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Kevin Silver
June 22, 2009 9:40am

Hi IxDA Membership,

Over the last few years there has been an incredible proliferation of Local Groups meeting face to face around the world. Currently we have over 80 groups with new groups starting up monthly. The groups are started by members who have raised their hand and are willing to volunteer their time because they feel it’s important to manifest the online discussion into a face to face meet-up in their area. They do this with nominal support from IxDA using a disparate range of tools to help organize their groups and events.

It's time we change this. A major goal of the Conan project is to provide a centralized platform for Local Groups that will make it easier for local groups to disseminate information about their events and to manage their groups. Some of the functionality the Conan project will include is:

  • A comprehensive Local Group Directory, including search functionality.
  • Dedicated mini-site for each Local Group that will be maintainable by the Local Leader for that group and includes: event listing and rsvp, member listing, photo and video libraries, local jobs and discussion both pulled from the main discussion list.
  • Member profile integration.
  • Language localization.

    • The Conan team has more planned, but first we need to get the platform in place. Please help support Local Groups and the Conan Project by donating today! .

    http://www.ixda.org/blog/2009/06/givebackgiveback/

    Thanks!

    Kevin Silver
    IxDA Director - Local Groups

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