[openbiblio-dev] Bibserver Status

Mon Aug 18 00:19:35 UTC 2014

nothing runs without money

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> In rare cases this can be done purely with community input. That happened
> with Open StreetMap, with SAX (XML), with Blue Obelisk(chemistry) - none of
> these required money. But my present project culdn't run without money. It
> all deepdns on how much infrastructure there is to create and the size of
> the volunteer pool.
>
> What is certain is that it needs a lot of energy and a reasonably clear
> program. Set incremental goals. Maybe hack gloabl hacks - these are now
> relatively easy and if you can find firnds in different countries they will
> also organise. We did this 3 weeks ago with Mozilla - two days of hack. Very
> successful, but a lot of energy provided by Mozilla. But you can do a lot
> with Google+ or whatever.
>
> You'll almost certainly get OKF people interested.
>
> Suggest you propose some small achievable goal which everyone can
> participate in, and then discuss it here. And see whether we can get people
> together.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Karen Coyle <kcoyle at kcoyle.net> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Alexander! Joe, let us know what kind of support you can use (even
>> at the level of encouragement), and we can figure out how to make it happen
>> (shared discussion somewhere, whatever).
>>
>> kc
>>
>>
>> On 8/17/14, 3:20 PM, Alexander Garcia Castro wrote:
>>>
>>> I volunteer.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 11:12 PM, Karen Coyle <kcoyle at kcoyle.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Peter, I agree. But I also think it's really hard to take on such a
>>>> project
>>>> on your own. Can we gather a small cohort to give Joe a go-to place for
>>>> questions, help, praise, reality checks, etc.? I'm willing, but can only
>>>> really be helpful within my skill set (metadata, linked data, QC [I FIND
>>>> BUGS!], and documentation). Can a few others with other skills
>>>> volunteer? We
>>>> can name our band whatever we want ;-).
>>>>
>>>> kc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8/17/14, 11:22 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is how I think projects should develop - someone enthusiastic
>>>>> picks
>>>>> up where the last initiative finished.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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