Looks like we're voting both on the Google sheet and here, so I'll cast mine in favor as well. Facebook is an imperfect tool and a spawning ground for many rabbit holes, but it is also a useful tool for outreach and communication.
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Scott Burgess | Manager of Recording Labs and Live Sound
Dept of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies
University of Colorado Denver
303-315-7462 (office – please note new phone number!)
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On 9/12/18, 8:44 AM, "Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List on behalf of Gary Gottlieb" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
My experience working with a wide variety of constituencies has made it
clear that different people communicate in different ways, and different
people prefer different forms of social media. When I wish to reach a wider
group I use all forms of media. As such, I support a facebook page as a
means to reach that part of our constituency that uses facebook.
Gary Gottlieb
Co-Chair, AES Historical Committee, DC Section Secretary, and Eastern
Region Vice President Elect, Audio Engineering Society
Executive Director,St. Louis Audio Project
http://stlaudio.org/
Author, Shaping Sound in the Studio and Beyond, Recording on the Go & How
Does It Sound Now? (Winner of the 2010 ARSC Award for Excellence in
Historical Recorded Sound Research)
http://stlaudio.org/gottlieb/
On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Some of us don’t use those things.
> <L>
> Lou Judson
> Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Sep 12, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Mason Vander Lugt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi ARSC, the Online Media Committee is looking into the idea of creating
> a discussion group on Facebook, and would like your (ARSC member) input
> about the possibility. In short, a "Group", in Facebook terms, functions
> more like a web forum, and would not replace our existing Facebook "Page",
> which is designed more for ARSC to communicate with members and the public
> (but, to a lesser extent, supports user submissions).
> >
> > For examples, you can look at existing Facebook groups for similar
> organizations:
> > AMIA (https://www.facebook.com/groups/76820094560)
> > IASA (https://www.facebook.com/groups/179371048900314)
> > AES (https://www.facebook.com/groups/AudioEngineeringSoc)
> >
> > We have created an anonymous 5-question survey on Google forms, link
> below. Please take a moment to complete it to let us know how you feel
> about the idea. The OMC will discuss the results at our meeting later this
> month and will update here after we've had a chance to process results and
> weigh options. If you would like more information about what such a group
> would entail, feel free to write me and/or Andrew Hansbrough (
> [log in to unmask]).
> >
> > https://goo.gl/forms/b78SSo8dKHGMvo9H2
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Mason Vander Lugt and the Online Media Committee
> >
> > P.S. if you are on Facebook but aren't yet following the official ARSC
> page, check it out! - https://www.facebook.com/arscaudio/
> >
>
