online communities

Scouts this website leads to an online community of scout leaders around New Zealand.

The reason for this community is to allow scout leaders of New Zealand to talk to each other share problems and advice, and also to share resources. it is also a site where they can look up information and documents needed to run a successful scout group.

i find this site to be quite interactive however some other people would differ in opinion. it has been designed to meet the needs of my generation however a large number of our leaders are of an older generation. people contribute to this site by sending in photos and by discussion on the discussion board.

Leaders chose to contribute on this site because it means that there is a large sense unitement amongst the leaders of New Zealand and support is there when the leaders need it.

Ethical issues arise when there are large national problems going on. an example is when they use to have the discussion board on facebook and when a large national fundraising campaign went through there was a lot of back lash and negative behaviour directed towards a particular person.

This community lacks the ability to have young leaders who are also youth members contributing because of a safety protection meaning that youth members don't have access to all of the site. This also has flaws as youth members dont have access to all the information and therefore can miss out on opportunities.