Re: [atlarge-discuss] RE: [atlarge-panel] Web Site Updates?

["J-F C. (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@club-internet.fr>]

Dear WG-Web Chair,
This is an excellent analysis IMHO. I would strongly recommand that we stop 
confusing the issues as we do for 6 months now, put this document on a page 
and make it the base for our Web Management Policy Statement and that we 
enact it.

Maybe Judyth, could you rephrase this quickly to make it a statement we 
could publish on the WG-Web page ( http://icann-at-large.org/wgweb.htm ).
jfc




On 20:17 20/11/02, espresso@e-scape.net said:
> Personally, I would tend to think this is one of the (many) situations 
> where it would be good to ensure a liaison between the WG-Web and the 
> Panel by having a Panel member on the committee, possibly but not 
> necessarily as its chair, but sitting ex officio.
>
> The Webmaster also should be an ex officio member of the WG-Web -- that 
> is, a non-voting participant in it. The Webmaster is a person appointed by 
> the Panel to a position of technical responsibility, and I think we've 
> already seen enough problems over what happens when the Webmaster also 
> tries to wear the document selection and editing role.
>
> Policies on content and overall design would be best handled by a group of 
> members in a WG-Web, whose mandate should include things like setting up a 
> workable system for deciding on the overall approval process, then which 
> documents get included where and how new materials written by members 
> under whatever policy is established get handled from inception to the 
> point where they're ready for the Webmaster to post.
>
> I think a group of 5 or so is workable only if all five people are 
> actively engaged in the WG, without too many other responsibilities since 
> the updating and expansion of the site is key to icannatlarge.org's future 
> and likely to be time-consuming even after initial policies are set. It 
> might be as well to make it 7 members (allowing for attrition and times 
> when people are unavailable) plus the (ex officio) Panel member and 
> Webmaster. A group of 9 is not unworkably large and ensures that enough 
> people are involved that the departure of one or two during the year 
> wouldn't disrupt the WG's work.
>
> Within the WG, I can easily see individuals taking on individual 
> responsibility for certain tasks -- say, perhaps
> - one person for listowner duties,
> - one for forums,
> - one for co-ordinating translation of approved pages
> - one for monitoring external sites (ICANN and others) for relevant new 
> materials
> - one as Assistant Webmaster helping out with site construction and updating
> - one as liaison with Jefsey's atlarge umbrella-group site
> - one as recording secretary/co-ordinator to document what's being done 
> and make sure timetables work out as planned.
>
> To me, that sort of structure makes it more likely everything will get 
> followed up and completed, as opposed to the situation where everything 
> gets discussed by all but nobody is responsible for the individual tasks 
> and the general membership has no idea whom to talk to about some 
> particular problem.
>
> Naturally this is just my opinion but, given that our WGs will be working 
> by e-mail rather than thrashing things out together in a room, it's one 
> way to make sure the working group actually works.
>
> Regards,
>
> Judyth
>
>
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