Facebook IS very agressive, a PBS page on face book would need carefull management to prevent unwanted activity. Peter (UK) On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 3:04 PM, J.E. Shields <jshields@indy.net> wrote: > My suggestion would be that PBS officers take over the PBS page in Facebook > and use it to promote membership in the Pacific Bulb Society and this > list. I suspect we would find new members who were unaware of this e-mail > list. > > Jim Shields > > > At 01:33 PM 7/30/2011 +0000, you wrote: > > >I do not have any activity in Facebook, specially since I started > >receiving unrequested information on private matters and preferences of > >people I do not even know, just "friends" of "friends" of "friends". You > >all must be familiar with the privacy problems that over and over arise. > > > >Personally, I am against anything that weaken PBS efforts in any way. What > >we must do is encourage more people to support PBS by becoming members and > >donating seeds and bulbs and not finding fancy ALTERNATIVES. > > > >And one would expect that "friends" of PBS in Facebook would be people > >that at the very least post in the (open to all) forum. Besides John > >Grimshaw, the others don't. > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:10:09 +0200 > > > From: bulborum@gmail.com > > > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > Subject: Re: [pbs] PBS on Facebook > > > > > > > if no Facebook page already exists for that club then one is > > automatically created. > > > > > > This is one of the things I mean > > > Too aggressive > > > > > > I had less as two weeks an account > > > and there where hundreds of people > > > who wanted to be "friends" > > > because I know some people > > > you seems to be automatic "friends" with everybody > > > > > > Sure The PBS the SRGC and some other do a fantastic job > > > but as you said: The Yahoo Group for Haemanthus is barely alive > > > > > > My father told me > > > if something doesn't work > > > look in the mirror > > > and ask yourself WHAT DID I DO WRONG > > > > > > sometimes too many people do the same > > > the best will survive > > > > > > Roland > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > R de Boer > > > La Maugardiere 1 > > > F 27260 EPAIGNES > > > FRANCE > > > > > > Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 > > > Email: bulborum@gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pbs mailing list > >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >