[sakai-pmc] Facebook: Sakai Project Group

[Neal Caidin]

This is a topic that could be good for Apereo Camp, or for a phone call, 
where it is a little more informal and "brainstormy".  I would be 
willing to consider taking over the Facebook page for Sakai as it seems 
like it fits in the Community Coordinator role, but then what is the 
purpose of the page? Where does the content come from, other than just 
myself? What kinds of things should be posted?

Facebook has a huge reach and for some folks it is their preferred 
method of communication. For a special interest arts group to which I 
belong, I love getting the posts over Facebook. I think primarily 
because it usually links to a video or an event and I'm interested in 
seeing what happens in the community, and the videos are almost always 
relevant and interesting or inspiring.  But I'm not sure we have enough 
interesting video content being generated for Sakai and few enough 
events that our standard ways of reaching out seem sufficient. The thing 
we might get by posting on Facebook is some serendipity, if folks 
reshare links to their friends, you might get some unexpected connections.

Just some initial thoughts.

LinkedIn could be another possibility and perhaps the vibe of Linkedin 
would be more appropriate. There are Sakai groups on there I think?

This could potentially be a broader topic about community communications 
and outreach. But yeah, we would need to have a vision for what we would 
want to achieve, and what kind of community interaction we would want to 
stimulate to make it worthwhile. I have a love/hate relationship with 
our Collab server. It is easy to use, just send an email, it keeps good 
archives and is searchable over the Collab server and using nabble or 
gmane, BUT it doesn't seem to always be the best tool for tracking the 
conversations as they are happening. I have gotten used to it, but for a 
casual user, I'm not sure it sends the best message of engagement and 
openness.

Whoops... TL;DR is the fate of this email , most likely , LOL


Thanks,
Neal


> Anthony Whyte <mailto:arwhyte at umich.edu>
> January 16, 2014 at 8:52 AM
> Back in 2009 the Sakai Foundation set up a Facebook group named "Sakai 
> Project." [1]   Peter Hartsook was tasked with overseeing this group 
> as part of his communications responsibilities.  The group currently 
> has four members and has not seen a post since 2010.  The group has 
> not been maintained for years.
>
> Steve suggests we delete the group and instead direct attention to 
> Apereo. [1]  If no one within Sakai is willing to take on 
> responsibility for revitalizing and maintaining the Facebook 
> SakaiProject group I am inclined to agree.  Then again I am no fan of 
> Facebook.  Others may think revitalizing this group a good idea, hence 
> my post.
>
> What do others think we should do with this group?  Are there others 
> prepared to step forward and make this group something more than the 
> tumbleweed group it has begun?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anth
>
>
> [1] https://www.facebook.com/groups/sakaiproject/
> [2] How to whack a group: https://www.facebook.com/help/174988392554409
>
> anthony whyte | its and mlibrary | university of michigan | 
> arwhyte at umich.edu <mailto:arwhyte at umich.edu> | 517-980-0228
>
>
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Neal Caidin
Sakai Community Coordinator
Apereo Foundation
neal.caidin at apereo.org
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