LLL Community Network
Sue Ann Kendall
LLLI Online Communications Manager
From: LEAVEN, Vol. 40 No. 5, October-November 2004, p. 117.
A new project that will revolutionize
how we communicate with each other is being finalized. It will make
tasks that were once difficult easy, and provide us with tools to do
all sorts of new things. The La Leche League Community Network (LLLCN)
will be a private, safe environment to do so many things Leaders would
like to do...creating connections all along the way!
Can’t we connect perfectly
well already, you may ask?
Sure, you can join a Leader
email list on a public or private host, if you are able to find it.
You can use a Web browser to seek out literature, newsletters, and news.
You can also telephone others to hear their stories. But what if you
could do that in a single space, shared by Leaders from around the world?
What if it could be very easy to figure out what’s available or
who else you might want to learn from? And what if the environment could
be as welcoming, friendly, and supportive as a Group meeting? Technology
has evolved to a point where we can do this virtually. The LLL Community
Network’s purpose is to provide just this kind of experience for
any interested Leader, anywhere there is a connection to the Internet.
It is an online environment that will let us work together with all
the tools we need in one place.
The project is in beta testing
now (that means final check for bugs, etc.), so soon all Leaders will
be given a chance to try the LLLCN out. You will be receiving information
on how to log on in coming weeks.
The LLLCN will be a great
way for Leaders to communicate with each other and the LLLI staff, and
will make many tasks easier for us all. The developers have worked hard
to make the network work the way Leaders want to work, to be easy to
use as well as to be flexible. I hope you are as intrigued and curious
as I am. I look forward to using it and making it my own, and I hope
you will, too!
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