Post by Steve Dorst on Jul 16, 2013 15:36:16 GMT -5
Before we can formally organize as a group that operates a website, I'm of the opinion that we need - at minimum - two things:
Discussion of these two big questions should take place in the sub-forums I've created.
While we can do a lot more pre planning/brainstorming here on any number of details, I don't see ANY other details as strictly necessary. All else could be done after we have settled on what I see as the "big two" questions. However, I don't want to keep anyone from brainstorming! And I might go into more depth myself.
But there is one other issue I must address here: anonymity.
Very soon, I will ask a few trusted twitter friends to try registering for this forum in a way that keeps them somewhat anonymous. Not completely, as I will only approve a registration if I can tie it to a Twitter account that has been actively engaged with the #Inners/#Maddow/#Uppers/#Nerdland communities (only 1 is OK) on Twitter. Why? Mostly because it was that group of Twonks whose urgently felt need for action caused my brainstorm in the first place, and until we have a name, domain registration and mission statement, I'd like to limit the brainstorming to that same #twitfam!
I personally feel that any "founders" and contributors (hopefully - eventually) to the organization that results from the brainstorming here is one that should (among other things) value transparency. And that that implies that we proactively disclose name, employer and ZIP code of all contributors. I'm not dead set on this, and the brainstormers (here) and founders (of the organization/site) could - as a group - feel otherwise.
But I don't want to impose this full transparency here. You're welcome to identify yourself any way you wish as long as you can be verified to be an active, constructive engager in one of the twitter communities mentioned earlier - assuming my tests inviting OTHERS to join this board show that we can be as anonymous as Twitter (but not more so!). At the very least - so that others here can feel comfortable - your Twitter handle should be discernable easily and be part of your profile on this board.
- A name! We can't have a website without - at the very least - a domain name, and the domain name should (IMHO) reflect the actual name of the (as yet uncreated) organization1
- A mission statement. When we first create the site, if we have nothing else other than a short mission statement, we will nonetheless have taken our first completely public step. Without a mission statement, how will anybody know what we're up to?
Discussion of these two big questions should take place in the sub-forums I've created.
While we can do a lot more pre planning/brainstorming here on any number of details, I don't see ANY other details as strictly necessary. All else could be done after we have settled on what I see as the "big two" questions. However, I don't want to keep anyone from brainstorming! And I might go into more depth myself.
But there is one other issue I must address here: anonymity.
Very soon, I will ask a few trusted twitter friends to try registering for this forum in a way that keeps them somewhat anonymous. Not completely, as I will only approve a registration if I can tie it to a Twitter account that has been actively engaged with the #Inners/#Maddow/#Uppers/#Nerdland communities (only 1 is OK) on Twitter. Why? Mostly because it was that group of Twonks whose urgently felt need for action caused my brainstorm in the first place, and until we have a name, domain registration and mission statement, I'd like to limit the brainstorming to that same #twitfam!
I personally feel that any "founders" and contributors (hopefully - eventually) to the organization that results from the brainstorming here is one that should (among other things) value transparency. And that that implies that we proactively disclose name, employer and ZIP code of all contributors. I'm not dead set on this, and the brainstormers (here) and founders (of the organization/site) could - as a group - feel otherwise.
But I don't want to impose this full transparency here. You're welcome to identify yourself any way you wish as long as you can be verified to be an active, constructive engager in one of the twitter communities mentioned earlier - assuming my tests inviting OTHERS to join this board show that we can be as anonymous as Twitter (but not more so!). At the very least - so that others here can feel comfortable - your Twitter handle should be discernable easily and be part of your profile on this board.