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Have you looked into ning.com. Ning allows you to build social  
networking sites where you can control the membership ranging from  
open to anyone, to a network  of 3 people. Might be a solution. We  
have used them to build similar ideas to the one you discuss.


Chris Lawrence
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New York Hall of Science
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On May 20, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Daniel Zevin wrote:

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> Hi Folks,
>
> We're looking into an offsite outreach program that includes a  
> community
> website specifically geared toward teens. Part of our idea is to get
> them signed-up online (including uploading their picture if possible)
> wherever we happen to engage them.  However, because teens are  
> typically
> out in public without their parents, we're realizing it's probably  
> going
> to be impossible to get parental consent for their child's involvement
> in our program.
>
> Has anyone out there ever tried something similar and did you come up
> with any solutions for the parental consent issue?
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Dan
>
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