In an effort to better reach out to alumnae and students the Alumnae Association is exploring creating groups or profiles on Facebook and MySpace. It was also suggested to create an account on YouTube and post videos. I'll think about. It's already a lot of work to maintain the web site, the LAN, the webserver and this blog.
Almost every student in the classes from 2005 to 2010 has an account on Facebook, so we have started there by creating a Group. Plus, it is easier to create a group on Facebook than MySpace, because Facebook allows much less customization, but it is a much cleaner and intuitive interface . My student worker Olga created the group and will be maintaining it for the rest of the semester before she leaves. Students have already created a wide variety of different groups on Facebook. I have updated my profile and linked this blog to it using the RSS feed link.
We will be tackling MySpace later. There are a little over a thousand members on MySpace that list themselves as being an alum of Mount Holyoke College. A little more work is involved in creating a profile and customizing the template.