- From: Bassetti, Ann <ann.bassetti@boeing.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:55:10 +0000
- To: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>, "frode.kileng@telenor.com" <frode.kileng@telenor.com>
- CC: "public-onboarding@w3.org" <public-onboarding@w3.org>
I like all the points you guys have made in the thread so far. And, on reflection, I agree about "webizen", Dom. -- Ann > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominique Hazael-Massieux [mailto:dom@w3.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:35 AM > To: frode.kileng@telenor.com > Cc: Bassetti, Ann; public-onboarding@w3.org > Subject: Re: On-boarding headlight (INTERNAL) > > On mar., 2014-03-11 at 13:52 +0000, frode.kileng@telenor.com wrote: > > I agree with you Ann that there's a broader perspective and this was > > also the reason I subscribed to the mailing list. > > > > On-boarding for me is a continuous process internally, spreading the > > word of W3C and trying to increase our involvement. And in this > > process, I'm surprised that there's so little "ready to use" material > > about W3C facts, status, "plans". I guess there are others in big > > corporations that faces the same issues. And, IMHO, material of this > > type is also helpful in the initial on-boarding process of new > > members. > > First, let me clarify that by "on-boarding", I meant making easier for > new individuals to get started in W3C (i.e. at the individual level, not > at the organization level). > > I agree that increasing participation in general is a worthwhile goal; > the reason my proposal has focused on "on-boarding" is that it seems to > be that the biggest hurdle is to make it possible for people to get > sufficiently involved that they will want to get more involved — once > that barrier is down, it's much easier to iteratively reduce the other > barriers. > > Also, given how broad the topic of "increasing participation" is, I > thought that a focused approach might be more tractable. > > Finally, as Frode puts it, once you have maintained materials for > newcomers, they are useful to everyone, not just the newbies. > > But I certainly will not object to broader the scope of this task force > as long as we don't spread ourselves too thin. > > I'll look at the overlap between > https://www.w3.org/wiki/Encouraging-Participation and > https://www.w3.org/wiki/OnBoarding as suggested by Art. > > I'm less keen on merging with Webizen which seems to be on a very > different track — it seems to be not as much increasing participation in > W3C standardization work, but creating a broader community around W3C > values and goals. > > > Regarding my contribution, my initial thoughts was to help identify > > some "needs" based on my own experience. > > That would be a terrific contribution, Frode; to be entirely honest, I > had been hoping to pick your brain on these questions from the very > first day I thought of that topic :) > > Dom
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