[stylist] facebook worries

Sun Oct 4 21:16:13 UTC 2015

Eve, I am certainly willing to help in any way I can but there is only one 
person, Carrie, who is the main administrator  listed with FaceBook.   No 
one else listed as admins there can  do the things that need done as none of 
us have the passwords or authority to do anything more than just post on the 
site.  I do agree with everything you say, Eve, and I think you or someone 
you choose needs to be the person in charge who filters the posts so that 
they are in agreement with the division officers and the NFB as well.
I think  the page could be  very helpful in membership, advertising NFB 
activities, division news, publication opportunities for members or other 
blind writers, special stories about members or other blind authors you 
might think would be interesting, etc.  I cannot be that person as I have 
too many other responsibilities to manage, but I am willing to help in any 
transition if you need me. Honestly, I do not even know if you can take down 
that page without some information that only one Carrie  would have.

As to FB problems in the future, this one is beyond anything I have had 
happen. I run/author  two blogs, and five FB organizational pages, for over 
8 years, and never  had any problems even remotely like this one.  The job 
is not difficult and if it is done consistently on a regular basis, it is 
very manageable.  I have to say, this is sure UNIQUE.   Lynda

-----Original Message----- 
From: Barbara HAMMEL via stylist
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 3:12 PM
To: Writers' Division Mailing List
Cc: Barbara HAMMEL
Subject: Re: [stylist] facebook worries

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 4, 2015, at 13:11, EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist 
> <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Writers, As many of you know, I have been out of town and away from
> the computer. I returned late Friday and though I had been busy yesterday,
> I got started on catching up to my full inboxes. I wanted to read through
> all of the emails regarding the facebook issues before responding. I also
> did a little research.
> I saw there was some concern as to who this person was that had replaced
> her banner with that of the page and that some thought her name familiar,
> but no one seemed to know who she was.
> Laura Minning is a past member of the division and a past editor with 
> Slate
> & Style. She was a member of the division at the time the page was created
> and so I am guessing that she was a member of the group page as well.
> I understand that many of you would not know or remember her, but some of
> you, according to federation documents that I found, worked quite closely
> with her.
> Why am I bringing all of this up? It is simple really. I do not believe it
> was done as a malicious act, a hacking, or at all on purpose. Facebook has
> been creating problems for many over the years and is not the simple 
> social
> network it started out as. I am not bashing facebook either. I am just
> pointing out that these things happen. If we want to continue working with
> facebook, then we may expect this sort of thing to possibly happen again.
> At least the potential is there.
> Lynda was right though when she said it is a great way to keep people
> informed as to what is going on. And of course there are those who
> appreciate the page.
> Robert is also right with the advice he was given, that we should scrap 
> the
> page and start over. This will be difficult. We will need to be sure to 
> try
> and add all those who are on it now and to administer it with some type of
> consistency. It is a huge job and should likely have only two or three
> administrators at the most. This will ensure the consistency and control
> and administrators could be changed; added and subtracted, as needed in 
> the
> future.
> The question now is who would be willing and able to do such a job? I 
> would
> love to hear from those interested and perhaps we could hold a conference
> call to iron things out. Perhaps anyone interested, but not knowing if 
> they
> are ready for a commitment could join the call and we could discuss the
> entire scope of the matter. I do know that some people feel intimidated
> about volunteering in front of a crowd, so I am going to ask anyone who 
> has
> interest or ideas, to contact me at thirdeyeonlyinaz at gmail.com.
> Definately anyone who has facebook knowledge should get involved here as
> well, even if you do not wish to be involved in a new page.
> I think this is the best process for clearing all of this up. And if we
> could get the past administrators to stay involved until we get the new
> team off the ground, I would appreciate it. Mainly that is Lynda, Barbara
> and Shelly.
> Let me know what you all think. I look forward to hearing from you and
> setting something up. Thanks for all of your patience here also.
> Eve Sanchez
> President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
> President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
> Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
> Editor, Tapestry, a TAWN publication
> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
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> haven't been following this threat closely, but it could be that Laura got 
> hacked and that person messed in her stuff and did that to her. Even 
> approaching the facebook team itself might help solve this dilemma.
Barbara
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