All, I'd like to shout a small "hooray" to the people who in the last few days have quite noticeably, and unusually, taken the initiative on several fronts. Warren Schudy and Steve Ewen have worked quite a bit on [[CZ:Reusing Citizendium Content]], and Joe Quick has started [[CZ:Ready for approval]]. These aren't the only or the first examples of bold initiative-taking, but they came without any special request, and this is something I've been thinking lately that we need to see more of.
Unless I am mistaken, their initiative might be at least in part due to our successful brainstorming session, here: http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1421.0.html I think that as we as a group get a glimpse of what we regard as our top priorities, we might be more motivated to help make it happen. Now, if you also take the initiative, and I weigh in and ask harsh-sounding questions, or edit your work, please don't take it personally...birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, I gotta criticize. I'm also happy that participation seems to be bouncing back after a mid-December lull (exactly as I expected). By the way, what will the outcome of our brainstorming be? Well, yesterday I started composing a new planning document, which I'm circulating among some Executive Committee members, and we are going to start acting on this stuff. Of course, nothing will happen without proper input, review, and action by the community and our governance processes. I can tell you that we won't be able to achieve so much if there aren't a lot more people willing to take the initiative. If I am the only initiator, things will go slowly indeed. But the one thing that I personally want to initiate is, finally, the addition of several more specifically-empowered "initiators." Who we'll be looking for, and to lead what, is something I hope we'll announce next week. I also haven't forgotten about maturing our governance apparatus. That's one of the priorities, after all. --Larry _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
