This is a work in progress, though we have some clear ideas of what it will look like when it is successful. We are in the process of revamping our community site to allow our users to choose from a variety of bionic tools. These tools will allow people to build their own website, publish their press release, share stories, ask and answer questions, submit calendar items, and choose their news. We want people to interact with the news instead of react to it. Groups have not been as diligent in updating their sites as we would like them to be.
Maine has a rich history of community organizing.
One benefit for us is that it is easy to think statewide because the population is only 1.3 million. Yankee ingenuity and neighborly kindness is a foundation for us, not a fantasy. That is why Maine has more nonprofits per capita than almost any other state. Well, this morning at our monthly all-staff meeting, I ate a candy rat that had been kicking around the office since Halloween. I had made a challenge to the sales staff to hit a goal but that was unusual.