Jun 08 2007
Alumni Network Website
I guess I am late on arrival again … There is a company that does exactly what I envisioned for JSIS: Affinity Circles.
A very interesting company and here is its founding story:
“Affinity Circles was founded by a couple of students at Stanford. They created a social networking platform called “Club Nexus” for undergrads at Stanford. They got funding, secured the Stanford Alumni Association as their first customer and then hired a CEO to stabilize the company.” (found at a blog site)
I am glad there is something out there. But at the same time, now that UWAA’s already built a website for all UW alum, I am wondering what space there is left for JSIS. Particularlly, how do we get data from UWAA?
But then again, if we can get easy access to JSIS alum, that will be a very good thing indeed.
Hey Bing - I think that this is a good idea. I also mentioned an idea to Max Gasteen about the possibility of starting an internal JSIS Grad blog. This would help students navigate the administration of the school, comment on current goings on and keep up a dialogue between the student government and the students that would be much better than what we currently have. It might also help to add relevance to the student government itself, if we have a student body that has a blog to check out with issues that matter to them.
I was thinking it would be run by someone appointed as Communications Director of the JS Student Grad Counsel…
Let me know what you think of this. While the affinity circle is something will help keep people in touch once we leave, the blog could be one more thing that helps build community while we are still in school.
Let me know what you think.
Ben