[webproducers] Re: [webproducers]

Morry:
Is it safe to say the purpose is to be inclusive of Producers of all media,
whether that be interactive/digital media, broadcast media, print media or
film (and anything else I left out)?

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On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Morry Galonoy <morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Sure thanks for asking.
> When I first created the organization I considered using a broader
> term to prevent limiting us to just web-based media but wound up
> opting for WPO at the risk of limiting us in our early days. Our
> simple and meager website addresses the fact that we are here to
> support producers and project managers of interactive media including
> web but it was never intended to just be about web.
>
> Additionally, our purpose has always been to help those that are
> responsible for managing  the process of developing interactive media.
> There are plenty of communities and organizations that focus on the
> other various roles and media including graphic design, broadcast
> media, visual design, interaction/ia, usability, and various technical
> communities but when we started this group there were no groups
> specific to producing/managing interactive media and still not too many.
>
> We have been growing in terms of number of subscribers on our this
> list and our Linked-In community and interest from third parties
> interested in everything from recruiting our folks to sponsoring
> events. Also, there's been a lot of interest lately in from
> subscribers/members who want more resources and tools for the
> community to connect and know about each other. The reason for the
> name change is simply to more accurately reflect what has been sated
> on our website for years which is:
>
>        "Web Producers Organization (WPO) is a professional organization
> created to support producers and project managers, of interactive and
> web-based media."
>
> At one point we had considered using the term "digital" instead of
> interactive or web but after considerable thought realized that, like
> web,it's limiting because it relies on technology not qualities of a
> technology (e.g. tv to broadcast) even though it's likely that digital
> technology will be the dominant form of interactive media for some
> time it makes sense to me to focus on the what makes the commonalities
> in the mix of media that "interactive media producers" work/deal with.
>
> I'm sorry for any confusion.
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Florian Fangohr wrote:
>
> > Let me re-phrase:
> > To me the voting process and reason lacked clarity. It read somewhere
> > that the group was expanding/growing and needed a new name, but if was
> > never quite clear to me where the expansion was, if the topic/format
> > would change, or what problem the new name was supposed to solve. Then
> > when it came to voting the old name was listed. I was midly confused.
> >
> > Do you mind filling the list in on what the thinking was?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > FF
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -
> > honest communications
> > for a better tomorroh
> >
> > http://fangohr.com
> >
> > sent from ohphone
> >
> > On Apr 6, 2009, at 23:51, Morry Galonoy <morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for your feedback. Sorry you weren't "inspired" by any of the
> >> names.
> >> Actually this is good news as it shows you are very consistently
> >> critical of any idea that is not your own.
> >>
> >> There was a rationale to the choices/options including showing the
> >> same name.  We didn't want to solicit names as we would never have a
> >> consensus.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:28 PM, Florian Fangohr wrote:
> >>
> >>> Might also be interesting to solicit name suggestions. Imho, the
> >>> selection of available names wasn't that inspiring... I voted for
> >>> the
> >>> old one.
> >>>
> >>> Ps: if you set up a questionaire with the goal to change the former
> >>> name, you might want to exclude it ;)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -
> >>> honest communications
> >>> for a better tomorroh
> >>>
> >>> http://fangohr.com
> >>>
> >>> sent from ohphone
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 6, 2009, at 22:45, morry <morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Oh no they only gave us 100 responses because we used the free
> >>>> version, sorry I didn't realize.
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Joanna Bogumsky
> >>>> <joannabogumsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi Morry,
> >>>>> The survey isn't active, I get the following message:: "This
> >>>>> survey
> >>>>> is
> >>>>> currently closed. Please contact the author of this survey for
> >>>>> further
> >>>>> assistance."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>> Joanna
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Morry Galonoy
> >>>>> <morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> WPO isn't just for web anymore... Help us pick a new name!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/d58alo
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Morry Galonoy
> >>>>>> Founding Director
> >>>>>> Web Producers Organization
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://www.WebProducers.org
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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