This is a crude proposed taxonomy of Shimer-related events and ideal response patterns.
Level 0: Peripheral events[]
Events, discoveries, developments, proposals of limited interest.
Examples: interesting new document on archive.org, new book published by Shimer alum or faculty,
Spreading the word:
- Specific interest groups, e.g. historical findings to the Unauthorized Historical Society, book publications to LibraryThing and Goodreads groups, photo collections to Flickr group.
- Possible inclusion in social/microblog feeds
Level 1: Events of general or major interest[]
Examples: Commencement, Assembly meetings, Firesides, other official Shimer events; news articles touching on Shimer; general fundraising drives
Spreading the word:
- Post on community blogs and FB pages
- Microblog posts:
- Post on Twitter with #shimercollege tag -- should be picked up by @shimerians
- Post on Tumblr with "shimer college" tag -- should be picked up by Shimeriana
- Aggressive circulation within Facebook
- Post on any especially relevant special-purpose groups
Level 2: Seriously major events[]
Your basic "Fear! Fire! Foes!" events, posing a direct and immediate existential threat.
Examples: crises of 1956, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1990, 2009.
Spreading the word:
- Notices on every Shimer-related board/group/account everywhere
- In-person calling/email campaign
- Advertising if applicable
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