Re: [atlarge-discuss] 007 Outreach

[Giampaolo Bonora <bonora@nettuno.it>]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 19:45:05 +0100, "Richard Henderson"
<richardhenderson@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>I wonder what the chart will look like in 3 months time?
>
>Richard

Who knows?
I'm not so optimistic as you are about the target of 100000 members in
one year. It is possible, indeed. 
I'd prefer to focus on a smaller, but stable membership.

Anyhow, as we are drafting bylaws, I think this is a correct target. I
really don't know how much bylaws can scale, I only guess that bylaws
for an organisation of hundreds-members' magnitude, are not the same as
for millions-members' magnitude, coming from everywhere. 
Last panel had three months for this task, that was not enough. Now,
with a year ahead, you and your fellow panel's member IMO should set a
tentative scheduling.
I read here something on this matter. I concur with an opinion (of
Judyth, if I recall correct) that bylaws to be voted from membership is
the core of the panel's mandate, so you must produce a text for a
membership's approvation within your mandate. Could be sooner, if
matters as incorporation become urgent, but you should agree on bylaws'
structure and process soon.

The main issue with outreach, IMO, is not the target, but
decentralization. Now we have only a website with forum, a list and a
panel, and sometime there are problems of communication.
 A regional-based or country-based volunteering approach needs not only
volunteers, but 'a communication protocol' from the panel and local
volunteers - as simple as is possible, I don't think this is all matter
of bylaws.
Jefsey's suggestion to consider the possibility of subdomains of
icannatalarge.com, which is very interesting under many regards, brings
up not only the webmaster issue, but also subdomain delegation and, in
this case, regional / local editors (pages in local language and so). 
To avoid complications, this editor, at first should be the same person
responsible for local outreach. Anyway this should be decided at local
level. 

This individual - or small group - should presents fairly and correctly
this organisation in the present state, without endorse excessive or
wrong expectations (we should definitely learn from ICANN's failures:
The Cyberfederalist 14, The Learning Curve), and establish relations
with local existing groups.

General WG should prepare the framework for outreach activities,
initially assist the starting local groups and later ensure that
information flows between local groups, (ie., that local groups are
really aware of what exists and of difficulties encountered and solved
from other groups).

Just some thoughts

Regards,
	giampaolo


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