- From: Maria Auday <maria@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:03:51 -0400
- To: "public-webizen@w3.org" <public-webizen@w3.org>
- Cc: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
Hello, The Webizen call is scheduled for Friday, 1 August at 8:00 am (ET). Details are below. Date: Friday, 1 August Time: 8:00-9:00 am (ET) Zakim: +1.617.761.6200 Code: 93249 (“WEBIZ") irc: #webizen Maria On Jul 9, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org> 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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