One of the things we've talked about doing is expanding our online presence beyond our website. There has been resistance to a Second Life R-SPEC presence. We should hear from our technology officer before launching a Facebook page.
How do facebook pages for organizations work? I've never seen one. Alicia On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Jonathan Sherwood wrote: > I'll pitch in my yes vote. > > Can we set it up to allow certain people to post? Obviously, we > don't want anyone in the world posting updates, but I don't think > we'd want just one person with access, either. > > -- > Jonathan Sherwood > Sr. Science & Technology Press Officer > University of Rochester > 585-273-4726 > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can put up an R-Spec page on Facebook, if there's no objection. > > It only takes a few minutes and we can easily post announcements, > events, videos, pictures, link to our website, etc. > > > On Feb 4, 10:01 am, Jonathan Sherwood <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I had been wondering about R-SPEC on Facebook. I don't know enough > about it, > > other than that it's a good way for people to keep abreast of what > we're up > > to. > > But I think Pat's right - we need to promote individual meetings > to some > > degree. The D&C would run it in their calendar, and we can make > sure other > > places such as Writers and Books have it posted. > > > > -- > > Jonathan Sherwood > > Sr. Science & Technology Press Officer > > University of Rochester > > 585-273-4726 > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Pat Rapp <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Or, perhaps more fitting to this group in particular -- as the > atheist > > > otters on South Park say, "For science's sake." > > > : ) > > > > > All kidding aside, I agree that it's unfortunate that there was > such a low > > > turnout when we had a guest speaker of such high caliber. > > > > > Having said that, there are times when one just cannot get to a > meeting. > > > Work and school are priorities. What we should do next time is > try a little > > > harder to promote the event -- submitting to the newspaper, > blogging it, > > > facebooking it, etc. That way, even if the regular R-Spec crowd > is unable > > > to > > > attend, maybe the wider general public would show up. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dave Henn" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:00 AM > > > Subject: Re: DNA in action! > > > > > I'm sorry I couldn't be there, too. That's a lot of "I'm sorry I > > > couldn't be there" posts. Of course, in my case, living 350 > miles away > > > during the week makes attendance a tad more difficult even if one > > > doesn't have, er, scheduling conflicts. Had I been in town, and > > > assuming I had functioning transportation, I probably could have > found > > > a way to juggle my time to squeeze in an hour or two at the > talk. This > > > probably not too subtle hint is not directed at any one person > but is > > > prompted by the cumulative weight of apologies for not being > there. > > > It's once a month, for God's sake (or, for the agnostics and > atheists, > > > goodness' sake, or, for the evil, for badness' sake, or, for the > > > neutral, for whatever's sake, etc.). Same bat time, same bat > channel > > > next month. > > > > > Dave > > > > > P.S. We don't own a dog house, but I should probably build a > nice one > > > so when I come back to Rochester I can be comfortable. :-P > > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Jonathan Sherwood > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yet another "sorry I couldn't be there" note (at least I have > only two > > > > more > > > > months of Tuesday night classes!) > > > > That video was stunning. I've forwarded it to half a dozen > biologists. > > > > > > -- > > > > Jonathan Sherwood > > > > Sr. Science & Technology Press Officer > > > > University of Rochester > > > > 585-273-4726 > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Eric Scoles > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Yes, thanks from me, too -- I really wanted to be there, I'm > sorry I had > > > >> to leave. Maybe we can get a panel together sometime, and > promote it > > > more > > > >> heavily. Nancy and Mark for a start. Any other gene-iacal > suggesticons? > > > >> Get > > > >> some real speculative juju moving. Other than Alicia (would > it be > > > awkward > > > >> being on a panel with your manager?), do we have any > biologists? > > > > > >> On 2009-02-04, Pat Rapp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >>> Thank you for the summary, Nancy. I am so disappointed that > I had to > > > >>> miss > > > >>> it! > > > > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > > >>> From: [email protected] > > > >>> To: [email protected] > > > >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 6:58 AM > > > >>> Subject: Re: DNA in action! > > > > > >>> Last night's R-Spec meeting was fascinating -- it was too > bad that only > > > >>> seven people could make it. Mark Zahn, Alicia's boss, spoke > about > > > >>> Biodefense. He slanted his talk toward practical knowledge > for SF > > > >>> writers > > > >>> who want to include weaponized genemods in their stories, > and he did a > > > >>> wonderful job. > > > > > >>> He talked about which pathogens best lend themselves to > modification > > > >>> (Ebola, for instance, has a very small genome and produces > only eight > > > >>> proteins, which means there's just not room enough in the > cell to fit a > > > >>> lot > > > >>> of extra, genetically engineered stuff.) Mark covered the > assembly of > > > >>> viruses using sequencing data and "off-the-shelf" sections > of DNA. He > > > >>> talked about the origins and spread of epidemics. I hadn't > known that > > > >>> the > > > >>> natural host for influenza was an Asian species of duck, and > that the > > > >>> way > > > >>> vaccine makers guess at which strains of flu will hit in a > given winter > > > >>> is > > > >>> by examining ducks in late summer. > > > > > >>> The talk also covered what you need for a rogue genemod lab to > > > weaponize > > > >>> pathogens: off-the-rack equipment, experienced talent, and > no more than > > > >>> a > > > >>> few million dollars. What the Russians may or may not have > been doing > > > >>> in > > > >>> this regard was discussed, including a recommendation for > Ken Alibek's > > > >>> scary > > > >>> book BIOHAZARD (which I have read -- it's horrifying). Mark > finished > > > >>> with > > > >>> an overview of surveillance techniques used to spot and > track epidemics > > > >>> so > > > >>> that appropriate measures can be taken, including quarantine > if > > > >>> necessary. > > > > > >>> Thank you, Alicia. It was terrific. > > > > > >>> _________________________- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
