Item Subject: Message text Gathering Web bookmarks collectively in one location is a great idea!! We would be pleased to link our web page with Alison's list of bookmarks! Now, this is a GREAT example of the Internet being used effectively in a health promotion context. Sharing of resources and "person-power"! Debbie Bang [log in to unmask] > I appreciated very much having access to Alison Stirling's > bookmarks as per her announcement on Click4HP. Her and I > have discussed quite a bit over the past year or two how > best to share with others the list of bookmarks we have > each shared and developed over time. > > I am currently working on dramatically renovating my Web site > and was wondering how best to make my bookmarks available as > well. Thanks Alison for Just Doing It! as the expression goes. > > I have seen so many meta-directories on different topics I think > I am starting to go blind :-) Without question, Alison sharing > her great list of bookmarks will help many get started and point > them in the right direction. However, I am now asking myself if I > should do the same or not. > > I was planning on having part of my Web site be a similar list, > with similar categories. Would this be overkill? It's not > that it would require a lot of work. Compared to the mounting of > the rest of my site, listing the bookmarks would be relatively > easy, although still a little time consuming. I am just wondering > how much of a resource it would be if it already exists? > > Would it be possible and would there be interest in joining > together with Alison and expanding her list? I assume this is > do-able technologically speaking. Perhaps we could build a larger > list where those of us who have sites could link to. Perhaps > keeping it as simple as possible would help toom, such as just > emailing "additions" to Alison's original list to a student who > could cross-check them, determine their relevance and add them. > Just an idea of course. > > There are probably as many disadvantages as advantages to this, not > least of which is the varying understandings people have of seemingly > simple concepts such as health promotion, sustainability, community > development, etc. > > I guess what I'm getting at is how feasible would it be to launch > the development of an ever-growing bookmark site? I for one, would > be more than happy to share my list as well. And thanks again > Alison. > > JM Dupont > > *** > Jean-Marc Dupont > Principle Consultant - Community Systems Associates > National Contact - Canadian Healthy Communities Network > Facilitator - act.kids.ca (Web Networks Public Newsgroup) > > 119 York Street, 3rd Floor > Ottawa, ON K1N 5T4 Canada > Tel: +613.241.8755 > Fax: + 613 241.8846 > Email: [log in to unmask] > http://www.web.net/~comsys [under renovation] > *** >