Mandayams Communication Channels

Narayan MakaramArti Annaswamy

Mandayams want to communicatewith each other!

• Multiple ways of communicating old & new school• Need to know what is the purpose of each one• Every method need/can not be moderated

Old & New School• Old School:– Word of mouth at the Yatiraj Mutt, Marriage Halls– Mandayam Newsletter (printed by MSVS)

• New School:– Web-sites: www.mandayams.org, www.mandyam.com– Yahoo Groups: BayArea_Iyengars, MandayamIyengars– Facebook Groups: Mandayam Srivaishnavas,

Global Mandayams– Geni.com– Newsletters: NA-newsletter (Sriram’s), MSVS-newsletter

Official Communication Channels• YahooGroup: MandayamIyengars

– Moderated by Sriram– Broadcast : Announcements, NA Mandayam Newsletter

• Web-Sites: www.mandayams.org– Moderated by NA-Web-site-admins: Narayan, MPS, Rajeev, Shreyas– Publish content: Knowledge center, Festivals, ePanchangam, growing..

Social Networking SitesNot sponsored by Mandayams.org

• Geni.com : family tree– Self moderated– Birthday, anniversary reminders– Know about family-tree changes

• YahooGroups: BayArea_Iyengars– Moderated by Rajeev– SF Bay Area announcements, Local news

• Facebook Group: Global Mandayams (Mandayam Srivaishnavas will merged in to this group)– Membership screened by Admins : Arti Annaswamy, Malini Venkatesh, Jay

Mandyam, Shruiti Mandayam– Casual communication among group members only

• Discussion Board: share ideas and get feedback• Wall: post anything that may interest the entire group• Photos, Links, and Videos

Website: Mandayams.org

Website: Mandyam.com

Yahoo Group: MandayamIyengars

Yahoo group: BayArea_Iyengars

Facebook group: Global Mandayams

Facebook group: Mandayam Srivaishnavas

Geni.com