On Monday and Tuesday, a our group met in Austin to discuss the immediate needs to the Juvenile Case Manager position created by SB 61 and SB 209. As those in attendance know, I am Tad Hasse and was the only I.T. Geek in the room, ergo: this site.
As soon as I receive the updated participant list, I will make everyone that was involved into authors. This will allow you to create topics for discussion in comments under the topic. If playing computer author is not exactly your cup of tea, don't worry. You won't hurt it by trying. For those that approached me as not being at home in this environment, don't worry. Simply email me the title and body of what you want posted and I'll take care of it. my email is cjhasse@cob.us, it is also thasse@gmail.com . I get both mail address notifications instantly on my phone and will promptly deal with any of the issues you may have. Most notably, I would like any links, contact info, etc. for the Juvenile Case Manager's Association so that I may put links on the side. The authorship status is not limited to the participants at the conference. There are probably a lot of knowledgeable folks who just couldn't make the conference but whose participation would be a plus for us. Have them contact me and I'll set them up, too.
I am making this forum into open commenting, but if you pick "anonymous" and don't include some reference to yourself, we won't know who it is. This format will probably get a couple of spam posts which I will clean out, but it is much faster interaction than if I were to moderate each post before it is published. People do not need to be authors to post and comment on topics.
Soon, I will create a couple of Wiki's with side links for active collaboration on document creation. A Wiki allows members of a group to edit a single document and track revisions and who added or changed sections or wording. It probably won't be for everyone, but everyone will be able to keep track of the works in progress on these documents.
I would suggest that people post comments on this title posting so everyone knows that you are here and for the people new to blog style interaction, a chance to get comfortable with it.
My boss, Judge Neece has given me permission to use all the time and resources of our Court necessary to support this project, so I am more or less at your disposal.
Tad Hasse
