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(soon you will get invite, first take time for this LONG letter in not so good Englsih lol)

Hello, sorry i haven't reply long time - but here i am. I choose from 40+ people 4 people to give opportunity to be Latvian page admin - i hope all of you will get a long well! I will add everyone short description here - i expect you all add yourself to separate friend list as "Latvian Admins" or something like that so you will be able to find and see other online admins easily and coordinate the administrating (as i have over 400 friends here it's pretty much impossible to live white out lists, it makes life so simple - also you can then simply send email to everyone at one time by typing in Latvian Admins).

All of you of course must add me as friend or i will not be able to add you as admin =)

No one has some responsibility what they MUST do - everything is voluntary.
There is many things however you are not allowed to do - one of the main thing is personal attacks, hate speech (against anyone black people, gays, nazis, communist etc - for last 2 intelligent criticism and bold facts are allowed.
There should be no propaganda for extreme political views (left, far right), religion. News should be as balanced as possible - if needed admin should add extra comments to the post to clearafay the news.
Most of the post's should show Latvian in good light, show friendliness and opportunities that Latvia has. Kind nationalistic tone is allowed as long it's not far out, don't forget this page is also advertisement for other people who might want to visit Latvia.
One other important thing is - there should be no censor as long the post is not spam or advertisement. Advertisements are only then allowed if other group/page is posting Latvia page link to their description /favorites.
I have noticed in facebook there is some people who spread lies and propaganda about soviet history - like Baltic contrives wanted them here and there was no occupation. - i know it's hard to listen this but it's really important this posts will get intelligent historical reply's.


Things you can consider to upgrade first:
description & page information, page picture, add some callerys, add some videos. Would be also great to keep event calendar. make good forum post about important things (take look for Estonia page for example - not best example but its almost, i am sore you 4 can do better job them me alone)
Applications to add and use: MP3 player (Estonia page), poll (Russian Page has it but is not really used currently), You tube player (there is many but i think this one is good i use in Estonia page). Other applications can also be added - try to add only these applications that do not require users to ADD the application because most of the users will not like it.

One other thing - every admin on their post must add end of the post their name initials (G.R. / J.B / etc.. ) - it's specially important in start.


So be ready to start promoting Latvian page (not yet... first let's pimp it!)


Here is new future admins:


Aļona Pavlova aka Maria Rudinska
Mostli lives in Latvia. Speaks Latvian, Russian, English. Studys law, has good understanding of latvian history.
Tvnet.lv, Delfi.lv, Apollo, PostFactum.lv, ntz.lv, Diena.lv, dzirkstele.lv etc


Guna Pantele
Nov lives in Riga but will move to Philadelphia, USA. Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, some German and Lithuanian (a little). Knows Latvian History pretty well.
Get's hes news from Latvian TV and radio as read Latvian newspaper Diena (Day). Also is taking look at BBC world news and read's New York Times. From internet mostly apollo.lv, delfi.lv.


Jenner Black
Lives in Utah but before lived in Riga. Speaks english and Latvian. She is pretty up-to dated whit current events and country history & culture. She also knows many different online news portals. She is believing to work for greater good and to concede when necessary,


Rudolfs Olfinsh
Currently lives in Italy but will move to UK soon. Has good knowledge of latvian history and follows politics. Speaks Latvian, English, Italian, Russian. Most of the Latvian friends he gathers from Draugiem.lv and reads different news sports, politics, culture) from portals like esports.lv; tvnet.lv; apollo.lv; draugiem.lv.



If you have ANY questions then just ask.

Well, actually you are not bound to make any thing you do not want - but you more important is what you should NOT do. Like any personal advertising, no political attacks (political answers should be really informative and well answered), no propaganda any way what is harmful for Latvia or might upset Latvians in general (like russian related propaganda etc). You should not say out loud any hatred against any race, religion, sex or political view.
I would make you if your okey as one of the main admins so you will take look of general look of the channel and also keep channel clean of spam and advertisement. - but in same time you should NOT do any censoring on the wall where people express their views (except if's really filthy) - most of the time you just try to answer the posts in proper manner and by keeping open mind - a way that people can be proud of the Latvian channel. The page would not only be for Latvians but also every other person who like Latvia or would like to visit it someday in future - so it should look nice for them also.


You can also add music player where u can upload the music (like in Estonia page) and Quiz like in Russian page - or some other nice useful addons. If they are no good - i will let you know :)

& of course answering peoples questions when u have time - try to be as helpful as possible :)

Sorry for my silence.
Seems like I've got a bit more time to spend on the computer so finally I can answer to your last question!
Well, It's ok if you add me as an admin with this name.
And there is something else I would like to know before I become an admin.
Tell me what's my role in this page and the main things I need to do.
See you

As I told you before I'm about to move to London so I'm realy busy at the moment...actually for the next week...
I'm going to write you as soon as I get free.
Rudolfs

Sounds really good!

Your attitude and skills seems to be something we need:)

One other thing - once i add you as admin you can no longer message from your own name on Latvian page, so everything you say or do would be automatically " Latvian says.." - i case you want to debate or argue whit someone on general things or just post some random not official stuff you should have second user name also in face book (or other name just for admin stuff). So let me know if you want me to add you as admin from this name or some other name.

You should also add other admins (as they come along) to your friend list so you can chat whit them and keep tasks sync't - so there would be no double replays & posts etc.

I before was using 2 names but it was to much so i just do not do much of debating and expressing my personal mind on my Estonia, Russia & some other pages.

Well,
I am thirty-one-year-old and I do speak 4 languages- latvian, english, italian, russian.
I currently live in Italy but in 5th of May I move to U.K..
I spend around 10 hours in facebook per week.
I've got 48 friends on facebook , most of them are my foreign friends.
Latvian friends I gather in Draugiem.lv. I can promote Latvian page via e-mail.
Im interested in all kind of news (sports, politics, culture).
Im good in latvian history.
I follow politics.
I would be good politician because I am born leader.
I always use internet search engines.
There is not enough space here to explain my opinion of Second World War...
Every day I check several latvian news portals like esports.lv; tvnet.lv; apollo.lv; draugiem.lv.
With my ability to speak several languages and to communicate with different cultures, I feel that I would be able to make a significant contribution to your team.

Rudolfs

Hello

I am Latvian page Admin, we consider adding you as admin to

Could you please send me some information about yourself and answer as many questions as you can!
No problem if you can not answer all of them as it may take more time then you have, just answer all the ones you think are important enough...

Your age, languages you speak, where you live mostly
How much time you spend in facebook per week
How many friends you have in facebook, would you be able to promote Latvian page?
How much and what kind of news you read/listen
What are your political views / ideologies
How well you know latvian/general history
How well you know current Latvian issues / politics
Would you be good or bad politician - why?
Do you use often search motors for checking your fact or for getting new information?
Your short opinion of world war 2 history / hitler / stalin / usa / russia / eu / other baltics
What great Latvian related news portals do you know?
Any extra qualities? :)


See you soon!