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We should be using Drupal for all communication for the group -- using any other system (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, email, Google, Meetup, Wordpress, Joomla, ect.) seems ridiculous to me.
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Even if Drupal isn't the best solution for communication, we should be using Drupal for communication for the group. Or, we should just give up Drupal and develop using the best tools for communication. If it's facebook or wherever else, from an income earning, economic point of view, it is logical that is where we should be investing our time.
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I'm not even sure anymore where the emails about the group are coming from -- I think from Google groups.
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John's Green Mobility Network really needs a powerful, smart website built in Drupal. I don't mind having a large role in this project, but I think it belongs in the domain of local Drupal developers to collaborate on. Ideally, it can be used as a training project for those of you who know more about Drupal development, best practices and subversion or GIT in collaborative projects to share with the rest of us. For example, IE CSS bugs are stopping me dead in my tracks. I would like to have Jan. 1st as a realistic launch date for John's website.
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(Ironically enough, and case
(Ironically enough, and case in point, a link back to the post at http://groups.google.com/group/drupalmiami for context.)
I don't think that we should shun other tools, if they have a place and they work well for us, simply because we are Drupal developers. Twitter's great for short updates. Skype's great for group conferences. I don't care to reinvent every wheel.
But that's besides the point. We all agree that where we can sensibly use Drupal, we will, for many obvious reasons. DrupalMiami.org will be our main hub, letting us share info, post events and rsvps, share photos, the whole deal. Everything else is peripheral and we'll kill what's redundant and not useful if we need to.
Right now, we just need some focus. Let's post events and ask people to rsvp here on g.d.o. Let's also try to keep our discussions here on g.d.o.
I personally hate having to return to a site to post (I like keeping drafts in my inbox, everything searchable, etc.) and I thought others might agree and that's why I created the Google Group for simple email based back and forth. I can kill it now, or we leave it until we build into our site the ability to email in and out (mailhandler + messaging + notifications). I don't think it really matters.
Let's just do what we can to simplify w/o fretting, and focus our energies on building the site and growing our community. I'll reach out for access to the various destinations, so I can help rein it in.
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From a cook's perspective --
From a cook's perspective -- be weary of a chef who doesn't eat his or her own food.
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Transparency
When you start sending people to another site it might cause some confusion and turn them away. Also, if you begin discussions on another site then people can fall out of the loop. I've never been a fan of Google groups or the Drupal.org platform, but I bit the bullet here and any newcomers should also first come through this site. Discussions should also reside on this site. If things are communicated through Drupal.org it'll be simpler for newbies who'd like to join the discussion.
Has anyone taken a look at how NY set their group site up? http://groups.drupal.org/nyc
Any other channel of communication should just be used to deliver content that's impossible to convey through Drupal.org. I can see photos on Flickr and Drupal camp info on DrupalMiami.org.
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What we do in Los Angeles is
What we do in Los Angeles is utilize meetup.com for basic announcements and use groups.drupal.org for nearly everything else. The reason for this is that a lot of people who come to our meetups haven't even heard of groups.drupal.org and find us through meetup.com instead. So, this is a formula that I recommend wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, meetup.com is not free, even for not-for-profit user groups.
Not too long ago, LA Drupal reached the limit of what groups.drupal.org can do and we launched ladrupal.org so that we can have fancy sponsor pages, a dedicated forum for presentation ideas, related content pulled in from Flickr, more flexibility regarding file uploads, and so on. It took a while to get ladrupal.org going, though, because we needed to gather a dedicated web team of volunteers who would consistently show up and follow through with things.
We also wanted a hosting sponsor so that no one person was responsible for keeping the lights on. This is a really important thing to consider, especially considering the inconsistent leadership that the Miami group has had over the years.
Design
I'm willing to volunteer my design and development skills, let me know if anything. Thanks
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