I've been talking with Seth (our organizers list moderator) about the following idea and I wanted to bring it to you all.  I think it would be super awesome for us to have a contact list with our photo, email, where we're located + what we organize.

I've always wanted to put a face to your name if I haven't met you before.  We've been chatting for so many years and yet, many of us don't know what each other look like. If we showed up at a dance, we could actually miss connecting!  Also, knowing what we each organize and where we're located helps put things into context. Finally, having a list will help us reach out to each other directly if there's a specific question we want to ask someone.

If so, please fill out this very brief google form, ideally by April 30th.

Then I'll move your information into a google document in early May.

All those who share their information will get a link to that google document. We won't be sharing the google doc link directly onto the list as our list archives are public and so can be searched by google and our personal information would be public.

The document will say right at the top that it's not to be shared. :)

I'm hoping this can strengthen our sense of community & our interest in further conversations if we 'know' each other just a little bit more.

Thoughts?

:) Emily in Ottawa

PS: This is the first time we're trying something like this on a SW list.  We'll see how it works here and then maybe it can be used on other lists.