materials created, stored, transmitted, or
received using the National Council’s technical resources are
business records of the National Council. The National Council
reserves the right, at all times and without notice, to review and
monitor all such materials whenever, at the National Council’s
discretion, there is a business need to do so. Employees should
not create, store, or transmit personal or non-National Council
business information, messages, or images using the National
Council’s technical resources, and they have no right of privacy
as to any information, messages, or images created, stored,
transmitted, or received via the National Council’s technical
resources.
Viewing, downloading, distributing, or sending obscene or non-
business materials is strictly prohibited and will result in
disciplinary action, up to and including termination. Policies
regarding courtesy, solicitation, and harassment apply to the use
of e-mail and voice mail. Any communication via e-mail or voice
mail that may constitute verbal abuse, slander, or defamation or
that may be considered offensive, harassing, vulgar, obscene, or
threatening is strictly prohibited.