Information about the very interesting concept of Social Networking and
community
building is exploding on the Internet.

The organization of personal blogs, community wikis, and dicussion groups has
been
enabled by what is being called Web 2. Applications. Below is a link to a Matt
Mackenzie's
blog commenting that  "Web 2.0 is about community building."

http://www.mac-kenzie.net/blog/2006/06/15/my-take-on-web20

These applications can perform the same function as an old analogue  "Bulletin
Board"
where individuals can post a notice about a trip, idea, or community project and
invite
others to join in a "Common Adventure" to attempt to organize and actualize the
proposed
project.

I am doing research on how these expanding Web 2. opportunities can be used by
people
who are visiting the web sites Mountain Visions is producing.

I plan to produce a blog to create links to relevant articles about Social
Networking, Web 2.
and Wikis.  In 2003 I started one Common Adventure Blog and I  will either
expand this or
create a new one.  FYI, below is a link to that original project.

http://homepage.mac.com/gogrimm.mac/iblog/

I  also plan to start experimental Wiki groups for new web site projects
including the
Jamaica Protected Areas, Idaho Weed Awareness and River Menders.   I may also
start
experimental projects for the 5 Interactive Watersheds projects.  Below are the
web site
URLs for these projects.  The first three are still under construction and they
all contain
Community or Networking sections.

Jamaica Protected Area Trust
http://jpat-jm.net/

Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign
http://idahoweedawareness.net/

River Menders
http://www.rivermenders.net/

Interactive Watersheds
http://www.interactivewatersheds.net/uswtrmap.html

The following Important hot topics on the Internet are emerging.  "Sources of
Video
Content and "Online Social Networking."

Since 1993, hundreds of  360 degree interactive panoramas and high quality
audio/video
sequences are available for viewing from watersheds across the country at the
Interactive
Watersheds web site home and map pages.  This is a unique resource that people
you
know would appreciate learning about.  Please share the following web site
addresses with
them:

http://www.interactivewatersheds.net
http://www.interactivewatersheds.net/uswtrmap.html

Starting in 2001, the Interactive Watersheds Community Centers were developed in
the
form of an "Online Social Networking" process. Many websites offer examples and
descriptions. A good social networking service and a good source for information
is
Wikipedia. Look at Social Networking , and Web 2.0.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_social_network
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2

A major objective of the Interactive Watersheds web sites is to make it easy for
a web site
visitor to look at a map of one of the special watersheds, find detailed maps of
important
resource areas, and virtually visit a number of specific locations within each
area.  The
virtual visit will allow the user to view and navigate around and up and down on
the image
on their computer screen using the unique and immersive 360 degree panorama
QuickTime VR technology.  In addition, as a person looks at a 360-degree
panorama, they
often find additional pictures and text links, which further describe the area's
"Resource
Issues."    Often an audio/video clip will be available to actually see and hear
a resource
person at the site describing features and issues related to the 360-degree
view.

What we attempted with the Interactive Watersheds web sites was to make a visit
to the
site "look and feel" a lot like the experience a person would have if they
actually did visit
one or more of the watershed areas in person.

Ideally a viewer who visits one or more of the watershed areas in real life or
on the Internet
would become interested in actively participating personally in watershed
restoration
activities. And, they would also want to continually use the web site to stay
informed about
specific locations and issues they are interested in.  The wealth of information
that could
become available on all of the Interactive Watersheds web sites will make it
possible for an
individual to see dynamic multimedia information in a few hours or a day that
could take
weeks or months to find any other way.  The "Watershed Community Centers"  are
"Online
Social Networking Centers" designed to facilitate discussion and submission of
content for
the web site from citizen web site users, organized special interest groups,
scientists, and
local, state and federal agencies.

This Yahoo Group discussion opportunity also represents one of the forms of
"Online
Social Networking."

Any questions or comments?

Thank you,

Gary Grimm

A Yahoo Groups user and moderator

To Interactive Watersheds Yahoo Discussion Group members.
Please comment on the following statements if you are interested.

A recent article by Andreas Kluth in the "Economist" notes that "The era of mass
media is
giving way to one of personal and participatory media... That will profoundly
change both
the media industry and society as a whole."
http://economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6794156

He continues with a comment titled "The age of participation"
"In this new-media culture, says Paul Saffo, a director at the Institute for the
Future in
California, people no longer passively "consume" media (and thus advertising,
its main
revenue source) but actively participate in them, which usually means creating
content, in
whatever form and on whatever scale."

The original vision of the Interactive Watersheds project very much followed
these
concepts. What we attempted to do with this nationwide model project was to make
a visit
to the site "look and feel" a lot like the experience a person would have if
they actually did
visit one or more of the watershed areas in person.

Ideally a viewer who visits one or more of the watershed areas in real life or
on the Internet
would become interested in actively participating personally in watershed
restoration
activities. And, they would also want to continually use the web site to stay
informed about
specific locations and issues they are interested in.  The wealth of information
that is
possible to  become available on the watershed web sites will make it possible
for an
individual to see dynamic multimedia information in a few hours or a day that
could take
weeks or months to find any other way.  The Watershed Community Centers are
designed
to facilitate participation in a range of educational, volunteer and monitoring
activities.
These centers have also created  and to invite discussion topics  and submission
of
content for the web site.

To date this public participation has been seldom reported on the Interactive
Watershed
Web sites.   This discussion forum is a good example. Does anyone have ideas
about how
to encourage more participation?

My husband and I are developing a project about Utah to present to the
UT PBS stations, and need info about cool, little known places to go
in cities in Utah.  We're looking for neat restaurants, greasy spoons
even, that have delicious food, are cheap, and/or are really great for
kids.
We also would like to know great places to go, activities to do,
recreation areas, parks, etc that would be neat to visit, all with
families in mind.
Thanks so much!
Jennifer Mustoe  authoreditor_jenniferleigh@...
Spanish Fork

I will be out of the office starting  09/26/2005 and will not return until
10/03/2005.

I will respond to your message when I return.

I am reading Thomas Friedman's book titled "The World is Flat" - A Brief History
of the
Twenty-first Century.  He makes an economic case for the power of "Global
Collaboration"
that is taking place and how individuals and small groups from many different
communities, states and countries are already participating.  My belief is that
the
Interactive Watersheds web sites, can help "jump start"  Watershed NGOs and
individuals
to aggressively participate in a successful collaborative process to achieve
their watershed
restoration objectives now, and over time in the future.

I have also read two books by Jared Diamond.   "Guns, Germs and Steel" (an
examination
of how and why Western Civilizations developed the technologies and immunities
that
allowed them to dominate much of the rest of the world)  and "Collapse"  (what
caused
some of the great civilizations of h past to collapse into ruin, and what can we
learn from
their fates?)

In these books and others that have been influential in my life there are themes
that reflect
the work I believe we are all involved in.  These themes include local, regional
and  global
natural resources,  politics, and the economy.  Up to the time the Internet and
the World
Wide Web began to be used by a large population of people worldwide, global
natural
resources, politics and economy were controlled by large organizations,
political parties of
all types, and big international  corporations.   This is still true today, but
the authors
mentioned above seem to believe that the world is changing quickly.  Now,
because of the
Internet, more individuals and smaller groups in countries around the world are
becoming
involved and are becoming influential in the natural resources, politics and
economical
factors that affect their, and their children's,  future.

The Interactive Watersheds project, started in the year 2000, involved the
National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, the National Association of Resource and Conservation
and
Development Council, the U.S. Forest Service, and many other Federal, State, and
local
partners and businesses, including  Mountain Visions. Together we  have helped
produce
an unique interactive and educational opportunity on the Internet  to help
develop a better
public understanding of the watershed resources, and how the restoration and
protection
of these resources can benefit the economy and the politics, not only in special
watershed
areas in America, but also local citizens, and other countries and citizens
around the
world.

Katy and I (Mountain Visions) have a genuine interest in continuing to be 
involved in this
important process.  We are hopeful that the Interactive Watersheds projects will
all
continue to expand in their mission of public outreach, information and
involvement.

Gary Grimm

A discussion group moderator

I will be out of the office starting  02/26/2005 and will not return until
03/09/2005.

I will respond to your message when I return. Not receiving emails. -Try
the cell 256-375-0426.

Distributed by the River Network

Dear friends,

River Network is pleased to announce that Registration Is Now Open for the
National River Rally 2005, May 20 - 24 Keystone Resort, Keystone CO

River and watershed protection activists from around the country will
gather for the sixth annual National River Rally May 20 through May 24 at
the Keystone Resort in the Colorado Rockies. The River Rally is a
comprehensive national conference for everyone working to understand,
restore and protect rivers and watersheds.  Staff, volunteers and board
members of all experience levels are encouraged to participate in four
days of learning, sharing and celebration.  Nearly 100 workshops will
cover emerging policy issues, fundraising, technical issues, watershed
science, hands-on watershed protection skills, and much more. The event
includes field trips and expanded networking opportunities. Early
registration is highly encouraged due to the fantastic location for this
year's River Rally. Please visit http://www.rivernetwork.org/rally to
register or learn more.

Why Attend River Rally?

1) The widely respected Institute for Conservation Leadership will offer
special training for board and staff of local watershed organizations.

2) Build your professional network in workshops on emerging fresh-water
protection issues and by meeting people from throughout the country.

3) The Center for Watershed Protection's condensed course on planning and
implementing successful hands-on watershed protection projects can help
you through a technically challenging watershed protection plan.

4) Develop your multi-cultural strategy with tribal and non-tribal
leaders. Great speakers and programs will give you results-oriented skills
to build broader public support.  A special pre-Rally event, the Tribal
Day, will be held on Friday, May 20th at Keystone for indigenous
participants to share and work together.

5) Build your fundraising skills at the "Funders' Forum" and with new
advanced-level workshops such as "Creating Internet Strategies and
Campaigns" with Groundspring.org trainer John Kenyon.

6) Enjoy inspiring events like the River Heroes Banquet, start your
holiday shopping at the silent auction, join in the River Jam, enter the
"Dutch oven cook off" featuring competitors from around the country and
enjoy the "Water Music" Concert, featuring pianist Michael Arnowitt and
poet Marjorie Ryerson.

About Rally Registration

Go to http://www.rivernetwork.org/rally to register or get additional
information. General registration for staff and board members of River
Network Partner organizations is $625, and includes four nights of
lodgings, peak hour shuttles from the Denver airport, and most meals
(Tribal Day registration is an additional $125). Limited scholarships will
be available. Scholarship requests should be made when registering. The
deadline is March 18th. Discounts are available for non-profit groups
registering three or more people.  Late fees will apply after April 8.
Please contact
riverrally@... or call 208 853-1920 with registration questions.

According to the WorldWatch Institute, our oceans have been damaged
more by runoff of household detergents, solvents, even nail polish
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same things are doing to our rivers, streams, and lakes?  I invite
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Visit my website for more info!

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Jessica, I forwarded your message to all 5 of the Interactive Watersheds
discussion groups.
A web page locating these projects across the U.S. is noted below:
http://www.interactivewatersheds.net/uswtrmap.html

Gary

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Jessica Brooks" <jeb@...>
Date: December 15, 2004 12:13:11 PM MST
To: <gogrimm@...>
Subject: Hoping you could post this to your listserve

Dear Gary,
We were hoping you could post the following announcement to your listserve about
an
upcoming training opportunity. Thank you.
 

Join Us for the

  Watershed Protection Institute

March 28 - April 1, 2005

Shepherdstown, WV

  Presented by the Center for Watershed Protection

 

In partnership with:

  * River Network

  * Engineering Professional Programs, University of Washington

 

Registration and Scholarship Information Now Available!

Visit <www.cwp.org> for more information.

 

The Watershed Protection Institute (WPI) is more than just a conference! WPI is
an
intensive, interactive five day program designed to train watershed leaders on
practical
watershed and site planning techniques to protect the health of less developed
watersheds. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available.

 

For more information, contact Rebecca Winer, Center for Watershed Protection,
  phone: 410-461-8323; email: rrw@...

Jessica Brooks
Publications Manager
Center for Watershed Protection
8390 Main Street, 2nd Floor
Ellicott City, MD 21043
  Phone: 410-461-8323
www.cwp.org
><)))>....><)))>....><)))>....><)))>


 

Yahoo Groups lets us know if there is very little discussion activity and could
eliminate the
group if no one is using it.

I am sending this short message now to keep it alive.  I really can't understand
why people
are not joining this group to discuss the important issues related to watershed
restoration
in the Upper Sevier River watershed.

If you read this message please join the group and tell your friends and
associates to look
at the web site and join in on the discussion.

Gary Grimm
A Group Moderator.

Last year, on October 29,  I noted that Panquitch KOA Campground had introduced
Wireless Internet High Speed Service to the area.  This is not an advertisement
for KOA or
the wireless service.  It is meant to alert people that more high speed access
to the
internet is available, even in somewhat remote locations.

Now more KOA locations have added this service which could allow travelers to
visit and
enjoy the Upper Sevier River Community Watershed web site while they are in the
area.

Panguitch KOA  - Panguitch, UT
http://koa.com/where/ut/44107.htm

Cannonville / Bryce Kanyon KOA -  Cannonville, UT
http://koa.com/where/ut/44151.htm

Cedar City / KOA  -  Cedar City, UT
http://koa.com/where/ut/44125.htm

Please contribute other known sources of high speed Internet access that is
available in
the proximity of the Upper Sevier Watershed area.  Coffee Shops, restaurants,
airports,
hotels and even gas stations are beginning to offer this service in many places
across the
U.S.

Thanks,

Gary Grimm

A group moderator

Thanks For your prompt response Toby.  I appreciate the entry of the new link to
the
Outdoor Program web site.

The way I found your web site was by doing a Google search for the term "Common
Adventure."   I was involved in defining the use of this term and a philosophy
for the
organization of outdoor recreation and environmental projects in the late
1960's.  It has
been adopted by many  Colleges, Communities, Outdoor Clubs and is now even being
used for the set up of computer game scenarios.   I am developing some current
web site
content about the historic and current use of this amazing concept and the
philosophy
behind it.  Below is an introductory Blog site I have started to explain this
effort.
http://homepage.mac.com/gogrimm.mac/iblog/index.html

I have also been involved in the development of  community and natural resource
multimedia programs over many years and more recently, since 1995, have
developed
many Interactive multimedia and new media CD-ROMs and web sites.   One of the
most
significant projects I have been involved in has taken place in the last 4
years.  This started
with the Upper Sevier River Community Watershed project and has expanded to 4
other
Interactive Watersheds across the country.

  The model for all of this work was developed with the help of people in the
Upper Sevier
River, the Dixie National Forest, and many other federal, state, and local
partners.  Possibly
this web site contains more attractive and interactive multimedia and
visualization material
than any other web site available for local watershed and natural resource
topics.  We
receive many very positive comments about the layout and design and the access
to a wide
variety of content topics.  However, it appears that not many people who live
near the
Upper Sevier watershed are aware of or use the site for information or for
citizen
involvement, yet.

I would like to have a conversation with the primary coordinators of the SUU
outdoor
program, and perhaps other educators at SUU, about how the watershed web site
project
could be used by students, faculty, townspeople, and others in the area of the
Upper
Sevier River for educational, experiential and community learning and
interactive projects.
I believe this has the potential to provide extraordinary value to everyone in
the larger
watershed and ecosystem community in the near and distant future.

One section of the Interactive Watersheds web sites, the On-Line Watershed
Community
Center,  was created to function like a Common Adventure Outdoor Program.  This
was
intended, over time,  to develop into a very good Networking Resource Center for
all
things related to the Watershed.   The outline has been developed and we expect
it to
grow in value in the future as more people use it.  Potentially this resource,
the SUU
Outdoor Program and many other individuals and organizations others would
contribute
to future networking concepts using the Internet.

Can you provide me with some contacts at SUU to start this conversation?   For
reference, I
will provide a few web site links below that will help you and others get a
better
understanding of the possibilities I can imagine.

First, there is a detailed "Interactive Preview of the Major Features" of the
Upper Sevier
River Community Project web site.  This is broken into 8 sections that guide you
through
how all of the different parts of the web site work. This includes a brief
preview of the
Watershed Community Center.   Each section may take between 5 and 15 minutes to
complete and the whole preview can be completed in less than an hour.  This
preview is
the same presentation we gave at the 2003 National Joint Ventures Conference-
Partners
in Stewardship last fall.  Note, that the amount of interactive multimedia and
textual
content on this site is extensive and would take more than a day to complete
without the
preview.

http://www.mountainvisions.com/whatsnew/iwpreview.html

Second, I will provide a paper I recently presented at the PlaNetwork 2004
Conference in
San Francisco.  Titled, "InterActive InterNetworking for Ecological Commons," 
this
describes how Interactive multimedia, on-line Community Networking web sites,
watershed groups, and the Common Adventure philosophy can enhance public
understanding and involvement in local natural resource issues.  The first link
below is to
the PlaNetwork web site article.  I will also provide a link to the Common
Adventure Blog
page where the material is duplicated
http://www.planetwork.net/2004conf/interactive/proposal_display.html?id=16
http://homepage.mac.com/gogrimm.mac/iblog/C401943582/E1020260269/index.html

Our own Mountain Visions web site also has some interesting related links to
projects we
have done, including others with Utah State University in Provo.  I will list a
few of those
links you and others  might want to look at below.

Mountain Visions, contains  a "Multimedia Portfolio, Interactive Virtual Tours,
Galleries,
Collaboration and What We Do."  Also included is a "What's New" page that
chronicles
projects that are recent or ongoing.
http://www.mountainvisions.com/
http://www.mountainvisions.com/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

A Home Page and U.S. map showing other Interactive Watersheds web sites we have
produced across the U.S. This includes the Upper Sevier Watershed in Utah:
http://www.interactivewatersheds.net/
http://www.interactivewatersheds.net/uswtrmap.html

I should note that we have also provided an "Interactive Watersheds On-line Web
Site
Production Workshop" to help people get a good start on the many production
elements
provided  on these web sites.  This is found on the Educational Activities
section of the
Community Center section of the  Upper Sevier River web site. I will provide
links to both
This is a preliminary workshop that we presented to people On-Site at several
watershed
locations including in Cedar City.  It needs to be updated to include current
material and
we will do this when we have time and funding available.  The topics cover
"Basic
Photography, Digital Image Processing, Basic Digital Video, 360 Degree
Panoramas, Basic
Web Site, Advanced Web Site, and Community Demonstration.
http://www.uppersevier.net/comcentr/edactive.html
http://www.uppersevier.net/comcentr/educaton/wrkshp1.html

In the Multimedia Portfolio, Education and Information section is a project we
developed
with Utah State University and BLM.  Titled "A Virtual Exploration of GIS." this
is an on-line
workshop providing information on the basic uses of GIS for management
decisions.  This
project was awarded "First Place for Multimedia" at the ESRI International
Conference in
2000.
http://www.gis.usu.edu/%7elema/gistrain/index.html

Another new media project  aimed at prospective new students was developed with
The
College of Natural Resources at USU was called "An Interactive Journey."
http://www.cnr.usu.edu/interactive/index.html


Please share the above links with others you think might be interested at SUU or
in the
Cedar City Community.

Thanks again for your help with the link to the Upper Sevier River Interactive
Watersheds
web site.

Gary Grimm

Gary O. Grimm
Mountain Visions
gogrimm@...
http://www.mountainvisions.com
208-336-2992

On Jul 26, 2004, at 9:44 AM, SUU OutdoorRec wrote:

Gary,

Thanks for the link.  I have added it to our website.

Thank you,

   -  Toby Jackson, SUU Outdoors' webmaster

SUU Outdoors
435-865-8704
outdoorrec@...
www.suu.edu/ss/outdoor

I recently sent this note into the Southern Utah University Outdoor Program web
site. One
of their pages lists local Outdoor Recreation lnks and I suggest that they
create a link to
the Upper Sevier River web site:

http://www.suu.edu/ss/outdoors/links.html

To:   SUU Outdoor Program web site administrator

An excellent "local" resource link for your web site is the Upper Sevier River
Community
Watershed Group. There are detailed Interactive maps, about a hundred 360 degree
interactive panorama photographs, dozens of audio video descriptions, a
Watershed
Community Resource Center and more.

Please let me know if you will add this link to your web site.

http://www.uppersevier.net

Thank you,

Gary Grimm

I have recently written an on-line proposal to stimulate a discussion about the
topic
-InterActive InterNetworking for Ecological Commons.  Below I will provide a
link to the
PlaNetworks InterActive conference where details of this proposal can be found.

http://www.planetwork.net/interactive/proposal_display.html?id=16

The Interactive Watersheds web site project , including the Watershed Community
Centers
is a major part of this discussion proposal.

Included here is a short abstract:

Community based collaborative groups are often organized to study, rehabilitate
and
preserve watersheds, parks, and other natural ecological commons. Today,
interactive and
highly visualized multimedia web sites containing on-line community networking
centers
are also being developed in an attempt to attract and engage many more people in
future
democratic and cooperative commons management.

Please read the full proposal and post your comments on this Discussion group.

Gary Grimm
A Group Moderator

Last November, at the Joint Ventures - Partners in Stewardship Conference,
Mountain
Visions presented a preview of the major features included in the Interactive
Watersheds
projects.

The conference web site has provided a summary of the presentation which was
given on
Day 3, 11/20/2003 at 1:P.M.  The session number is 282.
http://www.partnerships2003.org/home.html


We also produced a detailed document containing instructions for previewing
and/or
demonstrating the same material to others.  This document has been distributed
in written
hard copy and e-mail attachment word files before, during and after the
conference.

Please Note that we have also created an interactive online version of this
preview.  This is
now vailable for anyone to use on the Internet.  The following is the web site
URL where
this preview is located.

http://www.mountainvisions.com/whatsnew/iwpreview.html

If you have any questions please contact:

Gary Grimm
A discussion group moderator

TO:  All Interactive Watersheds web site discussion group members.

  (Potomac Watershed Partnership, Conasauga River Alliance, Coalition for the
Upper
South Platte, Upper Sevier River Community Watershed Project, and Pit River
Watershed Alliance.)

I think I have sent a personal message to individuals involved in the
maintenance of
each Interactive Watershed web site project to explain that there is a lot of
value to
these discussion groups.  The one now existing on each web site should be
available
for web site users who want to join in the discussion in the future.  It is also
pretty
easy to create another discussion group for your steering committee and others
that
you need to have regular communication with.  To create another group for your
organizational use I will need your help.  Please contact me if and when you
want to
do this.

For your information the National Association of RC&D Councils has developed one
of
these Yahoo discussion groups and I get interesting messages from them almost
every day.  The web site address for their Yahoo home page is below.  They have
543
members who have joined:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NARCDC/

I am also involved in dozens of other similar and interesting discussion groups.
Just
one, for example that allows people to organize hikes, outings and photographic
trips
near Boise, Idaho has 428 members.  They have many messages a week and it is
really
exciting to see the kinds of "community" exchanges of ideas that show up.  I
really
believe that it is possible for the Conasauga River Alliance Bulletin Board to
develop a
similar kind of communication dialogue and exchange of ideas for volunteer
projects,
photography trips to watershed restoration sites, etc., etc., etc., in the
future.  For
your information I will give you the address of the Idaho Outdoors discussion
Group
mentioned above:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/idahooutdoors/

I hope these links helps everyone see the potential growth and use of these
discussion groups.   Please join the specific Interactive Watershed discussion
groups
you are interested in and also please encourage others to use these discussion
groups
as well.

Thanks,

Gary Grimm
A Discussion Group Moderator

I am thinking that there was no discussion on the Conasauga either?


Kent Evans
Conasauga River Coordinator
Cherokee National Forest and Chattahoochee National Forest
6050 Appalachian Highway
Blue Ridge, Ga 30513
706-632-3031 x 107
706-633-3470 cell
www.conasaugariver.net - check it out!



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    Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:03:48 -0000
    From: "Gary O. Grimm" <gogrimm@...>
Subject: Please Join this discussion group

Notice that there has been very little activity on this discussion group
since
it started.  The Watershed Community Center for the Upper Sevier River
Community
Watershed Project web site has been developed to encourage community
interaction
from people who are using the web site.  The web page address for the
Watershed
Community Center is:
http://www.uppersevier.net/commcntr.html

I did receive a message from Yahoo that they would discontinue these
discussion
groups if there is no activity for 90 days.

If people who are using the Upper Sevier River Community Watershed Project
web site
want this discussion group to continue they should join and express their
ideas about
the watershed restoration activities currently being planned and also about
the web
site. The web site address is:
http://www.uppersevier.net


Thanks for joining in on the discussion through this Yahoo groups service.

Gary Grimm.
Current Moderator



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Notice that there has been very little activity on this discussion group since
it started.  The Watershed Community Center for the Upper Sevier River Community
Watershed Project web site has been developed to encourage community interaction
from people who are using the web site.  The web page address for the Watershed
Community Center is:
http://www.uppersevier.net/commcntr.html

I did receive a message from Yahoo that they would discontinue these discussion
groups if there is no activity for 90 days.

If people who are using the Upper Sevier River Community Watershed Project web
site
want this discussion group to continue they should join and express their ideas
about
the watershed restoration activities currently being planned and also about the
web
site. The web site address is:
http://www.uppersevier.net


Thanks for joining in on the discussion through this Yahoo groups service.

Gary Grimm.
Current Moderator

To all Interactive Watersheds discussion groups.

A good example of a Yahoo discussion group that has activity almost every
day is the National Association of Conservation and Resource Development
Councils. (RC&D councils) You might find some of their discussions useful in
your own work.  The discussion group home page address for NARCDC is:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narcdc/

Below is the invitation statement made on this home page.

The National Association of RC&D Councils (NARC&DC) is an advocate for
local Resource Conservation and Development Councils. Established in
1988 to assist local RC&Ds to identify, address and solve challenges to
sustain and improve quality of life in their own communities. This list service
is
dedicated to that purpose. All persons associated with the RC&D effort are
welcome to join.

Gary Grimm

Hi Speed access to the Upper Sevier Watershed web site is now available to
travelers in Panquitch.  Can you imaging people using the web site to find
places to visit while they are in the area?

"Wi Fi"  or Wireless Internet access spots are developing across the country in
hotels, airports, coffee shops etc.  KOA campgrounds has started this service
in a few locations and Panquitch, Utah is one of the first.

Does anybody know of other locations close watershed where this W-Fi
service is available?  Cedar City? St. George?

KOA is using the HOTSPOTZZ service which offers the 802.11b Wi-Fi, that is
many times faster than a dial up (phone line) service.   Travelers or local
people with wireless-equipped laptop computers can enjoy fast internet
connections -without wires or boundaries.

This is not meant to be an advertisement., but if you are interested, more
information is available about KOA and HOTSPOTZZ at the following web site
I just saw this morning. Look for the "Visit our KOA HotSpotzz locations page
to see the Panquitch listing.   There is another in Salt Lake City.
http://www.koakonnect.com/preportal/hotspotzz.asp#

The cost of setting up a Wi-Fi system has decreased dramatically and is now
affordable for almost any organization or even families.  KOA's and other
campgrounds and lots of other locations will have this service available
across Utah and across the country in the future.

We have one in our home-studio to connect and use it for desktop and laptop
computers every day.

Gary Grimm

Hi Michael,

Thanks for joining the Upper Sevier Watershed discussion group.  We started this
group several months ago, but there has not been a lot of activity --yet.  There
are
only  six people who have signed up so far, but we expect this number to
increase
dramatically soon.

For example, we are planning a campaign to get a lot more information out to the
public about the Upper Sevier River Watershed web site and the Watershed
Community Center Section, including this discussion group.

Meanwhile, if you have any comments about the web site or special interest you
want
to talk about, go ahead.  A few of us will respond right away and the discussion
group will immediately become more active.  Also, if you know of other people
who
might want to participate in this discussion let them know how to join.

I hope you don't mind, but I am posting this message to you on the discussion
group
message board in addition to sending this to you personally.  I hope this will
let the
other participants   know that you have joined and might stimulate some of them
to
start using the discussion group more and telling more of their friends too.

Thanks again for joining and feel free to express your ideas.

Gary Grimm
Moderator - Upper Sevier Watershed Discussion Group

This is a note to Vicki Tyler.  I can now see your name on the Yahoo
discussion group list for the Upper Sevier.  I am sending this message via the
home page to see if you receive it.



Can you respond or reply back to make sure it is working both ways?

We may still need to talk on the phone to  make sure you have access to the
home page for this group.  Let me know when a convenient time for you might
be.

Thanks,

Gary

Moderator

Members may notice that 23 Messages have been posted to this discussion
group.

I used this area for a testing area to see how group messages would be sent
and received, and how they would look on this Yahoo web page and in the
Daily Digest mode when received by one of the members. When I first started
the discussion, I thought I would be able to delete these test messages and
they would not show up in the total count -- "All Messages"-- indicator.
However, this number does show up even though the messages have been
deleted.  I have not been able to find a way to change this yet.

The deleted messages were  just "test" messages and I can assure you they
would not be of value in this discussion group.  In the future, it appears you
can delete your own messages and I can delete ones that are not appropriate
for the discussion group as well.

I hope this clarifies the discrepancy between the number of messages you
can actually read and the "All Messages" indicator.

Gary Grimm,
Upper Sevier discussion group moderator.

What is netiquette?

There are informal rules of the internet which are termed "netiquette" to help
people use proper etiquette within this form of communication. Some
examples of poor netiquette are not to signing messages, unsubscribing by
sending mail to the posting address instead of the administrative address, or
TYPING IN ALL CAPS, (which is considered yelling). This is a dynamic
environment and netiquette is changing rapidly.

Some informal rules for this list:

Remember that replies automatically go to the entire list. To respond to an
individual, see the directions for your email software.

Never send attachments to the list. An attachment may contain a virus, may be
in a format others cannot use, may not make it through some mail gateways,
and will bog down both the list server and the mail server. (Large enough
attachments will choke the list server.)

Don't send styled text or HTML files, just plain text. (A rule of thumb: if it's
not in
the body of the text, people may not read it.)

Please quote only the relevant portion of messages you respond to -- and
please quote some of the original message so others know what you're
responding to.

Please keep "me too" and "agreed" messages off the list; these are best sent
privately.

When responding to a digest post, please change the subject to match that of
the original message.

Please keep signature lines concise, preferably 6 lines or less.

Some e-mail programs are set to wrap lines at 80 characters, so check that
your signature won't wrap badly because of this. (Just look at your posts to
see if this is a problem.)

Although subscribers may offer specific equipment and services to the list or
share an exceptional bargain they have discovered, explicitly commercial
postings are prohibited. Any address or domain posting such will be blocked.

Treat your list neighbor as you wish to be treated. Address breaches of
netiquette privately, not on the list. Assume the best, not the worst.

To discussion group users---(Add more detail to this list?  Or delete some of
these?)

Welcome,

You have signed up to participate in a discussion about the restoration and
stewardship projects coordinated by the Upper Sevier River Watershed
Community. A comprehensive interactive web site project is available where
you can explore many past projects by viewing 360 degree panoramas and
audiovidio sequences. The URL is:
http://www.uppersevier.net/

This discussion group has been established to create a positive community
dialogue about topics related to this web site and restoration and stewardship
projects that might take place in the future.

For example, if you would like to initiate a one day cleanup, or streambank
restoration project, you can post the idea here. As soon as a few others want
to help you, you might contact one or more of the Upper Sevier River
Watershed Community Partners to see if there might be additional help in
terms of resources, tools or funds. When a project becomes organized, and
dates established, this project might also be added to the calendar of events,
and volunteer opportunities on the web site. Photographs and stories might
also be added to the web site when the project is completed.

Additional examples of discussion topics can be found on the web site on the
Bulletin Board page of the Watershed Community Center.
http://www.uppersevier.net/comcentr/bullbord.html

With this goal in mind, please limit your discussion to constructive comments
aimed at positive watershed outcomes. All participants will expect a
respectful dialogue between discussion group members at all times.

Please visit the web site and the Watershed Community Center for
information about events that are being planned now and information about
how you might become involved.
http://www.uppersevier.net/commcntr.html

Thank you for joining this group. We welcome your participation in the
restoration of the Upper Sevier River Watershed.

Gary Grimm
Moderator

The discussion group has had one new person join on March, 16.

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
uppersevier group:

Have you checked the calendar of events since March 14th?
http://www.uppersevier.net/comcentr/calendar.html

   o Yes
   o No


To vote, please visit the following web page:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uppersevier/surveys?id=545566

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

On March 14, 2003 Mountain Visions set up this Yahoo Groups discussion group for
the Upper Sevier River Community Watershed web site.

This is the first test to send a message to the e-mail address for the group.
uppersevier@yahoogroups.com

When this works, we will compose a welcome message for people who join the
group.

Gary Grimm
Mountain Visions