Re: Great Community Engagement Reader

Thank you Adeel, the cognitive architecture is done in the cog-ai CG
however, the community engagement resource may be useful there as well
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 9:27 PM Adeel <aahmad1811@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would be interested in getting involved in the development and
> implementation aspect of the cognitive architecture to test the theory in
> any specific publication as part of what this community releases as output.
> We can then collaborate further on publications. I think group involvement
> will likely increase if there is something tangible to look at and
> reference as a point of testing the theory. And, possibly a drive for
> specification. I find myself skeptical on paper publications unless there
> is some artefact associated with it to prove whether it would work.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adeel
>
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 at 03:50, Paola Di Maio <paoladimaio10@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Owen
>> thank you-
>>
>> Regarding your suggestion that what is needed is tools, I am not sure
>>
>> There are plenty of tools for engagement - including your own which may
>> partly fulfil that purpose
>>
>> What we have found over years of community work is that there are
>> individuals and organisations
>> that take a lot out from the community - in terms of knowledge, ideas,
>> resources, shared freely and without hidden agendas, for the joy of
>> sharing,  and use the same for personal gains (career, funding publications
>> that do not credit the source of what they write etc) without ever giving
>> anything back
>>
>> In my view, what we need more of is honesty and genuine interest in the
>> common good
>> something that is very rare,
>> We keep at it nonetheless, magic still happens between the cracks
>> I am hoping someone earning a salary elsewhere but utterly bored with
>> their life and a few spare cycles may become involved as community
>> engagement manager with this C
>>
>> p
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 10:34 AM Owen Ambur <owen.ambur@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Paola, when you're ready to share your proposal, I'll look forward to
>>> learning if it lends itself to rendition as a performance plan in StratML
>>> Part 2 format.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, your message prompted me to convert to StratML Part 1
>>> format the about statements for CSCCE & Community Initiatives at
>>> https://stratml.us/drybridge/index.htm#CI4
>>>
>>> As far as the challenge of engagement is concerned, it seems to me
>>> what's needed is pretty clear and relatively simple -- online tools that
>>> make it easy for users to contribute to the realization of objectives of
>>> particular interest to them:
>>>
>>> For those who care enough, the first step is to clarify and share their
>>> objectives in an open, machine-readable format.
>>>
>>> The second is to develop services making it relatively easy for users to
>>> share and discover objectives of special interest to them.
>>>
>>> And the third step is to provide services enabling users to *contribute*
>>> to the realization of common and complementary objectives *as best
>>> their time, resources, and expertise allow*.
>>>
>>>
>>> If those steps are well executed, the results (or lack thereof) will
>>> speak efficiently and effectively for themselves.  Otherwise we can just
>>> keep writing scholarly articles and exchanging messages like this.
>>>
>>> BTW, CSCCE's guidebook could also be rendered as a model performance
>>> plan for community managers but I am not yet sufficienty motivated to
>>> do that for them.
>>>
>>> Owen Ambur
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/owenambur/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 11:43:21 AM EDT, Paola Di Maio <
>>> paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Greetings folks
>>>
>>> This CG has over seventy members, but low member engagement. It would be
>>> great if someone would take up the challenge to engage the community base
>>>
>>> I ll be sharing a proposal soon - waiting for the scholarly publication
>>> currently with the publisher before sharing the gist of what I have been
>>> working on - but obviously everyone is welcome to come up with suggestions
>>> and plans on how to take things forward.
>>>
>>> Courtesy of the CSCCE, a great resource to stimulate interest in the
>>> role (volunteer) and recommended reading for everyone interested in
>>> community engagement
>>>
>>> *The CSCCE Skills Wheel – Five core competencies and 45 skills to
>>> describe the role of the community engagement manager in STEM.*
>>> https://zenodo.org/record/4437294#.Y07FXExBzrd
>>> *This guidebook is intended to be a brief, practical introduction to
>>> scientific community manager roles and provide a starting point for
>>> discussing common questions about them.*
>>>
>>> Pdm
>>>
>>