I love it.

I definitely "lurk" more lately than before and overwhelmed is part of
the reason - between full time work and full time grad school - but I
find time to read and glean as much information as I can and I share it
with other people I work with as well.

Regards
Katrina Hinson


>>> "Holly Dilatush-Guthrie" <Holly.Dilatush-Guthrie at ccs.k12.va.us>

05/22/07 5:36 PM >>>
Hello all
I've spent intermittent considerable time trying to coin a new
expression/term for lurkers --
how about an acronym -- UPO  (Unseen Participants, Overwhelmed?) 

UPOs  makes me smile

lurker  does not

thoughts? other ideas?  [Leecy's "perched" made me smile, too -- but
somehow poised/perched connotes non-involvement (not "flying" away with
the insights gleaned) -- and as others have indicated, unseen does not
necessarily mean not participating...]

and I'll likely be UPO for the remainder of this week!
Holly


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Charlottesville City Schools Adult Learning Center
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Charlottesville  VA  22903
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systems/virtual classrooms)]
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and nurture in nature."

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