Re: Bulletin (+CB) to continue or not to continue?

Samuel Fleet - FoEE Press <samuel.fleet-octSvtrGuH/[email protected]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:07:20 +0100
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Hey Justin,

Not much to add on what's been said. First, thanks for all your work - 
great to still have a bulletin going. I think it's still a useful tool, 
especially within the WCN network.

Very pro streamlining and combining the website and current bulletin. I 
think the bulletin is a useful tool (although Jarren makes some good 
points, we definitely need to make it smartphone accessible), but it's 
time we create more crossover and reinvigorate both website + 
newsletter. We might consider something that works along Mailchimp's 
lines (but perhaps an open source alternative?) that allows quick and 
easy content creation/editing and automated contact management; social 
media integration; smartphone accessibility etc. The editorial tasks 
would change little, but you'd be streamlining and freeing up more time 
to put into the CB website, and interlinking more between the two, 
driving traffic to both.

Evaluating the bulletin and CB website could be a good starting point, 
to see what people find useful, and how they want their content... 
(excuse me if any of these thoughts have already been 
suggested/implemented - I struggle to keep up with the list)

At the moment I'm not going to be able to help out with this. Not sure 
how useful it is, but will try to keep pitching in with ideas...

Cheers,

Sam

On 21/02/2013 23:54, Justin Hyatt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> thanks for the inputs and glad to see some discussion going on. I do 
> agree with Joel and Jason that a concise format is good to have, and i 
> do believe that in the age of instant messaging and tweeting, it is 
> refreshing to have something as (gasp) traditional as a bulletin. 
> actually i think newsletters are still quite common. i also think that 
> printing them out in areas where people might not be plugged into the 
> internet around the clock is also useful. and at least when i'm 
> sitting in a cafe, if there is a mag or flyer that catches my 
> attention, i'll read it.
>
> also nice to hear that there are people who hope for it to continue. 
> please keep up informing this list of your opinions it will be 
> useful!! and Pascal, would you mind stencilling the next issue for us? 
> a big thanks in advance :)
>
> Justin
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Pascal van den Noort 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Could we maybe consider stencilling :-)
>
>
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>     Velo Mondial, A Micro Multi-National
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>     On 20 feb. 2013, at 21:08, J.H. Crawford <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>>
>>     There are advantages to the bulletin format. Rather than getting
>>     your news a little bit at a time, you get a bunch of it all at
>>     once. I know it's not "modern," but it works for me.
>>
>>     Joel
>>
>>
>>
>>>     I'm fairly shocked email lists and "bulletins" even still exist.
>>>      Just make a simple modern forum for all this discussion and use
>>>     one that's smart-phone/tablet friendly too.
>>>
>>>     On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Andrea Herrmann
>>>     <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>     Hi,
>>>
>>>     yes, I like this idea. Making the bulletin look nice and printing
>>>     causes probably most of the time need and cost. So, it is better
>>>     to have a lightweigt version of the bulletin than not having
>>>     any at all.
>>>
>>>     Keeping carfree activists worldwide connected and informed is
>>>     important.
>>>     And in times of economic crisis, it is even more important to
>>>     celebrate carfree life. Because cars are unnecessary luxury
>>>     that destroy enonomics means that could be invested better
>>>     elsewhere.
>>>     And many people can not afford cars and longer. They need our
>>>     advice. :-)
>>>
>>>     Justin, I would be willing to spend a bit more time in the
>>>     newsletter. How can I help you?
>>>
>>>     Andrea
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>>>     Datum: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:33:04 -0500
>>>>     Von: "J.H. Crawford"
>>>>     <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
>>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>>     An: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>     CC: carfree_network
>>>>     <<mailto:carfree_network-/[email protected]>carfree_network-/[email protected]
>>>>     <mailto:carfree_network-/[email protected]>>
>>>>     Betreff: Re: [carfree_network] Bulletin (+CB) to continue or
>>>>     not to  continue?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Hi Justin and others,
>>>>
>>>>     First of all, thanks, Justin, for keeping this in front of us.
>>>>
>>>>     In general, I do see some resurgence of interest in carfree cities.
>>>>     (Looking back, WCN died along with the rest of the global
>>>>     economy. Maybe the need
>>>>     for a shift to a green economy is driving some new interest in
>>>>     our ideas.)
>>>>     Traffic on my web site is back up, although not to pre-crash
>>>>     levels. For
>>>>     the first time in years I've been asked to make a major
>>>>     presentation
>>>>     (Stockholm), and Montreal is considering a large carfree
>>>>     development on the site
>>>>     of a former horse racing track.
>>>>
>>>>     However, I don't think we can plan on a large increase in
>>>>     available time
>>>>     and energy. I would, therefore, suggest that if Justin is
>>>>     willing to do it,
>>>>     he put out an e-mail bulletin (simple, unformatted, with
>>>>     in-line links)
>>>>     every two or three months. That gets us most of the benefit of
>>>>     something more
>>>>     formal (and prettier!) at the minimum expenditure of effort.
>>>>
>>>>     Yes, I know we like things to look nice and to be available in
>>>>     print, too,
>>>>     but that's not a realistic goal at this time, I think.
>>>>
>>>>     What do others think?
>>>>
>>>>     By the way, I REALLY need help promoting my videos. It's all I
>>>>     can do to
>>>>     get them made; getting people to watch is beyond me. Latest
>>>>     ones are at:
>>>>
>>>>     <https://vimeo.com/jhcrawford/videos>https://vimeo.com/jhcrawford/videos
>>>>
>>>>     Hitting Like after you watch is really important to spreading them.
>>>>
>>>>     Best,
>>>>
>>>>     Joel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>     Dear Carbusting WCNers, WCN-loving Carbusters, and bulletin
>>>>>     readers!
>>>>>
>>>>>     As those of you following the bulletin - monthly carfree
>>>>>     newsletter -
>>>>     should have read earlier, there was a decision made late last
>>>>     year to combine
>>>>     the Bulletin with Carbusters, and have both work in a combo
>>>>     way, on website
>>>>     and electronic distribution (with the possibility for local
>>>>     printing by
>>>>     interested orgs). Since then, an editors email group was
>>>>     started, to oversee
>>>>     this project. Yet precious little else has happened.
>>>>>
>>>>>     I have come to realize that even on the editors group there
>>>>>     are not a lot
>>>>     of people with lots of time on their hands, and I now see that
>>>>     more people
>>>>     will be needed who are enthusiastic, can at least commit to a
>>>>     certain (not
>>>>     huge, but useful) amount of time, and then work towards the
>>>>     goal. However,
>>>>     under the current conditions, I can not foresee myself mostly
>>>>     single-handedly bringing this CB-Bulletin
>>>>     joining/transformation about. Without
>>>>     additional help, i could at most agree to put out a simple
>>>>     bulletin, as earlier,
>>>>     on a 2-3 monthly basis.
>>>>>
>>>>>     In order to do the transformation, we'd need someone with
>>>>>     programming
>>>>     skills (drupal or wordpress, CMS installation capacity), some
>>>>     graphic design
>>>>     help, and editorial work help.
>>>>>
>>>>>     But this might also be the time to pause and reflect - is
>>>>>     keeping the WCN
>>>>     news organs going, something that is desirable? (some have
>>>>     noticed it
>>>>     missing, and told me so) is it still something that can be of
>>>>     support to the
>>>>     global carfree movement, even if the World Carfree Network
>>>>     itself is not
>>>>     particularly active these times? If it is desirable to keep,
>>>>     are there people
>>>>     around who have the will and the energy to help make it happen?
>>>>>
>>>>>     I'm happy to put in effort here - but it will be conditional
>>>>>     on having a
>>>>     strategy that works. However if it is time to decide to put
>>>>     this on the
>>>>     backburner for now, and pursue other activities supportive of
>>>>     carfree causes,
>>>>     i'm happy to hear what people think. if there is little comment
>>>>     and mostly
>>>>     silence concerning this email, that is a kind of answer too.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>>     Justin
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>>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
>>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>     http://www.carfree.com
>>>>     Twitter:
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    Hey Justin,<br>
    <br>
    Not much to add on what's been said. First, thanks for all your work
    - great to still have a bulletin going. I think it's still a useful
    tool, especially within the WCN network.<br>
    <br>
    Very pro streamlining and combining the website and current
    bulletin. I think the bulletin is a useful tool (although Jarren
    makes some good points, we definitely need to make it smartphone
    accessible), but it's time we create more crossover and reinvigorate
    both website + newsletter. We might consider something that works
    along Mailchimp's lines (but perhaps an open source alternative?)
    that allows quick and easy content creation/editing and automated
    contact management; social media integration; smartphone
    accessibility etc. The editorial tasks would change little, but
    you'd be streamlining and freeing up more time to put into the CB
    website, and interlinking more between the two, driving traffic to
    both.<br>
    <br>
    Evaluating the bulletin and CB website could be a good starting
    point, to see what people find useful, and how they want their
    content... (excuse me if any of these thoughts have already been
    suggested/implemented - I struggle to keep up with the list)<br>
    <br>
    At the moment I'm not going to be able to help out with this. Not
    sure how useful it is, but will try to keep pitching in with
    ideas... <br>
    <br>
    Cheers,<br>
    <br>
    Sam<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/02/2013 23:54, Justin Hyatt
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAF_aiTRNRdMqh4hOigSpp-VoFROOOzegeJOKaofj1HaSz=VJGw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org"
      type="cite">Hi all,<br>
      <br>
      thanks for the inputs and glad to see some discussion going on. I
      do agree with Joel and Jason that a concise format is good to
      have, and i do believe that in the age of instant messaging and
      tweeting, it is refreshing to have something as (gasp) traditional
      as a bulletin. actually i think newsletters are still quite
      common. i also think that printing them out in areas where people
      might not be plugged into the internet around the clock is also
      useful. and at least when i'm sitting in a cafe, if there is a mag
      or flyer that catches my attention, i'll read it.<br>
      <br>
      also nice to hear that there are people who hope for it to
      continue. please keep up informing this list of your opinions it
      will be useful!! and Pascal, would you mind stencilling the next
      issue for us? a big thanks in advance :)<br>
      <br>
      Justin<br>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Pascal
        van den Noort <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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          <div style="word-wrap:break-word">Could we maybe consider
            stencilling :-)<br>
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              <br>
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                On 20 feb. 2013, at 21:08, J.H. Crawford &lt;<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;
                wrote:<br>
                <br>
                <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                  There are advantages to the bulletin format. Rather
                  than getting your news a little bit at a time, you get
                  a bunch of it all at once. I know it's not "modern,"
                  but it works for me.<br>
                  <br>
                  Joel<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <blockquote type="cite">I'm fairly shocked email lists
                    and "bulletins" even still exist. &nbsp;Just make a
                    simple modern forum for all this discussion and use
                    one that's smart-phone/tablet friendly too.<br>
                    <br>
                    On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Andrea Herrmann
                    &lt;&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">mailto:[email protected]</a>&gt;<a
                      moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:[email protected]"
                      target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
                    Hi,<br>
                    <br>
                    yes, I like this idea. Making the bulletin look nice
                    and printing<br>
                    causes probably most of the time need and cost. So,
                    it is better<br>
                    to have a lightweigt version of the bulletin than
                    not having<br>
                    any at all.<br>
                    <br>
                    Keeping carfree activists worldwide connected and
                    informed is important.<br>
                    And in times of economic crisis, it is even more
                    important to<br>
                    celebrate carfree life. Because cars are unnecessary
                    luxury<br>
                    that destroy enonomics means that could be invested
                    better elsewhere.<br>
                    And many people can not afford cars and longer. They
                    need our advice. :-)<br>
                    <br>
                    Justin, I would be willing to spend a bit more time
                    in the<br>
                    newsletter. How can I help you?<br>
                    <br>
                    Andrea<br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    -------- Original-Nachricht --------<br>
                    <blockquote type="cite">Datum: Tue, 19 Feb 2013
                      10:33:04 -0500<br>
                      Von: "J.H. Crawford" &lt;&lt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:[email protected]"
                        target="_blank">mailto:[email protected]</a>&gt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:[email protected]"
                        target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
                      An: &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">mailto:[email protected]</a>&gt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a><br>
                      CC: carfree_network &lt;&lt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:carfree_network-/[email protected]"
                        target="_blank">mailto:carfree_network-/[email protected]</a>&gt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
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                        target="_blank">carfree_network-/[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
                      Betreff: Re: [carfree_network] Bulletin (+CB) to
                      continue or not to &nbsp;continue?<br>
                    </blockquote>
                    <br>
                    <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                      Hi Justin and others,<br>
                      <br>
                      First of all, thanks, Justin, for keeping this in
                      front of us.<br>
                      <br>
                      In general, I do see some resurgence of interest
                      in carfree cities.<br>
                      (Looking back, WCN died along with the rest of the
                      global economy. Maybe the need<br>
                      for a shift to a green economy is driving some new
                      interest in our ideas.)<br>
                      Traffic on my web site is back up, although not to
                      pre-crash levels. For<br>
                      the first time in years I've been asked to make a
                      major presentation<br>
                      (Stockholm), and Montreal is considering a large
                      carfree development on the site<br>
                      of a former horse racing track.<br>
                      <br>
                      However, I don't think we can plan on a large
                      increase in available time<br>
                      and energy. I would, therefore, suggest that if
                      Justin is willing to do it,<br>
                      he put out an e-mail bulletin (simple,
                      unformatted, with in-line links)<br>
                      every two or three months. That gets us most of
                      the benefit of something more<br>
                      formal (and prettier!) at the minimum expenditure
                      of effort.<br>
                      <br>
                      Yes, I know we like things to look nice and to be
                      available in print, too,<br>
                      but that's not a realistic goal at this time, I
                      think.<br>
                      <br>
                      What do others think?<br>
                      <br>
                      By the way, I REALLY need help promoting my
                      videos. It's all I can do to<br>
                      get them made; getting people to watch is beyond
                      me. Latest ones are at:<br>
                      <br>
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                      Hitting Like after you watch is really important
                      to spreading them.<br>
                      <br>
                      Best,<br>
                      <br>
                      Joel<br>
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                      <blockquote type="cite">Dear Carbusting WCNers,
                        WCN-loving Carbusters, and bulletin readers!<br>
                        <br>
                        As those of you following the bulletin - monthly
                        carfree newsletter -<br>
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                      made late last year to combine<br>
                      the Bulletin with Carbusters, and have both work
                      in a combo way, on website<br>
                      and electronic distribution (with the possibility
                      for local printing by<br>
                      interested orgs). Since then, an editors email
                      group was started, to oversee<br>
                      this project. Yet precious little else has
                      happened.<br>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                        I have come to realize that even on the editors
                        group there are not a lot<br>
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                      of people with lots of time on their hands, and I
                      now see that more people<br>
                      will be needed who are enthusiastic, can at least
                      commit to a certain (not<br>
                      huge, but useful) amount of time, and then work
                      towards the goal. However,<br>
                      under the current conditions, I can not foresee
                      myself mostly<br>
                      single-handedly bringing this CB-Bulletin
                      joining/transformation about. Without<br>
                      additional help, i could at most agree to put out
                      a simple bulletin, as earlier,<br>
                      on a 2-3 monthly basis.<br>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                        In order to do the transformation, we'd need
                        someone with programming<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      skills (drupal or wordpress, CMS installation
                      capacity), some graphic design<br>
                      help, and editorial work help.<br>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                        But this might also be the time to pause and
                        reflect - is keeping the WCN<br>
                      </blockquote>
                      news organs going, something that is desirable?
                      (some have noticed it<br>
                      missing, and told me so) is it still something
                      that can be of support to the<br>
                      global carfree movement, even if the World Carfree
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                      particularly active these times? If it is
                      desirable to keep, are there people<br>
                      around who have the will and the energy to help
                      make it happen?<br>
                      <blockquote type="cite"><br>
                        I'm happy to put in effort here - but it will be
                        conditional on having a<br>
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                      decide to put this on the<br>
                      backburner for now, and pursue other activities
                      supportive of carfree causes,<br>
                      i'm happy to hear what people think. if there is
                      little comment and mostly<br>
                      silence concerning this email, that is a kind of
                      answer too.<br>
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