@faithmovesmountains My last group we used a mug. I was thinking more common household objects...like a roll of toilet paper. No way I'm going out to buy a pineapple either 😅 But now that I'm talking about it I kind if wish I did have pineapple here right now...it sounds delicious 😋
Im so down for a fb group! With how scary things got this week, I feel like a chicken with my head off even more so than usual. So coming here to deal with this “cumbersome” format is a lot right now. 😜
Yay I am so glad we are doing this lol! I have a love/hate relationship with TB. FB is so much easier to use.
Yes I believe we went with 5 admins- odd number and enough if someone drops out. Would anyone like to volunteer as an admin? We have @Panaceia@jenis_fan_for_life I’d also like to volunteer since I’m an admin with my first bump group and another admin for my sons school group lol.
We can get a list of people who would like to do it, and then create a poll? Or since we can vote up to 5- we can vote for 5 people each and then go by the number of likes?
Separate discussion for the poll or number of likes on this one?
@MusicalFamily My vote would be a separate discussion so it isn’t buried in this thread - just in case there are some who are not caught up on this thread.
I would love to make the move to a Facebook group. Like others have said, there are some things I’ve been less comfortable sharing here in such a public forum. I think the suggestions everyone’s made so far for how to set it up make a lot of sense, and I think 5 admins is a good number.
I would also like to move to fb. I agree that TB is cumbersome on my phone which is the device I'm usually on. Fb is a lot easier to navigate and would make posting easier and more fun.
Also, I think 5 admins is a good number. That way, hopefully no one gets overwhelmed.
5 admins sounds reasonable. And I agree we should have a separate thread with a poll of TB names. Everyone can vote and top 5 names with highest votes are made admin. Unless someone wants to take on the job of counting everyone’s individual votes if we just write them out
Okay we will do a separate poll for the vote if needed. Anyone else volunteer for admin on the FB page? We need at least 2 more people to make 5. So the more the better so we can vote.
These are the names I had thrown out before. So far we have 5 who have expressed explicit interest I think (I skimmed through the thread and I apologize if I missed someone):
That gives us 5...if we don't want to vote or if there isn't anyone else who wants to do it we could just go with these 5? Or if there is only 1 other person who really wants to do it I could give up my spot so we don't need to poll or vote?
Just thought I'd throw it out there in case some people aren't comfortable with being part of a poll or voting 😁
I’d be happy to make the move now as well. Just like some others, I’m careful about what I post on here bc of how open the forum is and anyone can see. I think the admin list @Panaceia has looks great!
I think posting that we’re interested in joining in a separate thread and having people “love” our post if they feel familiar enough with our names is a good start to give the admins a list to talk about. That’s where my last BMB admins started with the process.
@jenis_fan_for_life Cumbersome is a great way to describe trying to reply, making sure you haven’t missed anything, typing in responses and making sure you tag the right handle, etc. Facebook would be much easier to stay on top of things!
@MusicalFamily Private messaged, but will go on the record here to say I don’t mind at all personally that you took the initiative. This will be nice once it’s running.
Attempting to create an album we’ll be able to use for member photos if the other admins would like to help test it out. I’m pretty new to how Facebook groups work. ^^; With any luck this will keep the photos easy to find and handy as reference as we make the transition and try to figure out who is who.
For the time being, thank you all for your patience as we iron out the details!
I need to get a little more involved, but I'd definitely be interested in joining at some point! I've mostly been a lurker, as I forget to even come on here most days (I've been trying to get more active lately). Everyone has seemed so lovely! I feel like, for me personally at least, I'd do better since with FB I'd be getting alerts and notifications.
Sorry about missing all this! TB did not tell me there were new posts the last few days!
Last BM we did a bump selfie with a paper with the date and our bump name. I'm also down with a common household item (mug or TP were mentioned, and I imagine most people have those? I am apparently allergic to pineapple so we don't have that at the moment haha)
Re: Would you like to have a Facebook group now or wait?
Ah okay, something like a mug or roll of toilet paper sounds much easier. Lol
I’d also like to volunteer since I’m an admin with my first bump group and another admin for my sons school group lol.
Also, I think 5 admins is a good number. That way, hopefully no one gets overwhelmed.
I guess I’ll throw my name in the hat.
I’ve never been an admin for anything in particular, but I’m certainly willing to try.
@goldfishcraker
@morgantu
@kgg2241
@rachelredhead
@MusicalFamily
@night_nurse
@nursejenn5
@faithmovesmountains
@realhousewife519
@achanceintime
@jennifer_m21
@gembud
@Panaceia
These are the names I had thrown out before. So far we have 5 who have expressed explicit interest I think (I skimmed through the thread and I apologize if I missed someone):
@jenis_fan_for_life
@goldfishcraker
@MusicalFamily
@faithmovesmountains
@Panaceia
That gives us 5...if we don't want to vote or if there isn't anyone else who wants to do it we could just go with these 5? Or if there is only 1 other person who really wants to do it I could give up my spot so we don't need to poll or vote?
Just thought I'd throw it out there in case some people aren't comfortable with being part of a poll or voting 😁
Private messaged, but will go on the record here to say I don’t mind at all personally that you took the initiative.
This will be nice once it’s running.
With any luck this will keep the photos easy to find and handy as reference as we make the transition and try to figure out who is who.
For the time being, thank you all for your patience as we iron out the details!
We’d love to get to know you better. I was a lurker in first trimester myself before I decided I wanted to join in, so I totally get it.
Last BM we did a bump selfie with a paper with the date and our bump name.
I'm also down with a common household item (mug or TP were mentioned, and I imagine most people have those? I am apparently allergic to pineapple so we don't have that at the moment haha)