[Textop] Next steps: pilot project kickoff and discussion schedule

[Larry Sanger]

All,

Well, I'm caught up with my e-mail so I'm ready to get back down to
business.  A friend wrote saying, in essence, "Too much talk!  Not
enough action!"  I want copious amounts of both, but his point is
well-taken.  So here are the next steps I propose.

(1) Pilot project kickoff

Today or tomorrow I'm going to revisit the pilot project wiki and plan,
taking Howard Burrows' advice into account, and I invite you to do the
same.  The focus now should be to make sure that the pilot project "game
rules" are clear enough that people arriving on the scene will be able
to figure out how to play.

One main part of the project kickoff will be a call for participation,
which I'll send to a half-dozen or dozen philosophy mailing lists,
asking for philosophers both to lead and to participate in a Collation
Project pilot.

(2) Discussion schedule

I'm not sure if this will work, but I would like to create a discussion
schedule, in which we will have a telecon, which is hopefully to be
podcast (I'll consult with a couple podcasters I know), and during which
we'll review some particular topic, or document, surrounding Textop.  At
the same time, we can hash the topic out on this list.

The first topic, I think, should be governance, since we've been talking
about that.  The result of each discussion will be a revised (or newly
created) document.  So the result of the governance discussion will be a
*draft* community charter.  I do not propose to consider any community
charter official until it has been reviewed and commented on (and
approved) by a significant portion of the Advisory Committee.

What other topics are you interested in discussing?

--Larry