Last night I attended a 'launch' gathering for bloggers of the new UMC .org . The web meeting itself was interesting - I simultaneously logged on and called in, and the meeting used Acrobat Connect to guide us through a presentation of the site while we listened to commentary over the phone from Matt Carlisle , Larry Hollon , and Stephen Drachler . The phone connection was a little iffy - feedback and random background noises made it hard to communicate clearly. After the presentation, there was time for Q & A - not many questions were asked - I didn't ask any myself - but I think in part this was because 1) The presentation was clear and the features are somewhat self-explanatory and 2) Until you get a chance to actually check out and use the new site yourself it is not clear what you might want to ask. So - the new site... The main feature of the new site is that it contains a social-networking component , which is being hosted/run by 7 Villages . Apparently, some
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