Discussion → New experimental group platform
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hello everyone.
i don't think that fictionaut is suited to aide the creation of a sub-community such as WAG. i have therefore created (for free) a community using the MIXXT platform and would ask everyone here to either join direct or continue to send email to Ann (who will then have to invite you...so to save her time, just go there directly).
the address is http://wag.mixxt.org/ - you can apply for membership there and one of the admins will approve you.
the platform has got a lot of possibilities: forums, wiki, file sharing, blogs (of members), ... i have helped build a couple of communities using MIXXT and it's not been hard. at the start, we've only opened basic membership and forums though.
next thing we need a logo...and i don't think if some time passes while it becomes clearer what WAG is or can be. in my experience it doesn't take much to keep an effort burning; and often, large numbers of participants will take care of the fire itself.
i hope this helps!
cheers
marcus
Group Description
[I'm just starting this group - and will adjust the note content here as it progresses. - Sam Rasnake]
WAG (Writers Across Genres)
The new home -
[Come join.]
Ann Bogle's note from a thread in Forum:
Here's what I'll ask you to do. Send an email to me at AnnBogle1@aol.com if you are interested in forming, in Stephen Hastings-King's words, "a coherent web organization for writers across genres." The name of the group will emerge, as James Lloyd Davis says, but for now we want to keep the idea intact. David Ackley has suggested WAG for Writers Across Genres. Put WAG or cwofwag in the subject line. Include your contact information -- as much as you'd like to include but minimally your first name, last name, middle name or initial if you sign by it, your email address, your city, your affiliation (in our case, Fictionaut), your website if any. You may wish to include the url for your Fictionaut profile. An entry would look like:
Ann Bogle
AnnBogle1@aol.com
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Fictionaut
Ana Verse at http://annbogle.blogspot.com
I'll keep a directory of these entries as they roll in.
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Here's a link to the thread in Forum:
http://www.fictionaut.com/forums/general/threads/880
Here's a link to the original discussion thread in Forum:
http://www.fictionaut.com/forums/general/threads/839
[If you're interested, please contact Ann.]
This is a public group.
Anyone can see it and join.