Link to this blog

During the 11th Micronesians in Island Conservation Retreat I was tasked with taking over the learning network's blog found at http://mic-network.blogspot.com. I've fiddled with the template and the colors a little bit here and there over the last two weeks and I'm liking the new look.

My first change was to turn the background from a solid green to a picture of two fishermen in an outrigger canoe. What says connecting islands better than a canoe?

I also added a Sitemeter counter, some frequently asked questions, contact information, and changed things around a bit so that the site is easier to navigate (at least to me). In the past I've done a few widgets for organizations I've done work with (i.e. a logo that links to your website). I used that code to add logos that link to Friends of the Monument, Micronesia Conservation Trust, and Beautify CNMI. I'll add a few more logos as work progresses on the blog, including the html code so that you can link to those websites, too!

As for the color scheme, I offer the fact that I am color blind as an excuse.

I encourage you to add a link to the Micronesians in Island Conservation blog. In the upcoming months we should be adding some great conservation stories from the whole of Micronesia. You heard it here first.

Micronesia Challenge on Facebook

Are you a member of Facebook? Would you like to be the envy of all your friends? There is now a Facebook Fan Page and a Facebook Group for the Micronesia Challenge. Join today!

Both the Fan Page and the Group allow users to post comments on a discussion board, upload photos and video, suggest links, and leave comments. The Fan Page allows the administrator to write notes or, as I prefer to do, syndicate a blog feed. I am syndicating the Micronesians in Island Conservation blog until there is a Micronesia Challenge blog. The thing I like best about both is that the administrator has the ability to send messages to every member of both the Group and the Fan Page. This will come in handy, especially once the membership gets into the thousands.

Additionally, the Fan Page links to Fan Pages for the Micronesian governments that have signed onto the Micronesia Challenge: Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. It also links to a Fan Page for Beautify CNMI, an environmental coalition in the Marianas supportive of the Micronesia Challenge. I will link to other non-profits working on the Micronesia Challenge once someone sets up their Fan Pages. (Pehaps we can do this at the next MIC retreat or maybe the next steering committee meeting?)

So what are you waiting for? Log into Facebook and join the Facebook Fan Page and the Facebook Group for the Micronesia Challenge.

FMI recieved the 2009 Mobil donation

Continued support from Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc. for the FMI 2009 Cleanup Project

As 2009 begins the Friends of the Mariana Islands (FMI) has been awarded an environmental restoration cleanup project funded by Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc. along the Lau-Lau road from the Bay up to ISA Drive.

The $2,000.00 Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc. donation will be used by the Friends of the Mariana Islands (FMI) for the supplies needed by the FMI Volunteers. The volunteers sincerely appreciate the support of Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc. in this undertaken. Without the support from Mobil that environmental restoration cleanup project will not be possible. The FMI hopes for continued support from Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc. in future project once we again demonstrate our abilities and dedication on the 2009 for an environmental restoration cleanup project along Lau-Lau Bay Drive.

The FMI would again like to acknowledge the years of support from Mrs. Cecile B. Suda; Manager of Public Relations & Government Affairs of Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc. and wish her well with her retirement plan. We also very much appreciate the support of our new friends at Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc.

On behalf of Friends of the Mariana Islands (FMI) we would like to thank Mobil Oil Mariana Islands, Inc. for their untiring financial support for our Environmental Cleanup.