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August 22, 2007
Thoughts from Jessica - August 22
Three years ago, I arrived in St. Louis, Missouri as a member of the 4-H USA Web Crew, a group of fourteen 4-H members and young alumni from across the nation developing the new 4husa.org website to serve as the web portal for all things 4-H. It was my opportunity to share my two greatest passions: 4-H and technology. Three years of work have gone into 4husa.org to continue our efforts in sharing 4-H news and links nationwide while allowing 4-H youth to collaborate online via message boards, post 4-H blogs, and interact. The opportunity was created for the 4-H community to communicate across city, county and state lines and start thinking about their identity in a nationwide program. This was only the beginning…
Five weeks ago, I came onboard at National 4-H Council and the Access 4-H Team with youthful enthusiasm, ready to engage in this large and ambitious goal of creating a stronger and unified web presence for 4-H which builds off of the existing efforts in this area. Ambitious? Perhaps. Doable? Of course. Necessary? Absolutely! We are redefining what it means to be “4-H Online.” Most importantly we are not recreating the wheel, but expanding on our existing web presence. 4-H’s past efforts in creating a national website or web presence will be incorporated into Access 4-H and enhance the opportunities for the 4-H community to communicate and share with each other.
In the past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to see the passion, excitement, and enthusiasm from people from many different areas of the 4-H system regarding Access 4-H. It is refreshing to see everyone coming together to support one unified presence. I have also seen the conviction of the Access Team members as we move forward in developing this infrastructure for everyone to use. We are bursting with information to share with you in coming weeks and months as we move forward in the development. Stay tuned!
Posted in category Our Thoughts at 05:27 PM