On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Dave Cridland <d...@cridland.net> wrote:
> Nice post. > > I wonder whether a better mechanism for drawing newcomers into the inner > circle - which is what I think you're intent is here - would be to randomly > select people to be involved in a short online meeting to discuss the > draft, rather than review it in isolation. > > It'd be a different kind of review, which adds value for us, I think, and > would instantiate new human subnets which could be used to bootstrap other > involvement. > > I think that would be a useful additional approach (maybe have those randomly selected meet online before starting the reviews). I do want to be sensitive, though, to the language barriers to some extent. I used to recommend that folks interested in participating in a working group start by being a scribe; I realized eventually how hard that was for some participants whose native language was not English. It's still useful for those for whom real-time capture of rapidly moving discussion is feasible, but we need something that allows folks time to reflect as well. Just my 2 cents, regards, TEd > This is, I stress, merely a quick reaction to your much more thoughtful > post, and I reserve the right to backtrack and change my mind. >
