dalinian
December-03-2010, 08:06 AM
Hi NotionAddicts,
Since some folk have been asking after helping out with updating our...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/dalinian61/Notion-Ink-adam/NAGD-map-v3-30Nov10-titled-600px.jpg (http://tinyurl.com/NAGD-map)
...I’ve created a fully illustrated ‘How To’ guide on how you can help out, which begins:
You Too can be a Welcomer/Map-Updater
As new members arrive, many of them follow the ‘traditional’ forum-community path of posting a brief message to the ‘Introductions (http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/14-Introductions)’ forum, often mentioning their real world location, eg: “Hi From Staten Island, New York (http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/293-Hi-From-Staten-Island-New-York)”. Up to now (03 Dec 10), the admin/moderator team (ownad, Levon, ArmanB) and I have been posting a “Welcome” response; and if a location is mentioned (in the post, or in the new NotionAddict’s profile), I’ve been adding a Map Marker to our NotionAddicts Global Distribution Map (http://tinyurl.com/NAGD-thread), then sending a Private Message to let the new NotionAddict know that they are on the Map.
[snip - map graphic, as above]
Since this is a task nearly any web-savvy NotionAddict could do, and since there are indications of willingness to help out, here’s how I suggest you could carry out the task of being a ‘Welcomer/Map-Updater’ too. In this worked example [...]
Here’s a link to the full thread, in all its full-coulour goodness:
» Welcoming In New NotionAddicts – and putting them on the Map (http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/349-Welcoming-In-New-NotionAddicts-%E2%80%93-and-putting-them-on-the-Map)
Share & Enjoy, dalinian
Since some folk have been asking after helping out with updating our...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/dalinian61/Notion-Ink-adam/NAGD-map-v3-30Nov10-titled-600px.jpg (http://tinyurl.com/NAGD-map)
...I’ve created a fully illustrated ‘How To’ guide on how you can help out, which begins:
You Too can be a Welcomer/Map-Updater
As new members arrive, many of them follow the ‘traditional’ forum-community path of posting a brief message to the ‘Introductions (http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/14-Introductions)’ forum, often mentioning their real world location, eg: “Hi From Staten Island, New York (http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/293-Hi-From-Staten-Island-New-York)”. Up to now (03 Dec 10), the admin/moderator team (ownad, Levon, ArmanB) and I have been posting a “Welcome” response; and if a location is mentioned (in the post, or in the new NotionAddict’s profile), I’ve been adding a Map Marker to our NotionAddicts Global Distribution Map (http://tinyurl.com/NAGD-thread), then sending a Private Message to let the new NotionAddict know that they are on the Map.
[snip - map graphic, as above]
Since this is a task nearly any web-savvy NotionAddict could do, and since there are indications of willingness to help out, here’s how I suggest you could carry out the task of being a ‘Welcomer/Map-Updater’ too. In this worked example [...]
Here’s a link to the full thread, in all its full-coulour goodness:
» Welcoming In New NotionAddicts – and putting them on the Map (http://www.notionaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php/349-Welcoming-In-New-NotionAddicts-%E2%80%93-and-putting-them-on-the-Map)
Share & Enjoy, dalinian