There've been some good comments on last week's post about online community. Richard noted that he was kind of surprised that nothing has been set up already.
I would be surprised if the Extension School or HESA hadn't thought of starting a discussion board or e-newsletter at least five years ago. I imagine such discussions have taken place, but I suspect time, money, and other issues have gotten in the way. For instance, HESA has a rotating core of officers, and a major online initiative might take longer than a year to get off the ground, at which point the original project owners are already gone or graduated, and the new crop doesn't follow through. HESA may also be thinking that the print newsletter (The Night Owl) and the electronic version (in PDF format) are enough.
The Extension School itself may have their own set of reservations about online projects beyond the existing website. I'll talk more about this later ...
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