The message that might be best would be a core written by you & generally applicable, modified according to the list by someone in the field. Optimally, it should carry your signature as well as the signature of whoever is sending it.
On 10/16/06, Larry Sanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > OK, if you're like me, not only do you want to get to work ASAP (well, our > tech guys are now working hard on the server!), you want to get lots and > lots of other smart people involved. As everybody knows, that's how this > project is going to happen. So, isn't building the community at least as > important as, maybe more important than, debating policy or writing > articles? I think so, anyway. If you agree, then help! > > We have three things to do: > > (1) Post calls for participation to a whole bunch of mailing lists, > particularly academic-oriented mailing lists. This further entails that: > > (a) We construct a big list of lists. > > (b) We keep track of whether a list received the CFP yet. > > I recommend we use the planning wiki for these purposes: > > http://www.textop.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Outreach > > ** Please look at that page. ** > > Zach Pruckowski has made a commendable start (thanks, Zach!) but his work > can be much expanded. Why not add major lists in your areas of interest? > It won't take too long particularly if you know them already (or how to find > them). > > Before we post any CFPs, let's discuss first how to do them. Eventually, I > might draft a letter that you can use, but if someone else wants to do that > (and, say, put it on the discussion page associated with the above wiki > page), that I can edit, that would be great. > > I think we should start sending out these CFPs next week, when the pilot > project opens up to our "local network." (It will be opening up this week > to a much smaller group of people.) > > I think either I, or some known and respected person in the area (if we have > any in our network), should actually send out the CFP. If you're willing to > send out a CFP, why not add your name to the wiki page above. > > > (2) Similarly, ask for blog posts from some well-read academic blogs; so (a) > make a list of such blogs, and (b) keep track of whether the blogger's been > asked yet. Again, on the planning wiki: > > http://www.textop.org/wiki/index.php?title=Blog_Outreach > > Same procedure as with (1): please add blogs you know of in your area, etc. > > > (3) Outreach to professional organizations! > > We will be making a standing offer--which will be hinted at in the press > release that has been drafted--posted on a page on the website, pursued by > whatever means we have at our disposal, to any of a list of major > academic/professional organizations in the English-speaking world. We would > like to offer them representation on CZ editorial workgroups; in exchange, > they offer us publicity among their members, and at least a weak sort of > endorsement. (We might, in fact, best regard this as a goal.) These > organizations have a strong professional interest in, indeed a mission to, > ensure that publicly-available information about their fields remains > accurate. We provide them with what might well be (regardless of what they > do or don't do, frankly) a powerful platform to ensure that accurate > information is disseminated. Their membership can speak to the CZ through > their representative on the workgroup. > > Well, again, you can make this happen! > http://www.textop.org/wiki/index.php?title=Professional_Organization_Outreac > h > > To do this, we would have to do the following: > > (a) First, do some brainstorming and strategizing about how to > pursue this *sort* of idea. The following is off the top of my head. > > (b) Get quite clear on the policy regarding how organizations are > represented in editorial workgroups, and how the relationships are actually > made official. > > (c) Create a list of organizations, contact info, etc. We've > already started on this (see the link above). > > (d) Actually draft a letter to send to various professional > organizations. > > (e) Decide who sends it, how, etc., and actually send the letters. > > Professional organization outreach, at least in the form of (c) above, is > relatively pressing, because there might be a bit about it in the Chronicle > story that should come out on Friday. > > > This is your chance to make a real difference to the future of the > project...help build the future body of Citizendium contributors! > > --Larry > > > _______________________________________________ > Citizendium-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l > -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
