I've greatly enjoyed and appreciated the thoughts offered so far. I'd love to see more. Share your thoughts on how best to improve the project: http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1421.0.html
Be sure to read the first post first, then make your proposals, THEN read everyone else's. That way we maximize creativity and help avoid "groupthink." --Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Larry Sanger > Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 12:27 PM > To: 'Citizendium general project announcement list' > Subject: [Citizendium-l] Brainstorm! How to ramp up writing, > recruitment,retainment, and approval? > > > All, > > Let me give you a little insight into how I think of our > little endeavor. When I first announced CZ in Sept. 2006, I > thought, "We have an opportunity. Let's see what we can make > of it." I was skeptical whether anything significant would > come of it. I thought probably something would, but I was > very prepared for disappointment. So I am actually pretty > happy that not only are we surviving, we've been > accelerating, and it looks like we can start 2008 with a > bang, if we play our cards right. > > Note, I say, "If we play our cards right." Here's another > bit about how I > think: a little exercise I like to put myself through > occasionally, to keep myself thinking creatively, is this. > For a moment, try to forget our accomplishments, > trajectories, and plans. Imagine that this is the first day > of a new CZ. Imagine you had come into exclusive control of > the project. That would be a pretty exciting prospect, no? > I mean, if you could develop it further, or change some > things, and then all sorts of things would be possible, > right? Right--that's what I say. It's just a matter of > hitting on the right policy change, the right initiative, the > right words of encouragement, etc. It merely requires > creativity to think of new (or insufficiently realized) > possibilities--and then the judgment to pick the best, and > the hard work to make them realities. > > In that spirit, I ask you now for up to three new ideas about > how to improve CZ. We want to ramp up writing, recruitment > (both editors and authors), retainment of new recruits, and > approval of articles. What are the most effective things we > can do, in your opinion? > > I am not really interested so much in debate about this right > now. I am much more interested in getting as many good ideas > as possible. I don't mind if your idea is one that has > already been out there...we've had many good ideas that we > haven't had the time or motivation to act on, after all. > > So, please...brainstorm! Throw out some ideas. And don't > read other people's ideas before you come up with your own, > please. As you might guess, I have plenty of ideas of my > own. But I prefer not to state mine, because my doing so > might unduly influence what you say. So maybe write out your > top ideas separately, and then paste them here [in the > forums] when you're done. THEN read what others have said. > > Reply in the forums, here: > http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1421.0.html > > --Larry > > _______________________________________________ > Citizendium-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l > _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
