I find NTEN good for networking about general day-to-day small non-profit IT questions, but not at all relevant to museum- or archive-specific issues. There seem to be fewer really experienced, knowledgeable IT folks in the organization than in MCN. NTEN seems to attract more ideologues, as well. More questions than I'd like are answered not to the point, but with a "what you really should be doing is...." This is especially true with regard to commercial vs. open source technology. I don't always want religion when I am asking technical questions, even when i share the dominant religion ;-).
I'm on both lists, but find myself participating more on this one (and never enough on either--I have this full-time job thing....) ari On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:44 PM, John Bedard <jbedard at artsmia.org> wrote: > Does anybody have experience with NTEN, Non-Profit Technology Network? If > so, is there anything it offers that MCN does not? Or any recommendations > about joining or not joining? > > > > John R. Bedard > Director of Information Projects and Services > The Minneapolis Institute of Arts > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > Phone: 612-870-3268 > Fax: 612-870-3004 > Email: JBedard at artsmia.org > www.artsmia.org > www.artsconnected.org > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >
