Ypulse Youth Advisory Board Update: New Members, YouTube, Twitter & More
Posted by anastasia on 12-15-2008
Just wanted to post a quick update about how our new Ypulse Youth Advisory Board has been evolving over the past few months. For new Ypulse readers: We opened up the application process this past summer and received a couple thousand applications from young people ages 13-24 (thanks in large part to our friends posting the announcement on eCrush). Out of those applications, I chose our first 2008-09 Ypulse Youth Advisory Board with an eye towards a range of ages, geographic locations and diversity. We held our first meeting (an online chat) in September and have been meeting once a month as well as corresponding regularly on email.
Since we formed the board, we lost two members due to time constraints but picked up an honorary member (Ashley Qualls, founder of Whateverlife, who is responsible for our cool Twitter background) and added a new regular member: Enrique Gavidia, who I had the pleasure of working with at the Bay Area Video Coalition when he was still in high school. Enrique created the background for the new Ypulse YouTube channel. You can check out all of our YAB members by scrolling down the About Ypulse page.
So what has the Ypulse Youth Advisory Board been up to over the past few months? Lots. They have been writing regular features for Ypulse.com like today’s post on Zune v. iPod (check out the YAB archive here), managing the official Ypulse Twitter feed, and most recently, launching the official Ypulse YouTube channel I mentioned earlier (subscribe!).
A big thanks to the publishers and music companies who have been sending us books and CDs for YAB members as well as to Flip Video, who is sponsoring our YouTube effort with two cameras board members will be using to vlog. We’re also trying to get a Ypulse Flickr project off the ground where YAB members submit photostreams documenting youth trends where they live.
If you have suggestions for our board, want us to favorite a video on YouTube, have tips for Twitter or a campaign you would like them to review for Ypulse, please leave a comment or email them directly.
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