[Chapter-delegates] Announcing - new beta site of redesigned Internet Society website

[Carlos Vera]

Do we pay money for AMS?

Carlos Vera
Isoc Ecuador 

> On Jun 12, 2017, at 12:36 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
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> Winthrop's AMS comments resonate with me a great deal. And I recall looking over the financial report a few years back and being horrified at the the amount of money spent on it. 
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> As far as the current site goes, it would be helpful to have social media share links on blog posts and other items.
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> j
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>> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Winthrop Yu <w.yu at gmx.net> wrote:
>>   The AMS system is hardly perfect and it's showing its age. But it is somewhat usable, and we've (more or less) gotten used to it's quirks. I do worry that the cure will be worse than the problem. I agree with Maye that any replacement should be "light", not too many pretty bells and whistles, please. For me, "Convivial" is optional. :)
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>>   Nearly all of the complaints about AMS i've seen so far have been about the messaging/email sub-system. Yes it's clunky, formatting a message is what takes a lot of time. But if the cure were like "Connect", i'd avoid using that too.
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>>   Since, we use AMS messaging usually as a way of emailing notices out to a definitive list of chapter members, i'm wondering why a straightforward band-aid fix such as allowing the upload of a pre-formatted *.doc or other format file hasn't been tried?
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>> Just wondering,
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>> WYn
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>> P.S.  And while i don't think one can "manage" social media channels from within an AMS, it would help if ISOC's communications were more social media friendly. To be fair, many of the articles and blogs now have a graphic or photo, so that a share on social media doesn't just display the logo or a thumbnail pic of the author. But, sometimes i still have to reformat before sharing an article from ISOC's official FB page, so it doesn't look too plain and boring (even if the actual content or copy is very well-written and interesting.)
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>>> On 6/12/2017 1:19 AM, Maye Diop wrote:
>>> Dear All
>>> 
>>> Thank for this opportunities.
>>> AMS portal is not convivial. I spent lot of time to send a mail to our members (more than 600).
>>> It will be usefull to have another light and convivial AMS.
>>> I'm working locally to set up a community manager to be able to manage SN Chapter's communication via social media. This will be more efficient to keep members informed about chapter's activities.
>>> 
>>> Best Regards
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