Group meeting.
Although a number of attempts were made to get the group to
meet this has proved difficult mainly due to arranging a time when everybody
could make it. In the intervening period
I have met with Pete Anderson and decided to set up a set of rolling meetings
on a Thursday at around 5 o’clock where those who are interested can meet to
take along various aspects of our ICT strategy. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 13th
April at the Techub Swansea High St. then every other Thursday thereafter. It is
not expected that these meetings would last very long, an hour to an hour and a
half at the most but it would provide an opportunity for those involved to
catch up. We also decided that it would probably be more effective to keep the
wider group informed through email etc so people could get involved in these
areas that particularly interest them rather than expecting everybody to get
involved in all areas.
Newsletter
Probably one of the most significant developments this month
has been the development of a new format newsletter that has been circulated in
both online and hard copy. This is an
attempt to keep members up to date via a more engaging format and hopefully encourage
more feedback and interaction. As this is very much a new format those of us
who were involved in its production would welcome constructive feedback.
Local Election Candidate
Videos
Rob Marshall and I have both produced short videos to
support our election campaigns. While
mine in no way aspires to the production values of Rob’s particularly in
relation to soundtrack if any of the other local election candidates would like
assistance in producing their own videos I am more than happy to assist in any way
I can as have access to the necessary
equipment and editing software.
Social Media Presence
Our Twitter account, which has now only been established a
month already has 76 followers sowe are therefore averaging well over 10 per
week. The Facebook page is also acting
as a useful platform for getting out message out there and since its inception
barely a month ago our blog has received 228 views. Nextdoor is also proving to
be another platform through which Rob Marshall, Des Thomas, Pam Erasmus and to a lesser extent myself are using it for local engagement.
As the elections near I would urge all local members to use social media i which ever way they can as a means of raising our profile and getting our message out there. Face to face canvassing still has its place
but as I have outlined previously many people these days look to the internet
to find their information and research topics that are of interest to them and
if we don’t utilise this resource as effectively as we can I fear we are
missing a trick.
