The B-log

Well, after many hours of work, Club Moz now has our own web space. The purpose of this site is to provide a way for members to collaborate when they are away from the school and to give us a portal to communicate what is happening with the club. Since we have had a slow following of members to come out, I am planning on trying to get people to come out virtually. What I mean by this is to let people know that they do not have to come to the class room if they do not want. If they are either too busy, or cannot make it to the class room, then I want to let people know that they can hang out remotely on #clubmoz. This way they can still collaborate, contribute and get support for whatever they want to work on. I am hoping that clubmoz.ca can be used as another tool to help with that. I discussed the idea of having virtual members with Dave Humphrey and he expressed concern about people not knowing IRC and being a little scared to dive in. To help combat this fear, I will be putting up detailed and simple tutorials on clubmoz.ca.

Some of the content that we have set up so far is a news aggregator for RSS feeds. So far it is only set up for feeds from my blog, but it could certainly be expanded easily to get a broader range of community blogs. This feature will make announcing to the community what we are doing a lot easier. I have also added an Important Links section, where I have posted a handful of useful links. Finally, I have added a Tutorials section that will be used for guides and walkthroughs which should be helpful for our newest members. There is already an IRC guide posted.

This is just the beginning. I am hoping to expand the functionality of the site as the club matures. I encourage any feedback.

I would like to thank Tiago, Club Moz Financial Officer, for providing the domain and getting the skeleton site set up for us. I would also like to thank Dave Humphrey for all the guidance and advice he has given me in taking the club to where it is today. Finally, I would like to thank everyone in the Mozilla community who has supported me and pushed me along. Without any of you, both myself and the club would not be where we are today. Thank you.

Stay tuned for weekly Club Moz updates.

Cheers!

Anthony Hughes, your Club Moz President.