TheBanyanTree: The Banyan Tree group on Facebook

[Sachet]

I agree with sash! She makes perfect sense. This is going to be so nice! 
Thanks again, Anita!

auntie sash wrote:
> Thanks for your efforts, Anita.
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> I think a closed group is perfect.  If they aren't part of the Banyan Tree,
> why the heck would they want to be in the group?  And if they do, they can
> just join the Tree, which has pretty open enrollment, yes??
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> I'm on facebook quite a lot and would be happy to help out with....whatever.
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> sash
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> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Anita Coia <anita at redpepper.net.au> wrote:
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>> Okay!  I've set up a group called The Banyan Tree on Facebook - called "The
>> Banyan Tree".  Hopefully this link will help you identify it:
>> http://www.facebook.com/anita.coia?ref=profile#/group.php?gid=121355910109
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>> It's a closed group at the moment, which means the administrator(s)
>> (currently me) need to approve requests to join.
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>> What do you guys think about that?  Would you prefer an open group?  I'm
>> just concerned that there is a lot of private and personal information
>> shared with the Tree and it might be prudent to have a little bit of
>> control.  There are some things I have told the group in the past that I
>> would not tell many of my friends!
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>> However, I will also check what actions the Administrators can take - if
>> posts can be easily deleted or people kicked off if they are just being
>> troublesome, it might not be an issue being an open group.
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>> Also - I think it would obviously be good to have more than one
>> administrator!  I don't think there is a limit on the number of
>> administrators, but I won't know for sure till people join up and I try
>> designating members as administrators.  There is also an "Officer'
>> classification, no idea what that is at the moment.
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>> Any volunteers to be administrators??
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>> Also - I had to write a description of the group so I put something in, but
>> I am MORE than happy to change it!!  Please let me know what you would like
>> me to put in there.  I'm sure we had one originally, but I have changed
>> computers a number of times and lost emails so can't recall it.
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>> Cheers,
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>> Anita
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>> xxx
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