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

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org> 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
>



What would be in such a survey - not particular questions, just loosely?
 Sounds like a good way to get some kind of data, but... what do you want
to ask them, I'm not sure I see a question here.


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