[sustran] Re: Extending Sustran

Cornie Huizenga cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org
Mon Aug 27 17:24:58 JST 2012


Daniel,

Good points, especially on the mix between professional and private
networks.

Cornie

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Bongardt, Daniel GIZ CN <
daniel.bongardt at giz.de> wrote:

> Hi Eric and Carlos,
> I like facebook and google plus as networks and the extended audiance. A
> problem here in China is that both networks are blocked by the government.
> In addition, we might have to consider the target group, i myself still
> struggle a bit with facebook as it mixes my professional and private
> network.
> Best
> Daniel
>
> Check out: www.tdm-beijing.org
>
>
> Am 24.08.2012 um 20:41 schrieb "Carlosfelipe Pardo" <
> carlosfpardo at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > I think Facebook is good as a social networking site, but not as an
> > archive of discussions. I love the fact that I can search something in
> > the sustran archive, because many people are always giving many useful
> > links or anecdotes or references that sometimes I've needed to support
> > an argument. Facebook wouldn't have that capability, I think it is too
> > ephemeral for these discussions... unless we want to have ephemeral
> > discussions, in which case I'd suggest we do a Facebook page for that
> > purpose.
> >
> > Carlos.
> >
> > On 24/08/2012 06:18 a.m., eric britton wrote:
> >> Dear Sustraners,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Here's an idea which I put before you for your comments and
> suggestions. It
> >> involves a Facebook Sustran Global South page which we set up at
> >> http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldstreets/  and which we propose as a
> >> possible complement to the original Sustran-Discuss site launched in the
> >> late nineties at
> http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss. I
> >> personally have no fixed ideas on this, but let me share with you my
> >> thoughts.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hate or love Facebook we at least are finding that it is a valuable
> tool and
> >> part of our overall communications strategy.  The software behind the
> pages
> >> that we work with is being steadily improved, and we are finding it a
> lot
> >> more efficient than the Yahoo Groups fora that we started to set up
> already
> >> in the mid-nineties.  I like that it permits the easy exchange of
> images,
> >> photographs, and videos , as well as handling html pretty well, all of
> which
> >> makes a nice addition.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The popular original Sustran-Discuss Forum offers a fine collaborative
> >> platform for exchanging information, ideas and comments and serves us
> well
> >> for peer exchanges in matters involving specifically sustainable
> transport
> >> in the Global South for more than a dozen years now. But as we have
> seen in
> >> linking the main World Streets site (www.WorldStreets.org) to a
> parallel
> >> Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/worldstreets, there is good
> >> potential for creative interaction between the two which increases both
> the
> >> reach and the depth of the discussions. The W/S Facebook page, for
> example,
> >> currently brings in an additional 1453 (as of this morning)  cogent
> minds to
> >> the issues.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Today and without really trying we have a modest 67 members on the
> Sustran
> >> page, but it is at least a start.   Again, my hope is that the two
> devices
> >> will enhance and support each other.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I look forward to your reactions and suggestions on this.  If you have
> >> questions, let me try to answer them here or directly to me via
> >> eric.britton at ecoplan.org.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Eric Britton
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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