- From: Jean-Charles (JC) Verdié <jicheu@yahoo.fr>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:54:53 +0200
- To: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- CC: "public-webizen@w3.org" <public-webizen@w3.org>, maria Auday <MARIA@w3.org>
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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