Academics - shall we set up a facebook group?

[Kathyis12feethighandbites]

....as we discussed in the CAWK thread, since private rooms didn't actually happen?

Please do join in Gonnabehappy! We are not trying to create a clique & clearly you would fit right in!

And people definitely don't need to be 'proper' Academics With Jobs - I think probably quite a lot of CAWKers will be at the PhD stage or even earlier.

Just email me at the address below with the email address you use on Facebook (or if you're not on there yet, any email and can send you an invitation that is an invite to both be my friend and join FB).

Once the group actually has members I wonder what threads people are going to start....

hi all

another lurker/infrequent contributor to the CAWK thread here

i'm on mat leave at the moment but going in to the uni next week to discuss my research plans for the REF! argh!

anyway i've emailed, please sign me up to the fb group. sorry for the short message, i'm typing 1-handed w DS in other?

cheers

Have sent you an Facebook friend request Kazoo.
Sorry it is a bit of a roundabout process due to it being a secret group - I have to send you a friend request and then when you've accepted it I send you a group invite which you then need to accept (I think).

3 people should have had group invites now but AFAIK they haven't accepted yet - let me know if this is wrong.

Cool, we have 2 members now!

Good good

And done

I am going to join - soon! Just need to get through coupla batches of marking and other stuff first...

Gonnabehappy - have you tried clicking the 'groups' icon (ie the tiny little blue and black heads) on the bottom left of your screen in Facebook? This should bring up all the groups you're in.
Not sure whether bookmarking works or not - maybe not.

Have you had a friend request from me and accepted the request and then had an invite to the group? Sorry I've got muddled up about which email matches with which MNer. I thought everyone who had asked so far was on it but perhaps I've missed you out?

Does it not even show up when you click 'my groups' on the top left after clicking the groups logo in the bottom left?

I had same problem - I found it by searching in the search box at top right of screen- as soon as I typed in m - the whole MumsnetCawkers thing came up and I clicked on it.
I think it is so secret it is even secret from those who are in it.

oh dear, that's pretty secret....
It's funny - it appears in mine quite normally.

Phew!

Woo-hoo - I know something about facebook - not scared of it anymore.

Kathy, I've sent an email to the CAWK address - hope I've done that right....

dontrun

OK, I think I may be too stupid to join this!
How do I find my groups on facebook??

Also, what does CAWK stand for??

aaargh, Yahoo Mail isn't letting me sign in.
having one of those days - have just posted a rant on the Facebook group about my grant application too.
double aarrgh.
Sorry Dontrun - will deal with it as soon as I can get in there!

CAWK originally stood for Crap Academics With Kids (someone on the thread suggested we set up a group of that name) but obviously the 'Crap' bit isn't very affirming so we can imagine it standing for something much more positive, eg 'competent' academics (or 'capable' since the research capability proceedings thing was what sparked this whole thing off.)
Dh thinks 'career academics with kids' would be good.

Essie, your groups should appear when you click the icon with two heads on the bottom left, but from what other people have said it appears they don't always. Have you tried searching like Magicglassesfairy suggests?
Failing that, presumably you got a message at some point when I sent the invite to join the group? Maybe there's a link in that?

hth!

Oh, this is funny Dontrun - I can see your name but not get into the email itself.
Therefore by searching on Facebook I have come up with various people with your name.
Are you:

1. a spaniel
2. a blonde teenager with big hoop earrings
3. a small boy
4. two people
5. a normal-looking person?

I'm the spaniel! Woof, woof.

OK, I'm the one result without a photograph, assuming you have searched under my name (didn't know that would be visible from my strange email address.) I'll try sending another email to confirm.