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Shaun of the Dead
Posted Oct 11, 2004
I finally managed to get around to watching 'Shaun of the Dead' on Saturday. What a great film!
Zombies rule! 
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Latest reply: Oct 11, 2004
Creative Minds needed! Give us your suggestions!
Posted Sep 7, 2004
Hiya,
We want to name a group of people who work on messageboards, DNA sites and other BBC community areas. We need some help! We're looking for a name for the group that indicates the following:
* these people are not hosts, but they will post to the boards regularly - they're there to enter/stimulate discussions, not resolve disputes.
* they're most likely to be BBC employees (a fact, but doesn't necessarily need to be reflected in the name)
* they're experts in one field or another - they may be dancers, or cooks or gardeners or dj's or studio managers or producers, or journalists.
* We want people to know that they are staff, and have a strong understanding/knowledge of the subject area.
* It needs to be an accessible name - nothing to pretentious or superior.
Have you got any thoughts on this? All name suggestions welcome!
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Latest reply: Sep 7, 2004
New Team Member!
Posted Sep 3, 2004
The Central Community Team have a new team member!
A big welcome goes out to Sona, who joined us last week. 
We now have five members on our community support team, me, Andrew, Alison, Mina and Sona.
We're all really busy at the moment, and the powers at the BBC decided we could do with an extra pair of hands to give us a bit of extra time to work on some very cool development projects and reorganise the structure of BBC communities internally. BBC communities have grown and grown over the past five or so years, and the structure has grown pretty much organically, which is great, but it's now time for a complete overhall and restructure.
We have many others working on the project too - Dan is Senior Tech Producer of the DNA team, we have the lovely Simon working as Producer of new projects, and Colette and Jane working away on core usability and design issues.
The Central Community project also owes loads to the coders - Jim Lynn of course, plus the two Marks, James, Egor, Tom, Andy and others who dip in and out as needed. The divisions within the BBC also have their own DNA coders now, so they don't rely on the central new media team for new designs and updates to the skins on their sites - they can develop and grow using their own resources.
The SSO Team also deserve a mention, without them no-one could sign in! They now have three team members, led by Tim and they're busy setting up SSO for the new services that are in the pipeline.
So 
to everyone involved on the project. It's lovely to see it growing and expanding in so many directions. It's actually very exciting to work here at the moment, lots of changes and new developments! 
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Latest reply: Sep 3, 2004
Mina is away because her computer isn't working...
Posted Aug 9, 2004
Mina is on hols this week, and called in to say she won't be online this week, because her computer and phone line are playing up on her. 
Poor Mina, she was off on holiday the other week and really missed being online. 
Hopefully she'll get it all fixed and be back soon.
If you see her online drop by and tell me? I can't believe she's actually going to stay away for that long. 
**Internet cafe... come here... Internet cafe this way** 
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Latest reply: Aug 9, 2004
Mina's away!
Posted Jul 26, 2004
Miss Mina is away on holiday, its very quiet around here now!
I've been working very hard at work lately, my boss is away and I've been covering some of his work, so I've been up to my eyes in documents and charts and budgets.
I've been looking for a birthday pressie for Mark (it's his birthday on the 1st) - so far I've bought him a book on beer, but want to get something else, no idea what though, any ideas?
My son is hiking in the Alps, which should get him fit - my daughter is at her nans, which should get her spoilt. 
So, what's everyone else been up too?
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Latest reply: Jul 26, 2004
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