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[E]

Originally Posted by campbell

A policy by itself ain't going to do much. Words on paper just sit there. I think there needs to be more education, period.

And the Tech Section is just the group to promote such an endeavor! (don't you think, E?)

Great idea. We also now have our first case study.

[bdschobel]

Originally Posted by MarsLasar

This is not professional.

I agree that the post by SOA's president seemed unprofessional.

Bruce

[campbell]

Originally Posted by E

Great idea. We also now have our first case study.

I think, in the interest of not stirring up more than I already have, I'll use something different as my examples....

[Brad Gile]

Originally Posted by tbakos

Blago is not a sympathetic character, he is an entertaining character - no doubt about that. However, he was not so entertaining when he was actually Governor of Illinois with power and authority he could misuse/abuse.

So, what are we to think of our SoA President when he has "sympathetic" thoughts towards Blago. Mclaughlin, after all, is still President of the SoA with 2+ years left on our Board. I hope we're not going to hear next that Blago is his role model.

It could all be innocent, of course - a spur of the moment thoughtless tweet from Chicagoland where the story is undoubtly getting a lot of play. But, it is still disturbing.

Here's an idea --- The SoA Annual meeting in 2011 is in Chicago. The Blago trial will, probably, still be going on and Blago will, probably, still be in need of money. Maybe we can line him up as our keynote speaker and get some professionalism CPD.

Awesome post, Tom. I

[tbakos]

Originally Posted by Jwallace

Before the haters jump to conclusions, can we figure out if there's some context missing?

Also, sympathy != empathy. You feel empathy for someone when you've been there and know how it feels. I'm glad he didn't say that.

One does not have a lot of opportunity to put things in context in a tweet. Therefore, one ought to be very careful when using that mode of communication.

As has already been pointed out, if you are personally messaging a few close friends, that "context" allows much more liberty. Taking a tweet like that out of context would be wrong and probably misleading.

But, in this case, the SoA President was tweeting as the SoA President to a large public group and his message is available even to those of us not on Twitter. In that context, it seems McLaughlin should have used a little more discretion.

[E]

Originally Posted by campbell

I think, in the interest of not stirring up more than I already have, I'll use something different as my examples....

I forgot the red font.

[EddieC]

Do we really need presidential tweets?

[Take 2]

Looks like SoA needs a Twitter mask.

[E]

Originally Posted by EddieC

Do we really need presidential tweets?

It's a good question. I also don't think it should necessarily be expected that all SOA presidents use Twitter.

But I think an official SOA Twitter handle to announce events, site updates, news, etc. is not a bad idea though. It's simply a form of promotion at its most basic level. It's pretty much what the rest of the world is doing.

Spoiler:

I know we're not the rest of the world here.

[Victor The Eagle]

Like the girl I took to prom, I have cut Sir Mike out of the photo of me accepting my FSA certificate.

His signature on my certificate, well, that's another matter.