[Makerspace-keymembers] [Imc-members] IMC Facebook Support

Thu Apr 24 12:47:17 EDT 2014

Hey Everyone,

Beth just asked a great question about our emails and social media, in
response to Rachel's email. In responding I realized this was all info the
entire group would probably benefit from or have input on so I'm cc'ing the
Keymember list. This is just my personal view on how I see that we use
these tools, so if you have other views or thoughts please share as well!

*>>first- what's the difference between our gmail and ucimc addresses?*

So the *Makerspaceu at gmail.com <Makerspaceu at gmail.com>* our main contact
address to the outside world and the account is accessible to multiple
members. Right now I think me and Stewart are the only people who check it
regularly and I'm the only person who has it auto forwarding to their
regular email account. Other key members have the password(Monica, Barry,
Erich... probably a few other I think) but I don't think many people use it
beyond things like creating an Etsy page or Square account for the space or
other things like that. So when messages come in for the group to
Makerspaceu at gmail.com I forward them to one of the two listserv emails
depending on if the topic seems like it's meant for organizing members or
anyone interested in the makerspace. I've mentioned this is the current
setup at a few membership meetings when the topic has come up (and that
others are welcome to also add their email to the forward list) and the
group has continued to agree that it's an good system for now.  Which
brings us to the second topic. The listserv emails!

So we have two lists we use for the space:
*imc-makerspace at lists.chambana.net <imc-makerspace at lists.chambana.net>* --
This has become where we announce events and things that anyone interested
in the makerspace might find interesting.  Some general discussion of
things also occurs here as well, so it's not just an announcement list.
*makerspace-keymembers at lists.chambana.net
<makerspace-keymembers at lists.chambana.net>* -- This list is possibly poorly
named. It includes both people with keys and just members who regularly
come to membership meetings and help organize, regardless if they hold keys
or not. This is where discussion and planning of space activities occurs.
The idea is we both don't want to spam everyone who signed up for our
mailing list with planning details of events and when we're making
decisions about financial matters and makerspace activities we want to keep
the discussion amongst just active members sometimes.

*>>second- do we have a social media point person, per this email?*

Not so much, so maybe it's easiest to break this down by outlet:
Facebook: I think in general me, Gergana, Monica, Colten or Emily makeing
sure event pages get created. Other then that all kinds of people post on
the page and it seems awesome.
MakerspaceUrbana.org: Get's occasional updates by me, Gergana, Monica,
Colten, Emily,or Jeff Harris. I think?
Twitter: Ok this one seems to be just me and perhaps Monica.
Meetup: Emily and Colten seem to create these events.
And if anyone else wants access to any of these outlets just let me know.
Crap... ok I might be the point person but I'll never admit it ;-). But
seriously I have told Rachel in the past she can contact me or Gergana
about social media stuff.

Hope that helped explain some things!
  Jeff

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:43 PM, elizaBeth Simpson <elizacorps at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi folks:
>
> first- what's the difference between our gmail and ucimc addresses?
>
> second- do we have a social media point person, per this email?
>
> -ezB
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rachel Storm <rachelstrm at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Imc-members] IMC Facebook Support
> To: imc <imc at ucimc.org>, Board of Directors Discussion <
> imc-boardofdirectors at lists.chambana.net>, IMC Membership <
> imc-members at lists.chambana.net>, RFU List <rfu at lists.chambana.net>,
> booksto prisoners <BooksToPrisoners at lists.chambana.net>, "
> imc-makerspace at lists.chambana.net" <imc-makerspace at lists.chambana.net>,
> IMC-Tech List <imc-tech at ucimc.org>, "imc-print at lists.chambana.net" <
> imc-print at lists.chambana.net>, Danielle Chynoweth <arthousefarm at gmail.com>
>
>
> Following up to this discussion from last semester:
>
>
>    - Continue to post your updates to the UCIMC page! (I've been updating
>    it a little, but I also added the following people as point people: Ed,
>    Gergana, Jeff, Neil, Brian, Suzanne, Jay, Danielle, and Jessie.
>    - Post any events you have through the UCIMC Facebook page. We likely
>    have some different fans, so duplicate pages are fine if your working group
>    also has it's own page
>    - If your group still hasn't identified a point person, please do.
>    - I will also be adding a working groups page to the website as we
>    continue to develop plans for a brand-spaninking-new one and I'll add any
>    of your additional pages you've shared with me (Twitter, etc.)
>
> Be well!
>
> UCIMC love,
> Rachel
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Rachel Storm <rachelstrm at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Greetings IMC Groups!
>>
>> We're working to revamp and generate more usage of the IMC's Facebook
>> page, including posting all activities, updating about what's going on at
>> the IMC, and using it as a sound board for getting folks involved in the
>> IMC's projects.
>>
>> To that end, *we're asking every working group and renting organization *to
>> designate a social media point person within your organization who will
>> commit to posting updates about your group, creating event pages for
>> upcoming events hosted by your group, and helping us tell the story of all
>> of the tremendous things happening in the IMC. We are the media center--so
>> let's make the best use of social media we can.
>>
>> Please reply to me and let me know the following:
>>
>>    - First and last name of your group's point person
>>    - Email of your group's point person (the email affiliated with your
>>    FB account)
>>    - A link to your organizations website (if separate from IMC)
>>    - A link to your group's page or group on Facebook and Twitter (if
>>    applicable)
>>    - Any additional social media account we should know about and link
>>    to!
>>       - *Including Twitter, Flickr, Soundcloud, Picasa, Vimeo, Youtube,
>>       etc.*
>>
>> We look forward to making better use of the IMC's Facebook page!
>>
>> Media <3,
>> Rachel Storm, Programming Chair
>> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
>>
>>
>>
>
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