Highlighting issues facing associations on Twitter

Recently there was the first official Association Chat on Twitter - if you're on Twitter, search for #assnchat to follow the conversation.
Deirdre Reid was kind enough to post a summary of the chat to her blog - read it here.
Some interesting points were raised, particularly about how online communities may present a threat to associations, providing for free the networking, information and resources members used to pay their associations for. There were, however, some solutions posed as to how associations could actually better use these social networking tools and communities. Other topics covered were the role of content - whether member-only or open to all - in the membership offering, a discussion of the traditional membership fee model and whether this is viable in the future, and why associations are reluctant to change.
Next official chat is tomorrow, so check it out.