Local Body Photo Gallery Project

The local body gallery uses pictures stored on the Flickr web photo sharing service. If you would like to contribute photos, here's how to do it:

Create a Flickr account for yourself. If you already have an account, you can use that one.
Join the OTO USGL local bodies group on Flickr. Write to the webmaster (webmaster@oto-usa.org), identifying yourself by name, local body affiliation, and Flickr account name; you should be invited to join the group within a few days.
Upload photographs that show off what's going on at your local body. See the guidelines below for what can and can't be included in the gallery. Make sure that you mark each photograph as 'public' -- otherwise it can't be used in the gallery.
To mark what local body is shown in the photo, add a tag of the form "bodyidXXX" to the photo, where XXX is the ID assigned to your local body on this page. For example, photographs taken at LVX Oasis would be tagged "bodyid230".
Use Flickr's "Send to group" tool (on the photo details page) to send the photo to the "OTO USGL local bodies" group.

And that's it! Your photo will now be displayed in the gallery. Right now, the gallery page displays all the pictures available in our Flickr group; when there are enough of them there, we'll instead pick a random set from those available. Also, while the body ID is not currently used for anything, please do include it; we will soon be adding a link on the various local body lists (including the map) which will display pictures from a specific local body. In the future we'll probably make many other creative uses of this data.

Photo guidelines

Follow all of Flickr's terms of use, including uploading only photos for which you have the copyright or explicit permission.
If individuals are recognizable in your photo, all such individuals must have a signed, dated, and witnessed model release form on file with the local body. One form covers all photos including a given individual; you needn't collect a separate form for each photo, including those taken on different occasions. This form must be available to USGL on request.
Photos showing illegal activities or which would reasonably be considered indecent or offensive are not suitable for the gallery.
These photos will be visible to the general public, so degree-sensitive material is not allowed.

The USGL webmaster will terminate the group membership of those who violate these policies repeatedly or willfully.

Complaints

If a photograph violates the above guidelines—for example, if it is offensive or portrays individuals who do not have model releases on file—it should be reported to the USGL Webmaster (webmaster@oto-usa.org). Please click on the problem image to reach its Flickr page, copy the resulting URL from the browser's location bar, and include it in your email. Also explain the problem in sufficient detail for USGL to evaluate your complaint. Images will generally be removed temporarily while a complaint is being investigated, but may later be restored if the complaint is found to be groundless.