I need to start thinking about what I'm going to say at the end of March for the AAC conference. This is the description for the workshop and yes I'm talking about this very site!

Dawn will address the challenges of building a virtual community to meet a real-world need for post-adoption support. She will talk about what inspired the site and the ongoing process of bringing it together, specifically the difficulties of creating community in the often tumultuous online world of adoption.

Are any of you in Portland who might want to come in and be part of a roundtable about it? I'm thinking that I'll talk about the challenges in building it and then solicit thoughts from people who are members and then open it up to the floor. It may be that no one will come to my session in which case we can just
chat and brainstorm amongst ourselves. 

The conference is happening March 26 to 29th at the Downtown Waterfront Marriott in Portland, OR and my session is from 3:30 to 4:45 on March 29 (Saturday). If you're interested in being on a roundtable, please private message me or use the contact form. Or comment here and I'll contact you.