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This page is aimed to explain how the moderation of the KM4Dev mailing list takes place from both a technical and substantial perspective.

The KM4Dev mailing list is powered by DGroups, a mailing list platform dedicated to the development sector. The KM4Dev mailing list has its own online portal reachable at: http://dgroups.org/groups/km4dev-l/

For normal users, the interface includes the following tabs:

For admins, the interface includes an additional tab called "Admin":

In KM4Dev, for facilitation of our platforms (DGroup, Wiki, Ning) see notes on the following pages

• Shared Facilitation Planning Page
• Mailing List Environment
• KM4Dev's Guidelines
• Thinking About Our Community
  

Suggestions to the moderators

Make a summary of KM4Dev activities in your month

Below a nice example of a monthly summary (by Ewen)

Summary of January 2014

Hello all,

As some of you may not be aware, while we're having great discussions on this email list, there's also some stuff happening on other KM4Dev platforms... On our Ning site: Vien Nguyen is asking how theories of change can help achieve knowledge network impact: http://www.km4dev.org/forum/topics/how-theory-of-change-thinking-can-help-achieving-knowledge?xg_source=activity Andrew Clappison is inviting anyone to contribute to the Research to Action website Elsa Scholte posted a job announcement for a communication (for agriculture) officer at SNV

On our wiki (where we document mailing list conversations etc.), well there's some stuff happening but it's work in progress. Feel free to have a peek at recent changes though : http://wiki.km4dev.org/Special:RecentChanges

On the KM4Dev Journal page, the latest issue (December 2013) was published a short while ago with emphasis on 'facilitating multi-stakeholder platforms'. There's also a wiki page for the KM4Dev journal with some additional information at: http://wiki.km4dev.org/KM4D_Journal

If you are based in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Dakar, Nairobi, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Africa generally, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Brussels, The Hague, Russia, Brazil, Atlanta, DC/USA, there is a KM4Dev group that exists in your vicinity. Feel free to join these groups! Some are big, some are small, some are very active, some are not, but hey, if you don't check these groups they may never take off - it's your chance to bring KM4Dev to your context and needs... If you live in another country and you know other people who might be interested in setting up such a local group, why not try it (and ask people who started the existing ones for tips and tricks)?

Finally, many people don't know about the KM4Dev core group so here's a page with more information: http://www.km4dev.org/page/core-group. We are working on ways to make interactions between KM4Dev members and core group members easier - though at any time you can wave at us on this list and I'm sure one of us will respond :) Keep up the great KM4Dev interactions and spirit, keep sharing, learning and engaging and all the rest of it!

Cheers, Ewen