On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 22:24, Ian Laurenson wrote: SNIP A lot of sensible stuff I agree with. > > > > But what do you imagine the CMS to do? > > See my above discussion about my suggested responsibilities for > facilitators (/liaisons/MarCons). > > A facilitator in seconds should be able to set-up a new: > * discussion forum > * wiki > * IRC applet (i.e. accessing the web page is all that is required to > join the discussion - no other software necessary) > * Calendar > * Place for sharing files
+1 - I think the lack of accessibility of the site to mere mortals is a considerable problem, It would be possible to heave a core locked down site with links to easier to access satellites. There is always going to be a trade off between security and accessibility but the whole site does not require the "Fort Knox" mentality. > There are bound to be other CMS that can do this, but for an example > that I have briefly used see http://moodle.org/ Promoting Moodle would also be good for Open Source which indirectly benefits OOo. > That is, the MarCons are effectively field agents. I think having > > clearer guidelines is a good idea. I also think that we need, as John > > suggests, to build up the MarCon group. We also, you know, don't have > > many organized regional user groups--perhaps now? > > > I am happy to bounce ideas here for developing guidelines if no one else > would like to do this. (I would prefer to spend my OOo time on > developing addons and writing documentation to make it easier for others > to do so as well). > > > Agreed. Charles and I had thought about regional efforts; I think again > > the MarCons could be developed further in that fashion. The key point, > > again, is that there has to be communication--otherwise, there is > > confusion. But that's obvious. > > I suggest that once a suitable web platform that allows for the sort of > autonomy that I have been recommending was available then the existing > facilitators can advertise for and recruit more facilitators. > > I would be happy to work with Graham Lauder for New Zealand. Good choice of partner, but don't let him cut you up on the luge :-) An interesting thing about the MarCon list is the number of countries not represented. For example I have visited Serbia/Montenegro and Poland as a result of interest in the INGOTs so there is definitely OOo interest in these two countries yet no Marcon as far as I can tell for either. I wonder if its simply that they don't know the job exists? If so, thinking about making the web site more accessible in all respects should be a high priority. Regards -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
