The wiki: if you build it, will they come?

I was introduced to wikis during my first quarter of library school, in the Fall of 2008. We had a class wiki in my introductory Information & Society class and also had to post an article citation to a Wikipedia page. I initially found it nerve-wracking. Not only was the technology unfamiliar, but I, as a returning student, was not used to revealing my innermost thoughts, ideas and feelings in such a public context, in writing. But I've gotten over that and have since used wikis to post book reviews, upload handouts and contribute to group projects.

Our 21 Things assignment was my first experience creating a wiki. I created a page for my mother-daughter book group, which began in 2001 when my daughter was in the fifth grade. Over the years we've had members come and go and a couple of the girls have gone off to college, but our core group still manages to get together a few times a year.

The wiki page, http://undercovergirls.pbworks.com, includes a list of all the books we've read over the years and pages for book recommendations, recipes and reading-related links. I also included a link to a Doodle page (http://doodle.com), a free, online scheduling tool. With all of our crazy and conflicting schedules, I'm hoping this will help us schedule our meeting dates.

I found pbwiki very easy to use and am awaiting reaction from my fellow book group members. They are not librarians or techies, just normal people. Will they embrace it or view it as one more thing they have to deal with in their busy lives? I look forward to their response.