BTW, for those in linkedin, I've already started such a group, feel free to join.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Orr Dunkelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That sounds as a good idea, and I support Eli and Oron's point of view > (I personally do not have facebook account). > > If somebody would be willing to open such a group, with a bit of > information on haifux + links to haifux that would be nice. > > Note that hiafux has a google calendar, which gives you RSS > capabilities AFAIK, so as long as you can sync it with the calendar - > you're fine (the calendar and the website are usually updated with 10 > minutes difference). > > As for what Zvi suggested - for that we need to have a backlog of > lectures, where we know in advance the lectures two/three weeks in > advance. Recently, this is not the case, and our schedule is usually > empty. > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Eli Billauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Oron Peled wrote: >> >>> If it points to haifux.org for the real info, than that's fine. >>> However, I would not like it to become *the* principal haifux >>> announcement board. >>> >> Completely agreed. I would take it even further: No events should ever >> be announced there. >> >> I see no advantage in announcing events in Facebook, since all members >> would get the message anyhow through the mailing list. On the other >> hand, that would require another place to keep in sync for scheduling >> and rescheduling lectures. Plus a possibility for contradicting information. >> >> But opening a Facebook so that people can announce that they belong to >> it, could be a piece of advertisement. It should indeed only give a >> short description about what Haifux is, and point to the site. If events >> are announced there, someone may get the impression it's a reliable source. >> >> Eli >> >> -- >> Web: http://www.billauer.co.il >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haifux mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux >> > > > > -- > Orr Dunkelman, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "a scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere > heart of stone" - Charles Darwin. > > GPG fingerprint: C2D5 C6D6 9A24 9A95 C5B3 2023 6CAB 4A7C B73F D0AA > (This key will never sign Emails, only other PGP keys. The key > corresponds to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -- Orr Dunkelman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "a scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone" - Charles Darwin. GPG fingerprint: C2D5 C6D6 9A24 9A95 C5B3 2023 6CAB 4A7C B73F D0AA (This key will never sign Emails, only other PGP keys. The key corresponds to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux
