Date: Wednesday, March 18
Time: 6:30-8:00 PM Pacific / 9:30-11:00 PM Eastern
Place: the #p2 Twitter hashtag. duh.

Summary/Action items

• more general communications platforms: Twitter is great for some things, not so great for others. How to supplement? Disagreement about how email-based we should be. Action
• MadamaAmbi: writeup of options
  
• Tweetleft: core value is as aggregator. next steps: try to avoid requiring password, additional hashtags, trollist. Resources needed. Actions
• chrismeserole: blog post w/ request for resources.
  
• mrscarpediem, jdp23: ask for help on security

• #p2 efficiency/best practices. Actions:
• jdp23: break out hashtag list to separate page, list of URL shorterners
  
• diversity. one more factor: many WOC have private accounts because of all the abuse they take. approach as community-building? Actions:
• problemchylde and NuMofo725 to brainstorm
• Ask the President: diversity concerns. just imagine if we could get #topprog, #rebelleft, and #p2 all aligned behind an issue that prioritizes women of color! skepticism this is possible. worth thinking about.
  
• DJ chandler and jdp23 discussed on Jon's blog after the chat.
  
• jdp23 sent an email to Ari, Micah, Katrina and others involved with Ask the President alerting them this came up as a major concern.
  
• jon set up a wiki page to start the discussion and planning.
  

Agenda

• update: what's worked so far? where are the opportunties?
• TweetLeft. props to @chrismesarole for following up on an idea from last chat! Now what? See Chris' list of areas where help would be useful in the first comment. Any volunteers? Or suggestions about who to ask?
  
• #p2 as a bridge: seems like it's going well, do we have suggested best practices?
• #digg update.
• @wefollow
• Ask the President -- launching tomorrow. Jon's short How to promote “Ask the President” on Twitterand (longer) Launching “Ask The President” on Twitter (DRAFT) have more. Are there roles for #p2 here?
  

• ...
  

• next steps