[Durham INC] Neighborship

[Phillip Bost]

Well said, Bill.
I agree with everything you stated. I knew I had heard that 'quilting'
phrase before and it was from you over a year ago talking in the street
about listservs!
My how time flies.

Phil Bost
Acadia St.
Duke Park
durhamhoods.com

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:10 PM, <TheOcean1 at aol.com> wrote:

> **
> *Having met with, and chatted with, Hartmut numerous times, it is my
> belief that introducing a new system will seriously disrupt the listserv
> system that we've accidentally put in place over the years.*
> **
> *In fact, that "quilting" term he mentioned probably came from our
> discussions. I didn't copyright the word, and he's welcome to use it, but
> when I used it I was describing the neighborhood listservs as pieces of the
> quilt, and they are sewn together when we cross post messages from one
> neighborhood to the next. Ditto cross posting from one Partners Against
> Crime district to the next.*
> **
> *Had we used Hartmut's system from the start, all would probably be well,
> although the possibility that it wouldn't remain free forever was a
> reasonable concern. But to switch over now could undermine the excellent
> communication we all presently enjoy (in my opinion).*
> **
> *Why fix something that isn't broken? It's disturbing that he's using
> some neighborhood's name in marketing when he's been asked to stop.*
>
> Bill Anderson
>
>
>  In a message dated 2/6/2012 10:30:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> reynbowman at gmail.com writes:
>
> 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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> 2203 Shoreham St
> Durham, NC 27707
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