Re: LINKEDIN

I ONLY have moderator rights. Which members have rights to assign membership? And wasn't this changed to an open group? So why are there requests to join pending? The original manager of the group should look into this.
 Milton Ponson
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     On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:14 PM, Marco Neumann <marco.neumann@gmail.com> wrote:
   

 we have two more join requests from 11/14/2014 and 11/16/2014

On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 2:15 AM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program
<metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I do not mind being a moderator as long as i am not the only one.I would
> suggest sending notices to other related LinkedIn groups about the existence
> of this group and invite members thereof to join.
>
> Milton Ponson
> GSM: +297 747 8280
> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
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> sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT tools
> for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and
> repositories of data and information for sustainable development
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> On Friday, November 14, 2014 12:06 PM, Marco Neumann
> <marco.neumann@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I like the idea to use the linkedin group for outreach and the 'wider
> community' and reserve the w3c list for 'committers'.
>
> as you can see there are three more join requests at the linkedIn
> group
> (https://www.linkedin.com/manageGroupMembers?searchMembers=&gid=8142655&searchType=requests&trk=mgs).
> Again I haven't received any email reminders about this and I take it
> you didn't either. Please go ahead and act on the requests. maybe the
> communication settings can be changed at the user level to enable
> email for groups events but I haven't found the the switch to do so
> yet.
>
> As you might imagine the community aspect is quite important for me
> and I think we should keep the mechanics of this group tool as open
> and transparent as possible for our members. last but not least it's
> an interface aspect we frequently face in the semantic web community.
> In addition it might be interesting  in addition to setup and evaluate
> the a group / community feature at the w3c
> http://www.w3.org/community/ since we are not limited to any specific
> channels. it might turn out that linkedin works best here for our
> needs or not, we will see.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Milton
>>
>> I was thinking of an open group with a batch of moderators to make sure
>> conversations stay on topic would be the easiest thing to maximise
>> membership,
>> because my understanding was that we would use linkedin for 'outreach'
>>
>> but we could also make it an open group with a moderated posts policy
>> (that
>> is anyone can join but posting is moderated, except for the members of
>> this
>> group perhaps?
>>
>> Or
>>
>> If we decide to keep it an invitation group only, I/we can send invitation
>> to
>> a) active members of this community only
>> b) all members of this community, (although I would keep on wondering what
>> is the purpose of being part of a community in the absence of any sign of
>> life)
>> c) members can invite others (kind of a referral)
>>
>> I know these things are important, I just do not have brainspace to think
>> about
>> them so often make the quickest /easiest decision just to get done with it
>>
>> we can make you a manager Milton, then its your decision? L-)
>>
>> any other suggestion??
>>
>> If nobody objects, the four people who joined first will be nominated
>> managers or moderators so that they can decide what they want to do with
>> the
>> group
>> Anyone else who wants to be working on the linkedin group, let us know
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> P
>>
>> PDM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:27 PM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program
>> <metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If this becomes an open group, there will be a lot of non-relevant
>>> discussions started with notifications of updates thereof cluttering
>>> mailboxes. if it remains moderated what criteria for allowing membership
>>> will be used?
>>>
>>> Milton Ponson
>>> GSM: +297 747 8280
>>> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
>>> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
>>> Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for
>>> sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT
>>> tools
>>> for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and
>>> repositories of data and information for sustainable development
>>>
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>>> On Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:59 PM, Paola Di Maio
>>> <paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Marco
>>> Shall I ll assign moderator roles to the first few people who sign up,
>>> assuming they are also keen to get the Linkedin group started, anyone
>>> else
>>> who d like to be a mod please ping
>>> cheers
>>> PDM
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Marco Neumann <marco.neumann@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> from what I can see there seem to be four role types for group members
>>> in linkedin groups:
>>>
>>> member
>>> moderator
>>> manager
>>> owner
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2736/~/group-owner,-manager,-and-moderator-roles
>>>
>>> I've just made you a manager of the group.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Marco Neumann <marco.neumann@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > yes I can see the requests now. linkedin did not notify me via email
>>> > about the requests though, that's a less than ideal design I'd say.
>>> >
>>> > just let me know who is going to co moderate and I will get them all
>>> > configured.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> Thanks Marco
>>> >>
>>> >> Please do, and nominate some co moderators perhaps?
>>> >> i requested to join (can see my request is pending can email you the
>>> >> screenshot if you like)  why cant you see it, I dunno
>>> >>
>>> >> presume others from this list may have requested to join also
>>> >> since they requested it
>>> >>
>>> >> cheers
>>> >> P
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Marco Neumann
>>> >> <marco.neumann@gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> there are no join requests so far. more than happy to make it an OPEN
>>> >>> GROUP which seems to be a new feature on LinkedIN according to the
>>> >>> note on the site.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Marco
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Paola Di Maio
>>> >>> <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>> > LINKEDIN GROUP
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Marco Neumann started a Linked in Group some time ago,
>>> >>> > https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=8142655
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > but no members have been approved as yet!!
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Marco, can we suggest this becomes an OPEN GROUP and that we
>>> >>> > nominate at
>>> >>> > least 3 people from this
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > group as moderators, since you are obviously busy to manage the
>>> >>> > Linkedin
>>> >>> > Group> If we do not hear from
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > you, shall we assume you are no longer on the case and start a
>>> >>> > different
>>> >>> > Linkedin group that others can join??
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Thanks
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > PDM
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ---
>>> >>> Marco Neumann
>>> >>> KONA
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>>> > ---
>>> > Marco Neumann
>>> > KONA
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