This blog is in the late stages of its life. That’s not to say I’ve dropped any of the issues mentioned here, just that some have moved and others are looking for new homes. For instance:
- www.aauw.org comments: moved to www.aauw.org tracking form
It’s the best way to get a personal message back from the staff on your issue. Specific volunteers have insight into what’s been reported there.
- Training wish list: some things may still be posted here, but for the most part as I find ideas that I think are applicable to AAUW, I’m tagging them with “aauwtech” at del.icio.us. See also wiki.bbvx.org for information that I’ve organized for training purposes — feel free to jump in and add to that.
- General: Items that would have been posted here have been moved to the AAUW NC blog or to my Change blog.
On the other hand, this blog may live for awhile until I have time to figure out a better home for the categories:
- TUAG: Hmm… I need to review those posts and figure out what to do with them and where they’re to live. The TUAG has had a few successes, but the discussion here was not part of that.
- Membership: Hmm…, again. Some of these issues are still open. Some could be referred to the web site tracking system. Others may need to go somewhere else.
I have blogged for a year, since CA online book group decided to try it for discussion. Start-up was awkward so members continued using listserv, but I kept posting comments & book covers. In January the blog became a forum to discuss proposed bylaws changes. Members have not tried it but I convert their listserv emails to posts & comments. I am sure they would appreciate its efficiency if they could experience it, but busy folks have no time for even a brief learning curve. A good demo might convince them but I can’t figure out how to provide one. I’d like some suggestions!
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The AAUW NC info that started at this address has moved -
see www.aauw-nc.org/wp
Thanks!
If you find the information posted here helpful, you might want to check back periodically - but find that, with everything else that’s going on in your life, you just don’t get around to it. [Do bars still hand out coasters marked “tuit” so that we’ll all have at least one?]
My new mission is to help folks make checking on sites like this one much easier. What you need is to use a “news reader” - and there are an enormous number of choices out there. Perhaps the simplest is to sign up for my.yahoo.com (particularly if you’re already a Yahoo! member) or bloglines.com (if you’re not committed to Yahoo!). In a few minutes you’ll find that you can create your own “personal newspaper” with headlines from any number of web sites (from the NY Times to Dilbert to http://discuss.aauw.org to this blog). The idea, then, is that you can just check that “newspaper,” quickly scan the titles of newly posted articles, and check for more details on the ones that seem most important.
Do check it out - or at least watch for an announcement of a meeting where this technology will be demonstrated. The title of an appropriate talk may refer to RSS, Syndication, Aggregators, News Feeds. [It may also refer to XML, but try to find the abstract since XML is an enormously large topic with some *really* technical implications.] I really believe that in a few months this will be as important to you as your web browser and e-mail (particularly for those of us who might not be as nimble in absorbing multiple channels of information as those who grew up in the “electrontic age”).
If you have seen web discussions of this that might be helpful in introducing the topic to others, please do post a comment!
Are you looking for the pictures and comments that were made in June/July 2005 about the AAUW Convention in DC? They (since they had a North Carolina “spin”) have been moved to the new AAUW NC blog:
www.aauw-nc.org/wp
There’s been a lot of “buzz” about blogging (i.e. writing web logs) in the last year or so - but they’ve been around for longer than that. They have some of the features of websites, mailing lists and discussion boards and it’s hard to describe just where they fit. Perhaps the best way to learn what they are is to visit a few - see the list put together for NCCWCSL earlier this month. [Thanks to Rebecca, AAUW web master, for the pointer!]
If you want to get started, Googling “blogging 101″ turns up thousands of references. Or, particularly if you want to write about the June 24-27 convention, feel free to join in this discussion. Go down to the bottom of the right hand column on this page and you’ll find a “register” button. That’ll be a simple process that will send you a password in e-mail. Then if you login and make a comment here, I’ll approve that first comment (later ones will go through immediately) and set you up so you can start your own “threads”
This is the BBVX blog. Expect postings about the Convention and other updates.
In the meantime, please see www.bbvx.org/2005/convention.htm .
Other members are welcome to join this “conversation” - just click the “Register” link at the lower right, choose a login name and enter your e-mail address. Send me a note if you want to create your own articles (rather than just comment on ones you find here).