[BBLISA] LinkedIn group for BBLISA

[David Allan]

If he's willing to set it up, I think having a LinkedIn group is a great 
idea.

Dave


On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Rudie, Tony wrote:

> I live 2 blocks from the Back Bay, but I vote for Tom to be the group manager for LinkedIn BBLISA.  If he's willing to do that for us.
>
>
> - Tony Rudié
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On Behalf Of Tom Metro
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:15 PM
> To: L-bblisa
> Subject: Re: [BBLISA] LinkedIn group for BBLISA
>
> Steven M Jones wrote:
>> But I have to say it looks like the groups feature is either only
>> half-baked, or oriented more towards dues-collecting organizations.
>
> I hadn't looked at the directory of groups before, but I see there is a
> note saying they aren't currently accepting new groups into the
> directory. But that doesn't impact the ability to create a new group. It
> wouldn't surprise me if they charge a fee for inclusion in the directory.
>
>
>> However, I don't see anything in the creation screen that would rule out
>> BBLISA.
>
> Correct. BBLISA should qualify fine. I recently created groups for BLU
> and Boston Perl Mongers.
>
> Setting up the group just takes a few minutes to fill in the title,
> description, and an email address for group join requests. The most
> difficult step might be digging up a logo with the required dimensions.
>
> You can optionally upload a list of member email addresses so that
> they'll be pre-approved when they try to join, otherwise the group
> manager gets an email when someone requests admission. (Fir simplicity
> and privacy reasons we chose to do the latter for the above two groups.)
>
>  -Tom
>
> -- 
> Tom Metro
> Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA
> "Enterprise solutions through open source."
> Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
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