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Building an Internet Community
Posted by:
Samiuela LV Taufa on August 15, 2002 10:17:14 PM
Case Study - Täsilisili he ngalu-ope
URL: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/sialeiofa
Tevita K. Havea, a Tongan marooned in the UK, blessed with the ‘common touch’ frequently used the Internet in many of the conferences relating to his work. Kava Party after Kava Party Tevita would marvel to fellow drinkers at the opportunities to share and communicate using the Internet. It soon came time to put up.
URL: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/sialeiofa
Tevita K. Havea, a Tongan marooned in the UK, blessed with the ‘common touch’ frequently used the Internet in many of the conferences relating to his work. Kava Party after Kava Party Tevita would marvel to fellow drinkers at the opportunities to share and communicate using the Internet. It soon came time to put up.
Community. Täsilisili he ngalu-ope is a community built through the Internet that hopes to share members’ experiences, “a’usia” encounters with the Christian Church’s common lectionary. Today, the Täsilisili cyber-community involves almost 100 members brought together on the central theme of sharing their spiritual growth, needs to allow practical application of their faith.
Priorities. Members are encouraged with the theology of the scriptures, pastoral aspects and how the scriptures point to their own private, family, and community walk. This becomes a wonderful tool for Tongans around the world, and especially for the many members here in Tonga without access to Lectionary support materials available overseas.
Membership. Members are a broad mix of differing denominations and non-church goers who share through different mechanisms of the ngalu-ope. Members also share photographs, sound-bytes through the website dedicated to the group (URL shown above.)
Tongan is the primary language used in communications and is especially useful for the Computer/English literate Tongans who still find it
Administration. Administration of the ‘community’ is through volunteers selected by the founders of the community. The administrators (called moderators) keep the discussions focussed within the confines of the community and act as helpers/assistants to those relatively new to the community.
Service Provision. The community is hosted, or provided, free by the web service www.smartgroups.com. Members and administrators’ costs for providing the Online community is to view the advertising on the web pages.
Background. The term Täsilisili is taken from one of the methods used by our ancestors to communicate between islands, between which sound could not travel, but smoke signals worked their magic. Tevita had only ever used the Internet for email, and he didn’t think he was doing that well with that, now he was preparing to do bring Tongans together around the Täsilisili (smoke signals) on the ngalu-ope (cyberspace/Internet).
The founders had no previous experience in creating online communities and cursory experience with putting up a website.
Community Tools: Picture Gallery, Mailing List, Membership, Invitation/Confirmation
Language: Tongan
Purpose: Share values, teachings of weekly lectionaries in the Tongan Language
Installation Cost: $0.00
Maintenance Cost: Members’ volunteer time
Required Tools: Internet Connection, Volunteer Time
Experience Required: Some familiarity with the Internet
Priorities. Members are encouraged with the theology of the scriptures, pastoral aspects and how the scriptures point to their own private, family, and community walk. This becomes a wonderful tool for Tongans around the world, and especially for the many members here in Tonga without access to Lectionary support materials available overseas.
Membership. Members are a broad mix of differing denominations and non-church goers who share through different mechanisms of the ngalu-ope. Members also share photographs, sound-bytes through the website dedicated to the group (URL shown above.)
Tongan is the primary language used in communications and is especially useful for the Computer/English literate Tongans who still find it
Administration. Administration of the ‘community’ is through volunteers selected by the founders of the community. The administrators (called moderators) keep the discussions focussed within the confines of the community and act as helpers/assistants to those relatively new to the community.
Service Provision. The community is hosted, or provided, free by the web service www.smartgroups.com. Members and administrators’ costs for providing the Online community is to view the advertising on the web pages.
Background. The term Täsilisili is taken from one of the methods used by our ancestors to communicate between islands, between which sound could not travel, but smoke signals worked their magic. Tevita had only ever used the Internet for email, and he didn’t think he was doing that well with that, now he was preparing to do bring Tongans together around the Täsilisili (smoke signals) on the ngalu-ope (cyberspace/Internet).
The founders had no previous experience in creating online communities and cursory experience with putting up a website.
Community Tools: Picture Gallery, Mailing List, Membership, Invitation/Confirmation
Language: Tongan
Purpose: Share values, teachings of weekly lectionaries in the Tongan Language
Installation Cost: $0.00
Maintenance Cost: Members’ volunteer time
Required Tools: Internet Connection, Volunteer Time
Experience Required: Some familiarity with the Internet
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