Re: [Killietalk] KCC (wasRe: forums vs killietalk) now Diapteron Study group

["Dennis Heltzel" <killies at fishroom_net>]

> But I've seen the lack of
> communication in other groups of the KCC.  The KCC is not operating with
> efficiency, and frankly to me it doesn't seem like a succesful AKA
> function.  If the BOT isn't to blame for not enforcing rules, the code of
> ethics, and making sure things run smoothly; then who is?  It's their job
> to
> make sure things within the AKA are done right.  I think over all, Charlie
> has done a fine job.  He needs to have the authority, and the ability to
> act
> when a group coordinator isn't doing his/her job.  And the group
> coordinator
> has to know, that when they can't do their job (even for a short time)
> they
> have to pass it on to someone who can.  This also goes for the species
> coordinator, and members of each group.

When I read this, it brought to mind the other thread here about the
underutilization of the forums on the AKA site. What if each study/species
maintenance/KCC group had their own forum. Assuming the members of these
groups have motivation levels a bit higher than average (at least with
regard to the fish the groups is about) they shouldn't have an issue with
logging in and using the forums as a sort of specialist email list. The
forum software has the ability to send you an email with new postings if
you subscribe to the notifications for that group, so you wouldn't need to
login everyday "just to check", you'd get an email if there was something
new and you could tell from the posting's subject line if it was
interesting enough to login. Each group could have a "moderator", but that
job would hopefully be a rather minor commitment. You could probably even
have several moderators to share the job.

New members (or old members with a new interest in the species in
question) could go to that one forum and read all the postings from one
place. Someone with the interest could even create a posting with links to
good information or copies of archived emails that are particularly
interesting for the group.

If we can make it easy to create new and maintain new study groups, with
the conversations kept for the future, we might be able to improve our
overall communication and prevent the loss of a lot of important
experience and information.

-- 
Dennis Heltzel
Keystone Killy Group
SE Pennsylvania, USA

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