Re: "Webizen" task force re-convening - Please complete doodle poll

Potential regrets here. I should be able to join but that may as well fail
(crappy connection from my holiday spot).

Christophe


On 30 July 2014 10:54, "Jean-Charles (JC) Verdié" <jicheu@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Regrets+ JC Verdié
>
>
> Jeff Jaffe wrote:
> > The poll has been stable for a few days.  There seems to be a clear
> > consensus on 1 August at 8AM ET.  Details to follow.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On 7/2/2014 3:56 PM, Jeff Jaffe wrote:
> >> This past spring we used this mailing list and a small task force to
> >> define a Webizen proposal [1].  This was presented to the W3C
> >> Membership several weeks ago.  The short summary is that while they
> >> liked the concept of more individual affiliation with W3C, few people
> >> liked the specifics of the proposal.  However, they asked that we
> >> re-create the task force and come up with a better approach.
> >>
> >> There are now many more people subscribed to public-webizen who want
> >> to work to make this successful, including over a dozen people that
> >> were at the meeting last month.
> >>
> >> Coming up with a new proposal will require some art because different
> >> folks had different reasons for rejecting [1].  For example, some
> >> thought that [1] provided Webizens with too many benefits, others
> >> thought there were too few benefits of importance, others thought that
> >> the benefits were not that relevant.  The task force we have signed up
> >> for this second round will help us get all the issues on the table,
> >> and hopefully a consensus proposal.
> >>
> >> I anticipate about 5-6 one hour calls and some work in between calls
> >> to build this new proposal.  The first call is important so we start
> >> on the same page.  Please complete the doodle poll [2].
> >>
> >> The draft agenda for the first call is:
> >>
> >> 1. Goals for program
> >> 2. Success criteria for program
> >> 3. Target market and marketing study
> >> 4. Brainstorming
> >>
> >> To have a more efficient call, let me say a bit in email about these
> >> agenda items.
> >>
> >> *Goals for the program*:  I was challenged to articulate the goals of
> >> the program.  The questioner suggested 5 potential goals:
> >>
> >> A. W3C wants to establish itself as the primary steward of the Web,
> >> and toward that goal wants to have individuals participate.
> >>
> >> B. Countries grant citizenships -- W3C  wants to create Webizens a la
> >> Citizens
> >>
> >> C. W3C  wants to involve the wider community -- rather than be seen as
> >> a place where only companies play
> >>
> >> D. W3C wants to create an additional revenue stream
> >>
> >> E. Degrading further: W3C  wants to sell t-shirts and coffee-mugs that
> >> are "branded".
> >>
> >> My response was:
> >>
> >> "It is closest to C.
> >>
> >> In the wiki [1] we say 'The idea of the program is to allow
> >> individuals to affiliate with the Web standards community  ... we seek
> >> to make available a new means to congregate as a community.'"
> >>
> >> We should see if that is the consensus, or if the consensus is one of
> >> the other points, or something else.
> >>
> >> *Success criteria for the program*:  This is an area which needs some
> >> development.  My starting point (which is informal and not precise) is
> >> that people who sign up find it useful and we don't lose any money.
> >> Others have proposed more precise criteria, such as:
> >>
> >>   * More than 500 webizens in 2 years.
> >>   * Most of our Invited Experts become webizens in 2 years.
> >>
> >> *Marketing study.*  At some point we will need to do a marketing
> >> study.  It is probably too early in this effort to create the study -
> >> but I would like to discuss what we think is the minimum intensive
> >> study which qualifies as a marketing study.  I asked W3C Members to
> >> fund a marketing study (dollars or people to perform the study) but I
> >> received not volunteers.  The Team, with its meager resources
> >> volunteered to undertake a study.  I've asked task forcers whether the
> >> Team proposal is adequate, but I've gotten few responses.  So we'll
> >> resolve it on the call.
> >>
> >> For your study, here is the Team proposal:
> >>
> >>   * We have 87K twitter followers.
> >>   * We could send them a survey monkey survey with a few questions,
> >>     and offer anyone who completes the survey 10 vaildator coupons.
> >>   * We estimate that we get 100 answers that way at relatively low cost.
> >>   * The Webizen task force would design the survey and the Team would
> >>     implement it.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> [1] https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webizen
> >> [2] http://doodle.com/ihry7d6vhh8dr9p6
> >
>
>
>


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