[okfn-discuss] Lucy and Jonathan: question re new Working Group pgs

[Jonathan Gray]

Posted a list here, based on recent conversations:

http://jwyg.okfn.org/2011/06/12/what-should-every-working-group-have/
http://coord.okfnpad.org/wg-plan

Kat: suggest we continue to work on this, and use it as the basis for
work on WGs after OKCon! ;-)

J.

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 10 June 2011 11:59, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Hi Kat,
>>
>> Good work - I really like the layout, I think you've got most of the
>> key features in there!
>
> Yes great work. Key question: does okfn.org/groups/ page need all the
> info about the group or just brief overview with pointer to WG's main
> page elsewhere (e.g. http://science.okfn.org/) for science working
> group.
>
> I think the latter. This would mean we only need something short and
> list of all members etc can stay on groups main site or wiki page.
>
> [...]
>
>> A couple of things we may consider:
>>
>> How can we condense this info so that it is as terse as possible? It
>> would be great if we could get the key info compressed into a
>> screen-sized page so that everything is displayed without people
>> having to scroll down. For some groups this will be easier than others
>> and your job may be to think a bit wider than this page to whether
>> each group needs a specific blog etc. where much of the info can be
>> displayed...
>
> Exactly. Most info can go on groups main site.
>
>> 1. PROJECTS: Perhaps links to the projects (if they exist) with a 1/2
>> line summary of the project. I'm not much help in this particular
>> instance but maybe people on the list can point you to any specific
>> project group pages.
>
> +1
>
>> 2. PEOPLE:  Some groups have full lists of members on their blog (e.g.
>> http://science.okfn.org/members/) - and we can just link to that for
>> shortness.
>
> I'd never list the people. Either on group page or should work via the
> group members tab. Definitely do *not* want to list everyone.
>
> [...]
>
> Rufus
>
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