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Serra Anansi

In Perpetua Designs

Join date: 1 Aug 2004

Posts: 81

08-11-2006 08:16

Regarding the post made by Robin Linden about the main SL forums closing.

Looks like the final phase out of the dedicated groups will happen in about three months. I think this is a good time to start talking about a few things:

1) Again I ask... How much is this forum used and looked at and by who?

2) Is the above use enough to warrant creating a new forum on a private site?

3) If it is a needed and wanted thing, what program/host should we use?

4) Who and how will the forums be run, maintained and moderated?

At the last ladies tea we talked about and implemented a contest to create an inworld "Caledon Community Communications" board. That will both hand out events lists, store and landmark directories, various group advertisements, Caledon TOS, and general announcements. You can get contest info at any of the Caledon hubs.

Chance Takashi is writing the script and I have the understanding that when someone touches the board a pop up menu comes up and gives person the option to pick what information they would like to get. Not to be limited to the normal note card giver script that we all know that will give ALL the note cards in the board.

Perhaps that can take the place of most the information here in the forums?

I want to make it clear that I am not interested in killing off the communication within this group, but I do wish to find a way to keep it manageable, accessible, and easy to use for everyone from the officers of the ladies society to the members of the society and perhaps even to become a valued tool for all of Caledon.

I welcome and encourage responses to this post, good or bad… I have no idea who reads this forum or what your needs are. So tell me!

Serra

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Anansi Rose - Port Caledon
Charming Victorian furniture and accessories. Custom woods, fabrics, and metals happily provided upon request.

Charlene Trudeau

SkyBeam Architect

Join date: 23 Aug 2005

Posts: 318

08-11-2006 08:53

Serra,

I suspect that the new group tools forthcoming in 1.12 will be enough to cover the communications currently in evidence here in the forums. It includes the ability to 'attach' notecards or other items to hand out to everyone in the group in case a 'notice' doesn't provide enough text space.

I really haven't seen evidence of enough use here to justify someone setting up a separate site for us. If needs changed later, we could always resurrect the concept.

Char

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Charlene Trudeau
SkyBeam Estates
SkyBeam Architecture

Jackal Ennui

does not compute.

Join date: 25 May 2005

Posts: 548

08-13-2006 06:02

Well, it looks like there is a Caledon forum at http://caledonians.org/ - I have no idea how (in-)official this is, it would be a possible place to establish a subforum for the Ladies' society.

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Eleanor Brentano

Registered User

Join date: 27 Apr 2006

Posts: 29

08-13-2006 17:48

I try to check in here fairly often - I like boards simply because they store history, and allow threaded conversation.

If we can't find another place to move to, I can set up a phpbb or somesuch for us on a box from here - its the sort of thing I spend my day doing anyhow - may as well be for some thing fun

Salzie Sachertorte

Wandering About

Join date: 1 Nov 2005

Posts: 84

08-14-2006 10:08

I like forums, as I can check into what is happening whilst I'm at work as I can't get into SL.

Ida Keen

knit your bit

Join date: 24 Apr 2006

Posts: 29

08-14-2006 13:04

I like having an out-of-world source of information. Since I do not have a home in Caledon, I get a great deal of my information from this forum. I can, of course, make adjustments to my lifestyle (like checking the events postings more often) should this forum drift into obscurity. But I like having it.

cua Curie

secondlifes.com/*****

Join date: 14 Nov 2003

Posts: 196

08-14-2006 14:12

If you are looking for a new group forum I would be more than happy to set one up for you at my new SL forum at http://secondlifes.com/forum/

If you are interested just PM me at the board there with your group leaders name and what you would like forum called and I will set it up for you right away.

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"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut

Ida Keen

knit your bit

Join date: 24 Apr 2006

Posts: 29

Hosting

08-15-2006 09:01

If the Ladies' Society would prefer a website, Theodore has offered to host it (I didn't even have to ask, awwww). Domain registration with GoDaddy is quite affordable, and I would be delighted to contribute the fees to the group. We seem to have a wealth of options and ideas, and I am sure that many in-world solutions will emerge as well!

PS With a domain, members of the Society could have aliases. This might be useful for folks without gmail accounts.

Eleanor Brentano

Registered User

Join date: 27 Apr 2006

Posts: 29

08-15-2006 10:09

so it sounds like a few of us would like to keep the forums somewhere - and we have a number of options for doing so

CoyoteAngel Dimsum

Registered User

Join date: 26 Mar 2006

Posts: 124

Gmail accounts are available

08-15-2006 16:56

I have about 85 GMail account invitations left. If you would like one, please drop me a note (lynnewu.secondlife@gmail.com) with a current email address and I'll forward an invitation to you.

They're very useful because you can access them via web/POP and have about 2.7GB (yes, gigabytes) of storage associated with them and they're completely free, less the fairly unobtrusive advertising.

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Cali Turner

Drama is for Thespians

Join date: 13 Sep 2005

Posts: 33

08-15-2006 23:22

From: Ida Keen

If the Ladies' Society would prefer a website, Theodore has offered to host it (I didn't even have to ask, awwww). Domain registration with GoDaddy is quite affordable, and I would be delighted to contribute the fees to the group. We seem to have a wealth of options and ideas, and I am sure that many in-world solutions will emerge as well!

PS With a domain, members of the Society could have aliases. This might be useful for folks without gmail accounts.

I second Ida's (and Theodore's) proposal. I also applaud their kindness.

A Society website would be invaluable, and would allow a level of civility to be maintained that is difficult on a general forum. (Judging from past experiences.)

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Cali Turner

Drama is for Thespians

Ida Keen

knit your bit

Join date: 24 Apr 2006

Posts: 29

08-23-2006 08:21

Perhaps we can discuss our options further at the next Tea or some other meeting? If we decide to go with our own domain, I would suggest a .org. There are still many naming options available (in fact, nearly every name I tried is available) and it lends a certain dignity to the organization.

Cali Turner

Drama is for Thespians

Join date: 13 Sep 2005

Posts: 33

08-24-2006 00:25

From: Ida Keen

Perhaps we can discuss our options further at the next Tea or some other meeting? If we decide to go with our own domain, I would suggest a .org. There are still many naming options available (in fact, nearly every name I tried is available) and it lends a certain dignity to the organization.

I agree with the .org suggestion. I believe it would fit the society the best.

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Serra Anansi

In Perpetua Designs

Join date: 1 Aug 2004

Posts: 81

.org

08-26-2006 11:52

I agree we need something. I worry about using one of the existing "forums" out there for our uses. I feel there is too much potential drama in picking one. I am very interested in our own web space, or running our own forums. I will be back in town on Monday night.

We can all talk about this on the coming tea on Saturday; I believe it is at 4pm SL time. I will post an official time and place Monday night when I get home from vacation.

This next meeting might be crammed with business talk. We have to talk about the communication board and now this forums stuff.

There might be a small chance we will have to put off the talk of the forums to a separate meeting, depends on how focused we can be.

Talk to you all soon,
Miss Serra

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Anansi Rose - Port Caledon
Charming Victorian furniture and accessories. Custom woods, fabrics, and metals happily provided upon request.

Ordinal Malaprop

really very ordinary

Join date: 9 Sep 2005

Posts: 4,607

08-26-2006 11:57

I may be pretty much universally unable to attend any Ladies' Society events, but I can certainly provide forums or space with a moment's notice, as I have simply Gigabytes to spare and a kind host who will install such things with a mere click.

Serra Anansi

In Perpetua Designs

Join date: 1 Aug 2004

Posts: 81

Another thought on the forums:

08-30-2006 13:16

How do you all think a blog would work for a means of communication?

I have a few LJ accounts and I like the way they work, we can set one up as a group account so any member can post at anytime. They have archiving rules so there can be a fairly fast way to find related threads if we all use the key words.

Just another idea...
Miss Serra.

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Anansi Rose - Port Caledon
Charming Victorian furniture and accessories. Custom woods, fabrics, and metals happily provided upon request.

Ida Keen

knit your bit

Join date: 24 Apr 2006

Posts: 29

Feature Suggestions

08-31-2006 05:49

A blog is an excellent idea! There are also free forum tools that would be adequate if this format is preferred. The one feature that I personally hope to see added to the website (or whatever) is a calendar of events. One that includes Society events, events that are held within Caledon and events that Society Members are involved in or think might be of interest to the group.

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Serra Anansi In Perpetua Designs Join date: 1 Aug 2004 Posts: 81	08-11-2006 08:16 Regarding the post made by Robin Linden about the main SL forums closing. Looks like the final phase out of the dedicated groups will happen in about three months. I think this is a good time to start talking about a few things: 1) Again I ask... How much is this forum used and looked at and by who? 2) Is the above use enough to warrant creating a new forum on a private site? 3) If it is a needed and wanted thing, what program/host should we use? 4) Who and how will the forums be run, maintained and moderated? At the last ladies tea we talked about and implemented a contest to create an inworld "Caledon Community Communications" board. That will both hand out events lists, store and landmark directories, various group advertisements, Caledon TOS, and general announcements. You can get contest info at any of the Caledon hubs. Chance Takashi is writing the script and I have the understanding that when someone touches the board a pop up menu comes up and gives person the option to pick what information they would like to get. Not to be limited to the normal note card giver script that we all know that will give ALL the note cards in the board. Perhaps that can take the place of most the information here in the forums? I want to make it clear that I am not interested in killing off the communication within this group, but I do wish to find a way to keep it manageable, accessible, and easy to use for everyone from the officers of the ladies society to the members of the society and perhaps even to become a valued tool for all of Caledon. I welcome and encourage responses to this post, good or bad… I have no idea who reads this forum or what your needs are. So tell me! Serra _____________________ Anansi Rose - Port Caledon Charming Victorian furniture and accessories. Custom woods, fabrics, and metals happily provided upon request.
Charlene Trudeau SkyBeam Architect Join date: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 318	08-11-2006 08:53 Serra, I suspect that the new group tools forthcoming in 1.12 will be enough to cover the communications currently in evidence here in the forums. It includes the ability to 'attach' notecards or other items to hand out to everyone in the group in case a 'notice' doesn't provide enough text space. I really haven't seen evidence of enough use here to justify someone setting up a separate site for us. If needs changed later, we could always resurrect the concept. Char _____________________ Charlene Trudeau SkyBeam Estates SkyBeam Architecture
Jackal Ennui does not compute. Join date: 25 May 2005 Posts: 548	08-13-2006 06:02 Well, it looks like there is a Caledon forum at http://caledonians.org/ - I have no idea how (in-)official this is, it would be a possible place to establish a subforum for the Ladies' society. _____________________ Lassitude & Ennui - Fine prim jewelry & footwear, Nouveau(60,60) http://lassitudeennui.blogspot.com/
Eleanor Brentano Registered User Join date: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 29	08-13-2006 17:48 I try to check in here fairly often - I like boards simply because they store history, and allow threaded conversation. If we can't find another place to move to, I can set up a phpbb or somesuch for us on a box from here - its the sort of thing I spend my day doing anyhow - may as well be for some thing fun
Salzie Sachertorte Wandering About Join date: 1 Nov 2005 Posts: 84	08-14-2006 10:08 I like forums, as I can check into what is happening whilst I'm at work as I can't get into SL.
Ida Keen knit your bit Join date: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 29	08-14-2006 13:04 I like having an out-of-world source of information. Since I do not have a home in Caledon, I get a great deal of my information from this forum. I can, of course, make adjustments to my lifestyle (like checking the events postings more often) should this forum drift into obscurity. But I like having it.
cua Curie secondlifes.com/***** Join date: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 196	08-14-2006 14:12 If you are looking for a new group forum I would be more than happy to set one up for you at my new SL forum at http://secondlifes.com/forum/ If you are interested just PM me at the board there with your group leaders name and what you would like forum called and I will set it up for you right away. _____________________ "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." - Mark Twain "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut
Ida Keen knit your bit Join date: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 29	Hosting 08-15-2006 09:01 If the Ladies' Society would prefer a website, Theodore has offered to host it (I didn't even have to ask, awwww). Domain registration with GoDaddy is quite affordable, and I would be delighted to contribute the fees to the group. We seem to have a wealth of options and ideas, and I am sure that many in-world solutions will emerge as well! PS With a domain, members of the Society could have aliases. This might be useful for folks without gmail accounts.
Eleanor Brentano Registered User Join date: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 29	08-15-2006 10:09 so it sounds like a few of us would like to keep the forums somewhere - and we have a number of options for doing so
CoyoteAngel Dimsum Registered User Join date: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 124	Gmail accounts are available 08-15-2006 16:56 I have about 85 GMail account invitations left. If you would like one, please drop me a note (lynnewu.secondlife@gmail.com) with a current email address and I'll forward an invitation to you. They're very useful because you can access them via web/POP and have about 2.7GB (yes, gigabytes) of storage associated with them and they're completely free, less the fairly unobtrusive advertising. _____________________ -CoyoteAngel Dimsum/Lynne Wu Be sure to visit Ordinal Malaprop's scripting forum: http://ordinalmalaprop.com/forum/discussions/
Cali Turner Drama is for Thespians Join date: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 33	08-15-2006 23:22 From: Ida Keen If the Ladies' Society would prefer a website, Theodore has offered to host it (I didn't even have to ask, awwww). Domain registration with GoDaddy is quite affordable, and I would be delighted to contribute the fees to the group. We seem to have a wealth of options and ideas, and I am sure that many in-world solutions will emerge as well! PS With a domain, members of the Society could have aliases. This might be useful for folks without gmail accounts. I second Ida's (and Theodore's) proposal. I also applaud their kindness. A Society website would be invaluable, and would allow a level of civility to be maintained that is difficult on a general forum. (Judging from past experiences.) --- Cali Turner Drama is for Thespians
Ida Keen knit your bit Join date: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 29	08-23-2006 08:21 Perhaps we can discuss our options further at the next Tea or some other meeting? If we decide to go with our own domain, I would suggest a .org. There are still many naming options available (in fact, nearly every name I tried is available) and it lends a certain dignity to the organization.
Cali Turner Drama is for Thespians Join date: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 33	08-24-2006 00:25 From: Ida Keen Perhaps we can discuss our options further at the next Tea or some other meeting? If we decide to go with our own domain, I would suggest a .org. There are still many naming options available (in fact, nearly every name I tried is available) and it lends a certain dignity to the organization. I agree with the .org suggestion. I believe it would fit the society the best. _____________________ --- Cali Turner
Serra Anansi In Perpetua Designs Join date: 1 Aug 2004 Posts: 81	.org 08-26-2006 11:52 I agree we need something. I worry about using one of the existing "forums" out there for our uses. I feel there is too much potential drama in picking one. I am very interested in our own web space, or running our own forums. I will be back in town on Monday night. We can all talk about this on the coming tea on Saturday; I believe it is at 4pm SL time. I will post an official time and place Monday night when I get home from vacation. This next meeting might be crammed with business talk. We have to talk about the communication board and now this forums stuff. There might be a small chance we will have to put off the talk of the forums to a separate meeting, depends on how focused we can be. Talk to you all soon, Miss Serra _____________________ Anansi Rose - Port Caledon Charming Victorian furniture and accessories. Custom woods, fabrics, and metals happily provided upon request.
Ordinal Malaprop really very ordinary Join date: 9 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,607	08-26-2006 11:57 I may be pretty much universally unable to attend any Ladies' Society events, but I can certainly provide forums or space with a moment's notice, as I have simply Gigabytes to spare and a kind host who will install such things with a mere click.
Serra Anansi In Perpetua Designs Join date: 1 Aug 2004 Posts: 81	Another thought on the forums: 08-30-2006 13:16 How do you all think a blog would work for a means of communication? I have a few LJ accounts and I like the way they work, we can set one up as a group account so any member can post at anytime. They have archiving rules so there can be a fairly fast way to find related threads if we all use the key words. Just another idea... Miss Serra. _____________________ Anansi Rose - Port Caledon Charming Victorian furniture and accessories. Custom woods, fabrics, and metals happily provided upon request.
Ida Keen knit your bit Join date: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 29	Feature Suggestions 08-31-2006 05:49 A blog is an excellent idea! There are also free forum tools that would be adequate if this format is preferred. The one feature that I personally hope to see added to the website (or whatever) is a calendar of events. One that includes Society events, events that are held within Caledon and events that Society Members are involved in or think might be of interest to the group.

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