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==Communications==
==Communications==


*Determine best method to poll community on decisions (slash polls are stated to be unreliable, comments are useful but harder to draw empirical data from)
*Community Discussion:
*Determine Staff Communication Forum
**story submissions on main site
**Keep mailing list
**[http://consider.it/ Consider.it] try a [https://livingvotersguide.org/wash__1240 Demo] (drag and drop "pros" and "cons")
**[http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine redmine] (ruby on rails)
**
**Use slashcode test server (would require tweaks but we could test new code while communicating, moderating best ideas etc.)
 
*Community Polling:
**survey monkey (3rd party)
**Debvotee (perl?)
**
**
 
*Staff Communication Forum
**Mailing list
**[http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine redmine] (Ruby on Rails)
**[http://trac.edgewall.org/ Trac]
**[https://intertwinkles.org/about/ InterTwinkles] (looks ideal but uses JS)
**Use slashcode
***See: [[AudioGuyWorkNotes]]
***See: [[AudioGuyWorkNotes]]
**Aquire concensus
 
*Clarify our stance on lameness filter paramaters
*Clarify lameness filter paramaters
*New Name contest (final one, we hope)
*New Name contest (final one, we hope)
**New Names Shortlist:
 
**New Names Shortlist (may be revised)
***soylentnews
***soylentnews
***port119.net
***port119.net
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***dailybacon.org  
***dailybacon.org  
***ionews.org
***ionews.org
*Summarize staff meeting(s) (or not?)(suggest: move to Editors section?[[User:Mrcoolbp|mrcoolbp]] ([[User talk:Mrcoolbp|talk]]) 19:47, 11 March 2014 (UTC))


==Business/Legal==
==Business/Legal==

Revision as of 04:21, 21 March 2014

This is a todo list of items that currently don't fall under any Teams or Strike-teams. Visit the Team Pages for Team-related information.

Staff Organization

  • Formulate Plan
    • Vision
    • Bylaws
    • TOS and Privacy Policy
    • Develop task-list of ongoing duties from each "group"
  • Regular status updates with key leaders
  • Organize staff, delegate tasks to qualified people
  • password sharing, multi-factor protection
  • GetLDAP setup

Communications

  • Community Discussion:
    • story submissions on main site
    • Consider.it try a Demo (drag and drop "pros" and "cons")
  • Community Polling:
    • survey monkey (3rd party)
    • Debvotee (perl?)
  • Clarify lameness filter paramaters
  • New Name contest (final one, we hope)
    • New Names Shortlist (may be revised)
      • soylentnews
      • port119.net
      • baconnews.org baconnews.net (baconnews.net was suggested as it can be "BNN")
      • nerdcard.net
      • geekcard.org
      • dailybacon.org
      • ionews.org

Business/Legal

  • Choose incorporation model
    • Carry out necessary tasks to achieve chosen incorporation model status
  • Solicit legal advice:
    • Requirements for keeping logs of user activity
    • How to respond to DMCA takedown requests
    • Identify the legal (copyright?) implications of cross-posting (reposting stories posted elsewhere)
  • Incorporation Model-dependent items:
    • Swag? (sync with art)
    • Marketing - Do we do it? how do we do it?
    • Ads?
    • Donations?
  • social media, do we want to pursue it? who? How?