I am all in, in any way I can help - I will do grunt work, sketch, wireframe, prototype - whatever.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:25 PM, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The board does have requirement documents and even some wireframes. Good > stuff! > But the board will not be able to "do" this work themselves, nor should > they, as the work should come from the community, steered by the board. > They > have a lot of material in place, waiting for the right people to step up. > > I"m not sure why we should wait, or what we are waiting for. For the 6 > people to get involved? > Ok, you and I are 2 ... Who else wants in? ... email me and lets get > rollin'. This project is 2 years overdue--no fault of the board. They've > been really working hard on some very important initiatives that are going > really well: conference & local groups has been going REALLY well. > > So Who's in!?! And no I have not asked permission of the board or anyone > else, but that's the point. Jeff never asked permission either. He just did > it. We need to take some initiative. That's why I call IxDA an initiative > based org and not a volunteer-based org. > > -- dave > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > Dave, > > > > Can we save this email for a bit b/c I think it's a huge deal that > requires > > a full time dedicated group of people to at least stear it over the next > > year. Even if many of the problems can be broken down into simple > problems, > > stemming from objectives and goals - those parts should have a champion > > within a group of no more than - say - 6 people, who then own parts (like > > infrastructure, platform, identity, community, tools (calendars/message > > system), and then once those parts are defined, we could open it up to > > tribe-sourcing to sketching/wireframing/prototyping/design spec writing - > > and then further down the rabbit hole to visual design, front-end > > development, backend/database developement). This is potentially a huge > > project, but one that could get done - a point that I am absolutely > positive > > about - with the right leadership and team structure at the top guiding > it, > > no matter what tactics we choose to get us down the road. > > > > - W > > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:11 PM, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> The board for the last 3 years has defined the problem of how to create > a > >> vibrant, valuable and effective community of practice. We've looked at > >> existing solutions and when we map them against our requirements and > >> resources they all come up very short. So let me go from vague to more > >> specific. > >> > >> We all know the email list is broken for much of the subscribership of > the > >> organization. What Jeff has done is GREAT, but it only solves a small > >> portion of the issues we are facing as an organization/global community. > >> > >> Local < > Global: > >> If you read the presentation that Josh presented it is clear that the > >> community is a being forged as a bottom-up grassroots organization, but > >> with > >> strong guidance and facilitation from a central body. The local groups > are > >> hungry for that support, especially in the areas of infrastructure and > the > >> global organization is hungry to take what the local groups create and > >> spread it far and wide to those who can't experience, and to codify it > >> into > >> something that is retainable, searchable, and useful. > >> > >> Local groups need landing pages where they can present calendars, manage > >> members/subscribers/attendees, and post announcements relevant to that > >> locale. But those same people are also members of the global community. > We > >> need a system where people can declare themselves as members of a > >> community, > >> interest group, etc. and global needs a way to gain outreach to people > who > >> discover IxDA locally first. > >> > >> One of the things we want to avoid is what I call the BayCHI syndrome > >> where > >> most of the members don't really feel affinity towards the parent org > >> (SIGCHI), and thus their energy, membership, and resource is isolated to > >> just that community. > >> > >> But there are other problems that need to be solved as well, around > >> discussion management, job announcements, event announcements to the > >> global > >> and local communities, aggregating content, allowing for translation > >> spaces/non-English discussions (but w/o cannibalizing the global > >> community), > >> and many others. > >> > >> We want to figure out how to make useful and practical connections to > the > >> other social networks we use, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. > >> > >> I think this is enough to give you a sense of the scope we are > discussing > >> at > >> this point. > >> > >> What I see is a multi-year plan that creates a kernel of functionality > >> that > >> allows a platform to form around and on top of it. I hope that local > >> organization energy can supplement it over time instead of everyone > >> building > >> their own CommunityX, Ning, Basecamp, whatever system which just ends up > >> being wasted bureaucratic energy, as none of those solutions will ever > be > >> able to scale to our total needs (even if they look like it, they fall > >> short > >> and then we are stuck waiting for THEM to expand). > >> > >> So what does this first kernel look like? > >> 1st it needs to get us off of mailman. We need to rebuild the list, > >> archive > >> and subscription management system. A 2nd part of the puzzle that should > >> probably be in any first release is the local landing pages with > >> calendars, > >> RSVP systems, and content management. > >> > >> After that, sky is the limit. That 1st bit by itself is pretty big for > us > >> to > >> take on. We need solid backend development support including expertise > in > >> DB > >> and Middleware and email systems that we current don't have. But before > >> that, we also need a really strong UI system design that projects out > the > >> 5 > >> year vision and the road map for how we get there. This last part is > where > >> I > >> see the crowdsourcing begin and continues within this community. > >> > >> Hope that clarifies. > >> > >> -- dave > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Jared Spool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > On Oct 31, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Will Evans wrote: > >> > > >> > Could you define the problem space a little better? I am unsure what > >> >> problem > >> >> we face and therefore can't think of what solution we might use. > >> >> > >> > > >> > I think that's the problem we should solve: that we don't know what > the > >> > problem we solve is. > >> > > >> > Think of how much better the world would be if we all agreed on what > >> > problems needed solutions? > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > -- > David Malouf > http://synapticburn.com/ > http://ixda.org/ > http://motorola.com/ > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... 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