On 15/04/2009, at 10:12 AM, John Plocher wrote:

> A poll implies we already know the list of problems and simply need
> someone to rank them for us.  A "suggestion box" is more open ended,
> and will tend to expose problems that we might not have thought about.
> In program management speak, one is a tool to narrow options, the
> other, a tool to widen them.  If we (the community, not just the OGB)
> were together in person (like at one of the summits or at OSCON...),
> we could fill a wall with brainstorming postits, group them by
> affinity, and prioritize the groupings.  Doing something similar
> online is more difficult, as we are seeing.

I like that approach. We've done a 'Love/Hate' wall in a certain  
desktop community that I've been involved in over several years, and  
it's often a good indicator of what things may need to be fixed. While  
it works well for a technical scope, it could be useful for a social  
one too.


Glynn

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