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ABC Pool -- [|pool.org.au] -- was a social media space that brought together ABC professionals and audiences in an open-ended process of participation, co-creation and collaboration. It was a place to share and talk about creative work including music, photos, videos, documentaries, interviews and animation.

2013 News
Dear Pool member,

We’ve had a great time running Pool these past five years but sadly, the time has come to shut it down. We wanted to let you know about the decision as soon as possible.

We will no longer be accepting any new sign-ups from 18 May 2013, in order to accommodate the current ABC call-out Trees I’ve loved & lost <[]> which is still active until 17 May 2013. After the project ends, it will not be possible to upload any new work to Pool. The site will be offline from 18 June 2013, which is six weeks from today. If you don’t already have copies of your work, we strongly encourage you to start downloading your work and storing it appropriately.

ABC Pool initially developed as an idea in 2003 because we realised we were no longer talking to a passive audience, and the relationship between the public and broadcasters was changing rapidly. We were also keen to explore how we could connect artists directly with ABC Radio National through an online space.

Since then, the internet has of course continued to evolve, and every day brings new developments that change the way we all use online platforms. As part of that evolution, Pool has been a unique project and an exhilarating experiment we’ve learned a lot from.

Following on from the groundbreaking work of Pool, the ABC launched a national initiative ABC Open <[]> that publishes stories created by regional Australians. ABC Open not only promotes these stories across the ABC it also runs free workshops around developing digital media skills. If you live in regional Australia and would like to share your story (contributions accepted in photo, video and writing), go to www.abc.net.au/open <[]>. Or come to one of our workshops – just find your closest ABC Open producer <[]> and get in touch.

In moving forward, we are also investigating other new ways to continue collaboration with audiences. If you’re a Sound Quality <[]> contributor, we’ll be in touch with you very soon with a new way to audition your work for broadcast and share with other users.

While we would have loved to keep ABC Pool going and redevelop it so that it continued to meet the needs of both users and ABC producers, technology requires money, active development, and maintenance. With so many competing priorities and such a wide range of online platforms at the ABC these days, we need to focus on channels that allow for genuine interaction.

In place of the Pool site will be a mini-website that captures the history of the project and showcases some of the best projects and interesting work uncovered over the past five years. We’re currently working on this and will be in touch about your work if it’s selected. Thanks also to everyone who took the time to fill in the survey recently, we may also present some of those results on the feature website.

Thank you all for your involvement, it meant the world to us, and for being a part of the ABC Pool journey. We hope you’ll keep creating and sharing, and including the ABC in on your media conversations.

Kind regards, The Pool team

2012
http://pool.abc.net.au/projects/hybrid-call-collaboration http://pool.abc.net.au/projects/consultation-and-nonsultation http://pool.abc.net.au/projects/hope-2012 http://pool.abc.net.au/media/hopeesperanza

2011
http://pool.abc.net.au/projects/hope-2011 http://pool.org.au/forums/open_and_social_media http://www.pool.org.au/content/country_viewpoint http://www.pool.org.au/group/live_local

Ron Mader
http://pool.org.au/users/ronmader http://pool.org.au/image/ronmader/responsible_tourism_week http://pool.org.au/image/ronmader/2011_calendar http://www.pool.org.au/image/ronmader/crisis_catharis_renewal_from_oaxaca_mexico http://www.pool.org.au/weblink/ronmader/australian_slang http://www.pool.org.au/image/ronmader/stories_that_must_be_told_postcards_from_oaxaca

2010
http://www.pool.org.au/content/hope_2010 http://www.pool.org.au/group/hope_2010

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