The new Ning community - some central questions

[Michael Herman]

i was amazed to see yesterday that there were more than 190 members
already.

on the strength of what i've seen so far, i've built one of these ning sites
for my neighborhood.  i think it will be a useful "community bulletin board"
for opening space.  we have a woman here who teaches women's fitness.  we
have a guy who calls the occasional "men's book group" meeting, usually when
a good game will be on at the local tavern.  (the group has never actually
picked a book to read.)  and then there are neighborhood association
official sorts of events.  and i expect ning will put all of these and many
more on the same sort of level-ish field we find in our circles and spaces.
i'm just starting to leak word of it out to neighbors, but the folks who've
seen it are excited.

thanks to artur and lisa and shufang, and the other 190 folks who jumped
right in, for showing me how this works.

m



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On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at comcast.net> wrote:

>  Add my voice to Arthur’s…plus Harrison you don’t get to see the cool
> photos on the OS list and there were some really cute ones in Toronto at
> the Unleashing leadership event not to mention great OS reports from the
> sessions.
>
> http://unleashingleadership.ning.com/photo/dsc02857-1?context=latest
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> Hope the butterfly feels enticed to peak! If not, that’s ok too.
>
> Suzanne
>
> ***From:* OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> ]*** On Behalf Of* Artur Silva
> ***Sent:* Sunday, December 06, 2009 9:54 AM
> ***To:* OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
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> *Subject:* Re: The new Ning community - some central questions
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> Harrison:
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>
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> I don´t think that is a question of being old or curmudgeonly. After all
> you have your own web page (and have revised it often) and you are at
> Facebook (aren't you too old to Facebooking?)
>
>
>
> And one can see what is hapenning in the NING without even
> subscribing. Haven't you been curious to see what is hapening there?
>
>
>
> Or are you affraid of something that is hapenning simoultaneously in many
> languages that you can´t neither understand nor control (no one can)? What
> is more close to self-organizations at work?
>
>
>
> Isn't that, I would not say a "resistance to change" (because no one is
> changing, but only complementing), but a resistenace to something new and
> different?
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>
> Please think about it, will you?
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>
>
> Friendly
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>
> Artur
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> --- On* Sun, 12/6/09, Harrison Owen** <hhowen at verizon.net>* wrote:
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> From: Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [OSLIST] The new Ning community - some central questions
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 6:14 AM
>
> Hi Guys – This is all wonderful, but truth to tell I don’t’ NING (or
> whatever). Too old and curmudgeonly I suppose, but for those who care, I’ll
> be there on good old OSLIST .
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> Harrison
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