Karen, I'm really happy and excited about this. About the invitations I have commented the issue to the okfn guys, I think it would make sense that they would have their say, since they have related projects (for instance http://openbiblio.net/ ). IMHO, the more open and inclusive the process is, the better.
If you allow me to make a suggestion, I would recommend to split the process in several phases, which could be: - Principles/OL goals: The initial draft/timeline/roadmap could be prepared in this mailing list (gdoc or etherpad?) to center the issue, thus avoiding overscoping. Then the document could be moved to several wiki pages on the main site for brainstorming/discussion/support with a visible banner in the main page inviting users to participate in the discussion and pseudo-voting with support messages (it could help to prioritize to know what are the most supported principles). This is, in my opinion, crucial. Users who vote and engage in the discussion *are* the community. - Supporting technology: the next step could be to define what needs to be changed, how, and which resources would be needed to support the principles. A forum? A messaging system between users? A rating&commenting system? A better way of storing and displaying the license of a book? - Resources needed: after that it should be possible to assess more or less what is needed to make those changes and what should be the supporting infrastructure. - Organization: knowing where the OL wants to go, which technology is needed, and how much would it cost, it will be the moment to determine the best administration structure. Should it be self-sustainable? What kind of involvement does the IA wants? Could it be made a deal with the IA where they offer the infrastructure and allow community self-governance in exchange of treating preferentially their lending or other programs on the site? Those are questions better asked when there is a better idea of what is wanted from OL. - Funding: After that is solved, it should be possible to ask around how many resources each organization could commit, apply for grants, or start a crowd-funding action to refurbish the site. Is that more or less what you had in mind? I'm totally willing to help writing, making suggestions and helping to shape the Open Library that everyone will love! :) David On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Brewster has encouraged me to encourage the idea of creating a working > community around OL -- folks who can participate in making changes and > fostering sharing. That's all the guidance I have, so I'm assuming that > we have to do the heavy lifting to make it happen. Can we work together > on a proposal? I'm willing to do research and writing. Where would you > like to do this? Wiki? G-Doc? something else? > > Are there others that we should include? I could contact library > programmers who are using the API for covers, etc. > > kc > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Etiamsi omnes, ego non
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