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[Adam]

Hey everyone,

In an effort to make the Map Your World community less daunting and
more streamlined, we've decided to retire some forums, including this
one.

*** From June 1, 2010 onwards, you won't be able to post any
additional notes to this forum. ***

But don't worry!
- We don't plan to erase any of the posts here, so you'll still be
able to refer to the conversations (it'll be "read-only").
- You still have a great place to chat with other Map Maker users!

For now, we're trying out the following set of forums for Map Maker:
- Map Make Announcements: Info on new launches, new features, and a
spotlight on a selection of you folks over time :) [Postings only by
Googlers]
- General Map Maker: Pretty much everything having to do with Map
Maker, except for the topics below.
- Moderating features: Just what it sounds like.
- Coffee shop: This is the place to talk about, well, pretty much
anything other than Map Maker as long as it's respectful and legal.
Chat about your favorite places in the world, talk about your life at
work or school, it's fair game... and a great way to get to know each
other.

You can find this revised forum structure here, at the Map Your World
community homepage:
http://sites.google.com/site/mapyourworldcommunity/

And we welcome your feedback on these changes here:
http://sites.google.com/site/mapyourworldcommunity/map-your-world/discuss?place=topic%2Fgoogle-mapmaker%2FRYJBs4HHIc4%2Fdiscussion

Thanks for being a part of this community and for all your Map Maker
contributions!

Regards,
Adam, one of the many Googlers grateful to be working on Map Maker

[Soumya]

Thanks,

It would probably take some time, to feel the positives and negatives.

For now, could you please elaborate a little about:

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and a spotlight on a selection of you folks over time :) [Postings
only by
Googlers]

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Thanks.

> And we welcome your feedback on these changes here:http://sites.google.com/site/mapyourworldcommunity/map-your-world/dis...

[lasni...@google.com]

Hi Soumya,

Yep, you're right, it always takes time to assess the impact of changes on a community.  And sometimes those changes feel awkward at first but sometimes turn out to be great for the community,  So I hope people offer feedback both now and after a couple of weeks.

re: my comment about "spotlight on a selection of you folks over time"... this was in reference to our moving the type of posts we've made in the Mapping Showcase into the Announcements, where more people will see them :-).