Hi all,
I've just posted a copy of a draft planning document for Global Outlook DH to google docs: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7-K9ibotBH4QmtJbHdMSEpLN2M
Marcus, Neil, and I have all looked at it. Before it goes to the SC, I'd really appreciate your comments and suggestions.
This is a draft, of course, and we expect to make changes.
Neil had three questions that he thought needed answering more clearly before things went to the SC:
1) Membership: is this a case of the more the merrier--anyone who wants in can join?
2) What mechanisms might we need to coordinate the project's activities with the formal ADHO committees whose work it might intersect?
3) I get a clear picture of the project's goals but a cloudy one of how they are actually going to be accomplished. How would the project do its work? My question is concretely what forms would these investigations take and how would they proceed? That is the part that seems vague to me. I'm looking for a statement that would begin something like: "Outreach would take three primary forms: . . . " These can range from the ad hoc and casual to some things that are more systematic: e.g., "we will break into geographical interest groups, with each group responsible for assessing the needs of and opportunities in their region, making a list of contacts," and so on
Personally, my answers would be:
1) Yes, wide open 2) We should see this group's function primarily as research, advocacy, and facilitation, rather than execution (which is more the domain of the committees themselves) 3) Suggestions for concrete actions?
The document can be edited as it is in Google Docs, or you can simply comment back to the list. I told Neil (who is also on this list) that we'd try to have a final version ready for him next week.
-dan