Participation

[clau...@yahoo.com]

Is anyone here?

[Terri Weitz]

Hey Claude....send her an email from this email.  She has a book to send to you....ylopez@cta.org

  Terri  Weitz   




 
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:31:40 -0700
> Subject: Participation
> From: clau...@yahoo.com
> To: morongo-teache...@googlegroups.com
>
> Is anyone here?

[Diana Shay-Diehl]

Where is "here"?

The website? Unfortunately, not many people are using it. I believe Jim Cottrell and Terri Weitz are monitoring/admining that site?

~Diana

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM, clau...@yahoo.com <clau...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Is anyone here?

[Cottrell]

So far there are 9 members of the MTA signed up to discuss items using
this electronic discussion group. I think if there was a topic posted
for discussion, more members would request to join the Group. Anyone
can read the discussion topics posted on this group, group but only
members who have joined the site can comment and post topics. So, it
is also possible that a discussion could be read by many MTA members
that haven't requested to join the group. (Items that need a solution
that appear in the "Minutes" of meetings might be good topics of
discussion.)

Where is "Here"? Below is the URL to this online "Group"

http://groups.google.com/group/morongo-teachers-association

Wikipedia description of a group: "A group (often termed as a
community, e-group or club) is a feature in many social network
services which allows users to create, post, comment to and read from
their own interest- and niche-specific forums, often within the realm
of virtual communities. Groups, which may allow for open or closed
access, invitation and/or joining by other users outside the group,
are formed to provide mini-networks within the larger, more diverse
social network service. Much like electronic mailing lists, they are
also owned and maintained by owners, moderators, or managers, which
possess the capability of editing posts to discussion threads and
regulating member behavior within the group. However, unlike
traditional Internet forums and mailing lists, groups in social
networking services allow owners and moderators alike to share account
credentials between groups without having to log into each and every
group."

The MTA Website is separate from this group and is at the URL below:
http://sites.google.com/site/mtamembers

The MTA Website was created to give elected MTA officers a fast (21st
Century) way to communicate with MTA members. So far the MTA website
has seen very little use. Diana did attach a copy of the "Voice" to
the website. I was hoping that elected MTA officers would paste or
attach doc files to the site of anything they create in print. These
officers do a lot of hard work for the MTA members and have important
items to communicate. I'm sure when something needs to be
communicated fast, the site will be used. Having the "Minutes" of
meetings attached to the site could also be very informative for MTA
members. Attaching the "Minutes" from past meetings could also help
MTA members understand past decisions or voted on items and the
options available to solve certain issues at that time.

Having past issues of the "Voice" attached to the site could also give
members a running idea of what is happening pertaining to the MTA.
Members probably at most keep only the current issue of the Voice on
hand.

Could the MTA Website and discussion group be useful? What do you
think?


On Oct 5, 11:31 am, "claud...@yahoo.com" <claud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is anyone here?