[Durham INC] Neighborship

[Joshua Allen]

For WHHNA, we chose not to move to Neighborship, after letting let Hartmut
do a trial run with WHHNA.  It did not work out and we asked Hartmut to
remove WHHNA from Neighborship, but he has not.  I don't like that he is
promoting Neighborship as though our community decided to support and use
it.  People are free to use whatever tools they want.  People can use
Facebook, Google, etc.   If neighbors decide to move in mass, that's great.
 For us, neighbors and the board wanted to stick with our listserv, and we
did not want fragmentation across multiple services.  We even had a
committee study this and provide a recommendation. There's also a long
history of debate about Neighborhsip on our listserv (I think from around
late 2010 .. October/November timeframe if memory serves) if anyone cares
to read it.

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Reyn Bowman <reynbowman at gmail.com> wrote:

> While neighborhood associations may choose for whatever reason not to move
> to a more flexible platform, they may wish to offer it to their residence
> who do.  We owe a great deal to those individuals who introduced us to
> listserves and it seems from what I have seen that neighborship is just
> another progressive step in that tradition
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Philip Azar RR <pazar at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Trinity Park is not part of neighborship.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org]
>> *On Behalf Of *Phillip Bost
>> *Sent:* Friday, February 03, 2012 5:26 PM
>> *To:* Joshua Allen
>> *Cc:* inc-list at durhaminc.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Durham INC] Neighborship****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Will just state briefly that I oppose the use of this software in
>> communities that already have mailing lists in place, but fully support it
>> for neighborhoods that don't already have a mailing list set up.****
>>
>> The risk is that some in an established online community will opt in,
>> while others will not, thereby fracturing the community.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Cheers,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Phil Bost****
>>
>> Duke Park****
>>
>> DurhamHoods.com Creator ****
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Joshua Allen <allen.joshua at gmail.com>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Watts Hillandale is not part of neighborship. The board elected not to
>> use it. I have asked Hartmut not to promote his site listing our
>> neighborhood.
>>
>> --Joshua ****
>>
>> -----****
>>
>> Sent from iPhone.  Please excuse brevity, typos, etc.****
>>
>>
>> On Feb 3, 2012, at 10:22 AM, John Martin <bulldurhamnc at yahoo.com> wrote:*
>> ***
>>
>> *Note:  Mr. Harmut Jahn has asked me to send the following message to
>> the INC listserv.  He is currently on the agenda for the March meeting to
>> briefly explain his product.  Neither I, nor the INC, has endorsed his
>> program.  This is  Mr. Jahn's description, and I'm simply conveying it for
>> your information.*****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *--John Martin, INC President.*****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Neighborship <http://www.neighborship.com/> is inviting all citizens in
>> Durham to participate in a new way to connect with their neighbors,
>> neighboring communities, and****
>>
>> Durham. It is private, safe and fun to use!
>>
>> Currently available communities are:****
>>
>>
>> Brightleaf
>> Downtown Durham
>> Forest Hills
>> Hope Valley
>> Lattamoor
>> Northgate-Park
>> Rockwood
>> Station Nine
>> Trinity-Heights
>> Trinity Park
>> Watts-Hillandale
>> West-Village
>> Woodcroft
>>
>> Neighborship represents a new approach to online communities. It
>> is linking or "quilting" them together with their municipalities and is
>> providing them
>> with their own panels to administer members, groups, content, and access
>> rights. One important goal was to free neighbors of irrelevant emails and
>> to let them focus on what matters most to them. By creating a structure to
>> join organized conversations we eliminate time-consuming redundancies while
>> providing community oversight.
>>
>> Neighborship is providing boards and neighbors with many useful and
>> unique features, such as
>>
>> ****
>>
>> **·         **a parent network for each city****
>>
>> **·         **an easy way to set up neighborhood websites****
>>
>> **·         **a neighborhood events calendar****
>>
>> **·         **a neighborhood bartering network****
>>
>> **·         **a review system****
>>
>> **·         **daily email notices****
>>
>> **·         **dues collections****
>>
>> **·         **an alert system****
>>
>> **·         **an access to PAC messages****
>>
>> **·         **and more****
>>
>> Join at www.neighborship.com and start communicating more efficiently in
>> Durham.****
>>
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>>
>>
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>>
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>
>
> --
> Reyn Bowman
> 2203 Shoreham St
> Durham, NC 27707
> 919-381-1497
> www.bullcitymutterings.com
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Joshua
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