I think the idea of reducing "spam" is great. To make it even more efficient, I think it would be a good idea to roll this email list into the Environment and Social Justice one, and have plenty of garden stuff in the Environment and Social Justice eNewsletter. <br>
At the moment, I am writing the Environment and Social Justice eNewsletter and am happy to continue doing this (as I am getting paid for it). So if people are happy with this, I am happy to get the list sorted and then all you need to do is let me know what you want me to put in the newsletter. <br>
Jess<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Tim Scott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:timscott97@gmail.com">timscott97@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><b>In this email....</b><br><br>1. eNews<br>2. easy blog posts (2.5 ways)<br>3. Facebook n Twitter<br>4. eList archive onto the blog?<br>5. photos<br><b>__________________________________________________</b><br>
<b><br>1. eNews</b> vs <i>spam</i><br>
How you do feel about turning this eList into a weekly eNewsletter, and creating a new one for discussions? That way
people who just want to find out when to come along, and how to [insert
random gardening trivia/skill here] could get involved without having
to deal with our organisational spam.<br><br>If this is what people want, I'd love to show someone how to do it.<br><br>We could try setting up a way of automatically generating most of the email content in future (from blog posts & calendar, etc). For the moment, though, it'd be great to have someone or a couple of someones to help write it (perhaps on a roster). Any volunteers? No perma/horticultural or techie knowledge required.<br>
<b>__________________________________________________</b><br><br><b>2. Easy blog posts</b><br><i><b><br>PressThis bookmarklet</b></i><br>Method 1:<br>Select & drag the highlighted text below up to your bookmark toolbar (under your browser address bar) to get a button you can click to bookmark any page directly onto the eatMonash blog. You can rename the button by right clicking on it and selecting 'properties'.<br>
<br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">javascript:var%20d=document,w=window,e=w.getSelection,k=d.getSelection,x=d.selection,s=(e?e():(k)?k():(x?x.createRange().text:0)),f='<a href="http://eatmonash.wordpress.com/wp-admin/press-this.php" target="_blank">http://eatmonash.wordpress.com/wp-admin/press-this.php</a>',l=d.location,e=encodeURIComponent,u=f+'?u='+e(l.href)+'&t='+e(d.title)+'&s='+e(s)+'&v=4';a=function(){if(!w.open(u,'t','toolbar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,status=1,width=720,height=570'))l.href=u;};if%20(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))%20setTimeout(a,%200);%20else%20a();void(0)</span><br>
<br><div style="text-align: center;">{{{{{{{{{OR}}}}}}}}}<br></div><br>Method 2:<br><br>Drag the PressThis link on the <a href="http://eatmonash.wordpress.com/wp-admin/tools.php" target="_blank">tools </a>section of the eatMonash wordpress page.<br>
<br>You'll need to login. <b> username: eatmonash password: P3r3nn1al</b><br><i><b><br><br>Post-by-email</b></i><br>Here's how to <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/" target="_blank">post to the eatMonash blog by email</a>. Just send them to <a href="mailto:nohi231bona@post.wordpress.com" target="_blank">this address</a> (<a href="mailto:nohi231bona@post.wordpress.com" target="_blank">nohi231bona@post.wordpress.com</a>)<br>
<b>__________________________________________________</b><br><br><b>3. Facebook n Twitter</b><br>I've taken the liberty of creating an <a href="http://twitter.com/eatmonash" target="_blank">EatMonash Twitter account</a>, so blog posts can automatically reach a wider audience. If anyone thinks I'm an idiot for doing this, or just has feedback, questions or ideas, I'd love to hear from you.<br>
<b>Login is eatmonash. Password is P3r3nn1al</b> (same as for wordpress)<br><br>Facebook's a little more tricky (can't autofeed from blog to group, do we want a fan page? Would that just be for the garden or for the wider push for an edible campus ...etc.) Would love to chat with y'all about this stuff.<b><br>
</b><b>__________________________________________________</b><br><b><br>4. eList archive onto the blog?</b><br>Do we want to start putting our emails up on the blog for the world to see? This way people can look back in time and see why certain decisions were made, and who to speak to about them...<br>
My gut feeling is that it's best to just put the eNewsletter up there, and have a link to the existing <a href="https://lists.aktivix.org/pipermail/monashcommunitygarden/" target="_blank">eList archive</a> on the Garden Docs page (done).<br>
<b>__________________________________________________<br><br>5. photos</b><b><br></b>Thanks a bunch to Jess for taking some awesome <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=148722887346&view=all" target="_blank">photos</a> on Thursday. Check them out!<br>
Do we want to keep doing photos through facebook, or start using Flickr or something so we can embed them in the webpage?<br><b>__________________________________________________</b><br><br>Thanks for reading! Look forward to your feedback.<br>
A happy healthy exciting break to you all!<br><br><br><br>Tim<br><b>---------------------------------</b><br><a href="mailto:timscott97@gmail.com" target="_blank">timscott97@gmail.com</a><br>0411 345 983<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Tim Scott<br><a href="mailto:timscott97@gmail.com" target="_blank">timscott97@gmail.com</a><br>0411 345 983<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jess Mackay<br><br>MSA Environment and Social Justice Officer<br><br>Monash Student Association<br>Building 10<br>Monash University 3800<br><br>Ph:+61 3 990 54134<br>
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