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 This page has been created to support the discussion about a RootsTech 2012 Un-Conference session held on&nbsp;Thursday Feb 2. The notes from that session have been appended at the bottom of this article.<br>
 The focus of this session will be on facilitating an on-going environment that can be utilized by those responsible for creating and maintaining the on-line presence (web sites, Blogs, Wiki's, Twitter accounts, Facebook accounts, etc) for local genealogical societies. The desired outcome is to define a path forward and to begin a virtual discussion.<br>
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 *Create a forum that would facilitate the exchange of knowledge organized around specific topics
 *Agree on a Twitter hashtag ( #GenSocWM&nbsp;?) that could be used?<br>
+'''Session Notes'''
+Conclusions
+*We agreed that using a Facebook closed group would be the best way to carry this conversation forward on-line
+*The group will be called “Genealogical Society Webmasters”
+*Brooke Schreier Ganz agreed to set it up
+*Tony Hanson agreed to be the initial administrator
+Action Item
+*If you would like to be part or the Facebook closed group please send the email address associated with your Facebook account to: aehanson@swbell.net
+Discussion
+*We spent some time discussing possibilities for establishing an on-line communications forum. After (briefly) discussing Twitter, Yahoo Groups, Percolate and Google Hangout, the agreement was that Facebook would be the best tool for now.
+The issue of an Open vs. Closed group was discussed…. Given the sensitive nature of what we will potentially be discussing (the guts of our web sites and how they are created) it was agreed that the group should be closed.<br>The group agreed that the focus of discussion was not ‘just’ a traditional web site… we all need to consider incorporating social networking applications like Twitter, Facebook, Wiki’s and Blogs.<br>It is important to use tools that are publicly available<br>Supportability is key…. Develop with the next webmaster in mind<br>As not-for-profit’s we should be able to download and utilize Goto Meeting and Goto Webinar from Tech Soup for $99… <br>There was quite a bit of discussion on charging for access to information. There were two camps: Those in favor of providing everything for free, and those who feel that some form of payment is required to fund the on-going operation of the web site.<br>Pay Pall is a useful tool for accepting on-line payments and donations<br>Another revenue idea: allow free access to the title and beginning of an article, but require membership/payment to see the rest<br>It is very useful to thank donors/new members quickly and publicly<br>Use newsletters and on-line publications as a member benefit – they can provide insight and shortcuts not known to those who just visit the web site<br>One society is looking for a better way to implement shopping cards<br>Candace Turpin from Family Search attended and said that Family Search is very interested in helping local societies identify resources that they want to digitize and wants to find a way to help societies digitize and publish local information.<br>