Excellent idea Robert, and I do tend to agree with Stephan in that if we can begin with those close and then work our way outwards, we'll have more input/control over how things develop (assuming this is something we want ;-).
Could be a case for: 1. names proposed on the list 2. names tracked in the wiki 3. announcement made on the list when invites sent what do you think? On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:08 AM, Stephan Dohrn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > another resource to search for papers and authors: http://ideas.repec.org/; > mostly economics, but some interesting interdisciplinary stuff as well. and > much more than on SSRN > > Might be abit overwhelming to have all the newcomers stream in (if we > manage to keep those invites up), so I would prefer if we start the outreach > with the people we know or work with > > Stephan > > > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Robert Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> CoCos, >> >> A search for the word "cooperation" in the SSRN abstract _titles_ nets >> 487 hits. "Commons" gets 112. Searching for "prisoners dilemma" in >> titles, abstracts, and keywords nets 72. Even assuming a fair amount >> of overlap between these searches it seems safe to assume we could be >> talking about as many as 300+ individual authors posting academic work >> related to our topic, all candidates for outreach. And this only begins >> to define the domain of relevant searches at this one resource. >> >> I don't think this is a matter of "if we build it they will come" so >> much as "what the heck will get built when they all show up?" It would >> be childs play to send out five outreach emails a day and have a steady >> stream of three or four new CoCo members a week for a few weeks. But >> then what? If we don't have something for these folks to do they'll do >> as so many of us have: view, join, lurk. >> >> I think we can do better than that, but it's going to take some doing. >> >> If we had a seed or starter or base recommendation for the Cooperation >> Studies curriculum I think we could invite every one of those SSRN >> authors to come to the wiki and join in the discussion. And I think it >> might be a great experiment to see just what would develop from such a >> project. >> >> So that's what I want to do. I want to send out a few daily contacts >> and invite these total strangers to come to our wiki and have their way >> with our content. Only thing missing is that starter content. Well, >> that and some sense of general assent from Andrea and Howard, to whom I >> would argue we should always grant veto powers. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> rl >> >> ps: I've made a couple small updates to the wiki as well this morning. >> Remember, the password is currently CoCoEdIt77, which you'll need for >> making edits. No password required to view the pages. >> >> >> > > > -- > cell: +1 202 294 4055 > Skype & gtalk: stephandohrn > http://www.linkedin.com/in/sdohrn > > > > -- ----- Mark Elliott, PhD Director, CollabForge pty ltd collaboration ~ mass collaboration ~ social software http://collabforge.com ~ http://mark-elliott.net/ ~ http://metacollab.net/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CooperationCommons?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
