Hi Gregory, On 12. 03. 2010 01:47, Gregory Bourassa wrote:
> Paul has made some criticisms of your idea elsewhere on the thread...and > some of his points are certainly worth considering. > > However, a system with some of the attributes you describe might be > implemented as a "fun" tool to experiment with social communities and > the outcomes of their interactions. If you take one step of > abstraction away from "serious" consensus-seeking and make the tool > configurable enough to support "playing at consensus seeking", it > might become a runaway hit. :-) It seems so :) Sometimes one needs to dress his idea as a toy to easier convince the people, I agree, ok, let we make a toy :) Thanks for that proposal, I'll actually start thinking in this direction! Janko > > Gregory Bourassa > > > Janko Mivšek wrote: >> Dear Smalltalkers, >> >> Becasue we have quite some problems in a community with seeking a >> consensus on important questions, from organization ones and on, I came >> to idea to build a tool for help. And a GSoC project can be an ideal >> opportunity to build such a tool. What do you think? >> >> Here is a description: >> >> Brainstorming portal for better community decision process >> ========================================================== >> >> Create a web portal for brainstorming sessions/meetings to get ideas and >> answers to important questions in Smalltalk community. Portal should >> allow on-line to: >> >> 1. brainstorm the ideas >> 2. vote to get-out the best ideas >> 3. seek consensus >> 4. analyze - report >> >> On-line session/meeting should look like a Skype session together with a >> brainstorming portal, from collecting ideas to a final decision >> proposal. Example of such session can be a Squeak Oversight Board >> meeting or planning session for a new Smalltalk project. Or some broader >> session in the community, like on a question how to organize better. >> >> Some important concepts: >> >> * anonymity of idea proposers >> * associations: proposers see the ideas of anonymous others to >> facilitate an association for proposing an even better idea >> * seeking consensus to avoid 51/49% decisions but to come closer to >> 100% agreement on important ideas. >> >> Technical details >> >> * a web application for gathering brainstormed ideas in real-time >> (using Ajax and Comet technology). >> * voting system with appropriate algorithms >> * analytics with on-line graphs and reports on paper/PDF >> * installation on a publicly available hosting server >> >> Benefits to the Student >> >> * getting insight into group dynamics of Smalltalk community and in >> general >> * gaining knowledge of modern web technologies in Smalltalk and in >> general >> >> Benefits to the Community >> >> Better community decision process by getting the best ideas from the >> members while on the other side avoiding stalemates so frequent in >> Smalltalk community those days >> >> >> Best regards >> Janko >> >> >> > > ----------------------------------------- > Key Technology, Inc. Disclaimer Notice - The information and > attachment(s) contained in this communication are intended for the > addressee only, and may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If > you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender > immediately, and delete this communication from any computer or network > system. Any interception, review, printing, copying, re-transmission, > dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action upon this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > strictly prohibited by law and may subject them to criminal or civil > liability. Key Technology, Inc. is not liable for the improper and/or > incomplete transmission of the information contained in this > communication or for any delay in its receipt. > > > > -- Janko Mivšek AIDA/Web Smalltalk Web Application Server http://www.aidaweb.si _______________________________________________ help-smalltalk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-smalltalk
