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*Those who are considering creating (or upgrading) a web site would surely appreciate hearing the strengths and weaknesses of the various options from others who are actually doing it using the software they are considering.<br> | *Those who are considering creating (or upgrading) a web site would surely appreciate hearing the strengths and weaknesses of the various options from others who are actually doing it using the software they are considering.<br> | ||
*We all could benefit from sharing information about integraing other tools such as Blogs, Wiki's, Facebook and Twitter.... What works? What doesn't? | *We all could benefit from sharing information about integraing other tools such as Blogs, Wiki's, Facebook and Twitter.... What works? What doesn't? | ||
*Many societies have digitized local records that are not available from other sources. We can and should work together to make these records globally discoverable and accessable. | *Many societies have digitized local records that are not available from other sources. We can and should work together to make these records globally discoverable and accessable. | ||
*Many societies have developed their own unique applications and some might be willing to make the code available to other societies. Some mechanism to facilitate such an exchange shold be identified. | *Many societies have developed their own unique applications and some might be willing to make the code available to other societies. Some mechanism to facilitate such an exchange shold be identified. | ||
*Cooperative development and support of applications of common interest could increase the quality and quantity of such applications. | *Cooperative development and support of applications of common interest could increase the quality and quantity of such applications. | ||
*This idea (sharing information) was the topic of a session at last years conference... see [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Social_Networking_Technology_Resources_for_Genealogical_Societies Social Networking Technology for Genealogical Societies] | |||
An additional goal should be to encourage RootsTech, FGS and NGS to consider this topic when scheduling future conferences. | An additional goal should be to encourage RootsTech, FGS and NGS to consider this topic when scheduling future conferences. | ||