On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji@gmail.com> wrote:

Maybe exploring the ISOC connect tool

​I am currently participating in a review of ISOC Connect as to whether it should be continue or be replaced. There has been a fair amount of grumbling,, especially from the old guard, however one thing I have already learned is that, as far as ISOC goes, while some Chapters in Africa do use it as their primary avenue of communication, it's main and important function is to provide shallow water for new joiners to get their feet wet, get an idea of the community, and a sense of belonging. A newbie playground. The idea being that the keen ones may graduate to traditional vectors such wg's, email lists, wiki's etc

There are also other functional nitpicks that are never fixed. Part of the problem is that it is a hosted platform (think a glorified Xing) and thus no real change can happen unless it is put through on the whole platform. OTOH this is possibly less maintenance than a standalone such as the FOSS Buddypress.

To some extent the lack of action on At-Large email lists attests to the success of the Adobe Connect + Confluence combo, but this may lend itself to elitism. I think, like ISOC, At-Large could look at driving wider participation.