[sac-forum] Re: Fw: Invitation to join the Cosmos Portal
Looks like an attempt at an Astronomical MySpace social networking site. I'd recommend that you pop off a note to Dr. Haisch asking for clarification of the purpose relating that it does appear to be an alternate MySpace or Facebook and just indicate that you're concerned because of the high level of socially engineered phishing attacks that are currently making the rounds of the net. 

Tim

On Jun 19, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Jennifer Polakis wrote:


Hi All,
I received this "Special Invitation" for SAC to join the "Cosmos Portal" and feel a bit obligated to pass in on to see what you think. Maybe a few of our techno-geeks can look into for us--I tried but couldn't really decipher if I should give it the SPAM of the year award or if it's a legitimate effort by concerned scientists to bring the astro world together in a more productive manner. 

Help!

Thanks,
Jennifer Polakis, VP, SAC
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Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:53 PM
Subject: Invitation to join the Cosmos Portal



Dear Officers of the Saguaro Astronomy Club,
This is an invitation to your organization and its members to help build the Cosmos Portal.
The 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations has designated 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy. The non-profit Digital Universe Foundation is gearing up to act as a major source of astronomy news and information for the public via its free Cosmos Portal being developed by astronomers and space scientists (http://beta.manyone.net/cosmos ),
In parallel we intend to bring hundreds of active amateur astronomy organizations and thousands of amateur astronomers and telescope makers together in a community of websites. This will allow vibrant online collaboration and information sharing. See the Astrochannels Portal for example (http://beta.manyone.net/astrochannels ).
To join, simply go to http://beta.manyone.net/cosmos and select "Communities" at the top of the left-hand set of tabs. On the page that then appears select the green JOIN MANYONE TODAY on the right. This service is free with ads or $8/month without ads.
Once you complete the short sign-up form you will get an email registration confirmation. Use that to log in. A "My Dashboard" page will then appear. Select "Create a Portal." This opens an edit page. You can either fill this with all sorts of content -- articles, news, blogs, events, astrophotography galleries -- or link to your existing website.
To make your portal part of the Cosmos Community go to the bottom of the edit page and click on the + sign next to Science & Technology. Then click on the square box next to Cosmos. This connects your portal to the Cosmos Community. Click Submit to finish.
Hope you decide to participate in the Cosmos Portal. Send me an email if you have any questions. 

Bernard Haisch
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