Hey Ari, If you (or the MCN list as a whole) are interested in creating a MCN forum on www.museumprofessionals.org, we'd be happy to oblige! We are based on vBulletin 3.7 and have set up the site to be open to all museum disciplines, but we also have some "hidden" forums that we have setup for associations that can only be seen by their members. Since we own the VPS and the forum, we are pretty flexible with what we can do.
Although a little visually "dated," we feel that vBulletin forum/bulletin board systems are great ways to discuss issues without filling up inboxes while also providing easy ways to search through old conversations and also connect with other members. Please feel free to setup a profile, and if you'd like to setup your own forum/category I'm sure we can figure something out. Thanks, -J.J. MuseumProfessionals.org On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Ari Davidow <aridavidow at gmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone using Ning or grou.ps to help pull together intranet > activity or Community of Practice (or general community)? I keep > hearing about these tools, but have no sense how they are being used > or which, of the many issues I am grappling with, they address (if > any). > > In theory, having a single place to gather resources and do many times > of sharing and discussion would be great. In practice, I wonder if > wikis, on the one hand, or Facebook at another extreme, aren't doing > enough of what we want. > > Thoughts? > > ari > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
