Individual initiative is the source of innovation ..... Cheers Wayne
On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 12:36 +1300, Leigh Blackall wrote: > well, while COL and Wikieducator can't set up a widget, I and anyone > else could set one up with the expressed purpose of funding something > in Wikieducator. The widget I have used before is called ChipIn and it > uses Paypal to facilitate the transfers. Now the only outstanding > issue is how to trust individuals who set up a ChipIn for the purposes > of raising money to do things for Wikieducator. > > With this approach of individual initiative, it seems to bipass the > limitations of COL, or the need for a not-for-profit entity setting up > a trust account - although the NFP doesn't hurt, it would be wonderful > to see individuals taking the initiative in my view. > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Leigh > > Good idea for a donations widget -- hold onto that thought for > a moment. > > When it comes to the design of a logo -- I suspect that many > WikiEducators will be able to come up with good ideas for our > visual identity -- but may not have the graphic design skills > to express the ideas visually. So perhaps the best way to do > this would be to invite the community to write up their ideas > and if they can, attempt to create a graphic (not necessarily > a professional graphic.) We should invite discussion and > feedback on the different ideas and then have a voting > mechanism for the top 3 ideas. In this model the prize is > community kudos. > > Once we have the top 3 ideas -- we could commission a graphic > designer (assuming we have the funds) to develop concepts of > the best ideas. Then final voting mechanism to choose the > winning logo. > > One of the advantages of WE becoming independent would be the > ability to set up a trust fund account and a donations widget. > As an international agency -- we don't have the mechanisms to > do this. Great idea re the donations widget -- although we'll > need to be patient. > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > > On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 11:13 +1300, Leigh Blackall wrote: > > > Is there any money to set up a competition for logos and > > visual ID for Wikied? > > If there is not, perhaps we could set up a donations widget > > with a trusted Wikied person (seeing as COL can't do trust > > accounts) and use them to raise funds for the competition? I > > would personally donate a small amount, and if we can get > > 100 donations of a small amount, I think we would have > > enough to use as prize money... > > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Wayne > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That there is some amazing graphic design talent > > from a WikiEducator in your neck of the woods :-) > > > > Speaking of which --- It would be good to get things > > moving in the Community again working towards a new > > visual identity for WE. > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > > > On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 11:04 +1300, Leigh Blackall > > wrote: > > > > > So I'm asleep at the wheel again.. the award > > > graphic is already in place and being used! > > > *blush* > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Leigh Blackall > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > its Steve's work :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Leigh > > > Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I see that Victor, the winner in > > > August already has a graphic we > > > can use across all! > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Victor.mensah > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM, > > > Minhaaj ur Rehman > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yea thanks for that Wayne. > > > Although i would ask for > > > sysops for > > > everyone on council. > > > looking forward to a > > > productive discussion in > > > first meeting. > > > > > > > > > On Oct 11, 3:44 am, Wayne > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Hi Minhaaj > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2008-10-10 at > > > 13:56 -0700, Minhaaj ur > > > Rehman wrote: > > > > > I can't edit the main > > > page. > > > > > Probably because i am > > > not Sysop. > > > > > > > > You don't need to be > > > Sysop to edit text on the > > > Main page -- but I see > > > > that you figured out how > > > we use templates to stop > > > Newbies testing their > > > > skills on the front page > > > -- UPE on the home page > > > looks good! > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > > > > Leigh Blackall > > > +64(0)21736539 > > > skype - leigh_blackall > > > > > > > > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > > > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > Leigh Blackall > > > +64(0)21736539 > > > skype - leigh_blackall > > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > > > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > Leigh Blackall > > > +64(0)21736539 > > > skype - leigh_blackall > > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > > > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Leigh Blackall > > +64(0)21736539 > > skype - leigh_blackall > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalpost > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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