:Title:    Meet & Greet Ned Members (Feb-March 2008)
:Author:   Mark Grimes
:Date:     Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:50:11 PST
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/group/community-general/news/126/

Welcome to Ned.  Please tell other members what you do, what your passion is, how you found Ned, and even what you like to do to make the world a better place (if you wish).  Simply just introduce yourself and say howdy to other members as they do the same.
  
Ultimately whether you spend 15 minutes at Ned a month or 2-3 hours a day, each Ned member needs to find their own Ned Muse to let the Ned community become a meaningful part of their lives.  Human beings connecting.  

This is your community, your ideas, your time, your efforts, and your actions.  This is a community of real people, using real names, working in the real world (well, and at Ned)...taking real actions to make the world a better place.  Really. 

We are fortunate enough to enjoy incredible members from many countries around the world, and we all work together in a community of mutual respect, humor with an eye towards *doing real world things* and making the world a better place.  Have fun, and please if you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask a question here, Nedsters tend to be a very friendly sort.  Many of us have met `face-to-face`_ at various events around the world during the last three years.

Okay, introductions...I started the thread going...so having drawn the short straw, I'll go first.

  I'm `Mark Grimes`_ a serial and social entrepreneur from Portland, Oregon who came to Ned after Omidyar.net community closed last year.  The experience of making the world a better place online and offline gets me revved up.  I enjoy helping other people (and related their orgs) make greater impact, solve problems, simplify things, practice transparency, build multiple revenue streams towards increasing sustainability, and exploring new, different and more powerful ways to collaborate.

.. _`face-to-face` : http://www.ned.com/user/tagged/face-to-face 
.. _`Mark Grimes` : http://www.ned.com/user/u513094538/