wiki_meeting_notes-1.25.06

This is for our blogher npo brainstorm to determine the best way to divide up the beat and workflow.

First Step:

What questions should we be discussing?


 * 1) Is there enough to blog about at the suggested frequency?
 * 2) Is dividing by sector useful? Doable?
 * 3) Would sharing delicious tags then picking which we want to profile so we don't overlap?
 * 4) Start a wiki of potential blogs then split them up?
 * 5) Agree to post on certain days and split up the week?
 * 6) Should we share an aggregated RSS or have our silos?

Yay to Britt for organizing us! Yay to Nancy to moving forward!
 * Yay to Beth for setting this up!

1. Is there enough to blog about at the suggested frequency?**

I expressed my concerns about this to Lisa. I know with the Cambodian Blogosphere which a little smaller, we do one feature a week split between two writers, plus some allowance for breaking news. There are 70 or so active bloggers that we both monitor. The NPO blogosphere may be a bit larger, but probably the blogherblogosphere for npo may be about the same size.

I agree, I think if we each posted once a week minimum, which would probably be a round up of interesting stuff we read from our group of bloggers, that would be great (BB)

Agree - nw


 * 2. Is dividing by sector useful? Doable?**

Would you be up for dividing up the blogs based on our personal interest? There are some blogs we all seem to read who we would need to divid up, and then others that only one of us reads. As the blogroll grows that might change, but for now, why not keep reading who we always read plus some (BB)

What about the overlaps? (BK)

I guess we would just divide up the overlap.(BB)

Agree. I have probably more interest in international NGO type stuff. NW


 * 3. Would sharing delicious tags then picking which we want to profile so we don't overlap?**

As I mentioned in the email I just sent. I think maybe for the first 6-8 weeks we should "meet" on the one day a week to chat about the things outside of the blogs we are reading that we want to cover. Just to make the process really clear and get to know how each other works (have you two worked together before). I love the delicious tag idea just as a brainstorm for all of us.(BB)

I'd have a hard time being consistent with chat time every week ... but we all skype .. is there a way to set up ascyrhon conference room? (BK)

We can just have a "what I'm writing about" page on the wiki for check ins too if that is easier(BB)

Nancy,
 * 4. Start a wiki of potential blogs then split them up?**

Britt and I came up with the following process (read the older version).

Step 1: We all vote with our initials by the blogs we feel should be included Step 2: Knock out the ones that don't get 3 votes Step 3: Divide up the remainder between up to monitor for blogher.** OK - nw (so marked)

http://www.alexandrasamuel.com/ Blogher BK NW (she doesn't post much) BB
 * Alexandra Samuel

AlterNet: Annalee Newitz http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/30953/ BK NW (I'm meeting her this week - may have more insight) BB

At the Intersection http://jillaine.blogspot.com/ BK NW (she just got a new job - suspect volume will go down) BB

Beth’s Blog http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/ Blogher BK YES NW BB

Blogging for a Cause BK NW BB http://bloggingforacause.com/

Cambodia for Kids http://www.cambodia4kids.org/ Blogher BK NW BB

Circle of Life: Julia’s Blog http://www.circleoflifefoundation.org/blog/julia/ LOOKS LIKE WE ELIMINATE THIS ONE

Communities of Practice for Development http://joitskehulsebosch.blogspot.com/ BK NW BB

Deborah Elizabeth Finn http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog BK NW BB

Emily’s World http://eweinb04.blogspot.com/ BK NW BB

Full Circle Online Interaction Blog http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm Blogher BK NW KEEP THIS ONE PLEASE

Fundraising Technology http://re-focus.blogs.com/fundraising_technology/ BK BB NW

Getting Attention http://gettingattention.blogs.com/my_weblog/ BK NW BB

The Giving Blog http://bloggiving.blogspot.com/ NW BB LOOKS LIKE WE ELIMINATE THIS ONE

Have Fun * Do Good http://havefundogood.blogspot.com/ BK NW BB

Hurricane Katrina Direct Relief http://gracedavis.typepad.com/katrinablog/ Blogher - does Grace write about other npo issues some place else? Not really. Her other blog is more of a personal blog. I'd say pick this up if IT picks up. NW

Jayne Blog http://blogs.forumer.com/jcravens/ BK NW BB

Khem Vansinn (works for Cambodian NGO) http://vansinin.blogspot.com/ BK NW BB

Lotusmedia 2.0 http://www.lotusmedia.org/ BK NW BB

Marion Conway http://marionconwaynonprofitconsultant.blogspot.com/ BK (I can't seem to load this page NW) BB

Pearlbear’s Blog http://pearlbear.typepad.com/ BK NW (good because comes at it from a different angle) BB

The Rhetoric of Me http://therhetoricofme.blogs.com/ BK NW BB

Samantha’s Story http://www.samanthahughes.info/ BK NW - LOOKS LIKE WE ELIMINATE THIS ONE

San Jose Project Linus NW (example of application at its simplest and it's my MOM's Blog!) http://sjlinus.blogspot.com/ BB - LOOKS LIKE WE ELIMINATE THIS ONE

Stanmenistan (Peace Corps Blog) NW BB BK http://eawild.blogspot.com/

Urban Sprouts NW BB BK http://urbansprouts.blogspot.com/

Smart Communities http://smartcommunities.typepad.com/ Not really a woman, a guy is her ghost writer ... THAT SUCKS!

Techsploitation http://www.techsploitation.com/tech/ BK - LOOKS LIKE WE ELIMINATE THIS ONE - ITS ANNALEE NEWITZ'S BOOK BLOG - We SHOULD KEEP

Thoughts from the Girl Next Door (woman working for Cambodian NGO) http://blog.kalabird.com/ BK NW - LOOKS LIKE WE ELIMINATE THIS ONE

x337 http://ext337.org/ Blogher BK NW BB

Worlds Touch http://thetraveler.typepad.com/worldstouchblog/ BK NW BB

Zarah's Blog (works for Cambodian Environment NGO) http://sreisaat.blogspot.com/ BK NW BB

SOME MEN NONPROFIT BLOGGERS (11) - I feel less attached here NW I think we should include one token guy and it should be Marshall ...BK
 * I'm feeling like to start out I'd like to focus on women and that it feels weird including some men and not others so I'm not voting for any right now so Marshall wins! (BB)

Amor Mundi http://amormundi.blogspot.com/ BK

Community Knowledge Works http://cknowledgeworks.com/blog/ BK

Donor Power http://www.donorpowerblog.com/

501C3cast http://www.501c3cast.com/ BK

John Stahl’s Journal http://blogs.onenw.org/jon/ BK

Marshall Kirkpatrick http://marshallk.com/ BK NW

Michael Stein: Internet Strategist & Author http://michaelstein.typepad.com/michael_stein/

Michael’s Stein’s Nonprofit Technology Blog http://michaelatmo.blogspot.com/

Nonprofit Online News (Something about this one annoys me... not sure why) http://news.gilbert.org/ BK

There is a heppy lend fur fur away http://blog.krazy.com/

Vermont Nonprofit CommunIT NW http://cvnp.typepad.com/blog/

GROUPS/NPOS/NGOS with many or anonymous authors (20) (ALL - NW)

American Lung Association http://www.alamn.org/media/blogger.html BK

Aspiration Tech http://www.aspirationtech.org/blog BK KEEP Katrin Verclas - Blogher

CIPE Development Blog http://www.cipe.org/blog/ NW 3 of 9 authors female

Consultant Commons http://www.consultantcommons.org/ BK WE SHOULD KEEP Marnie Webb Blogher

FI Space http://www.fispace.org/ BK KEEP Lisa Rhetoric of ME Blogher

ICT Connections http://cbdd.typepad.com/cbdd/ BK

InHer City Blog http://www.hercity.org/ BK BB

Innovations Funders http://www.innovationfunders.org/ BK

Los Hilos de la Vila NW BB http://loshilosdelavida.blogspot.com/

March of Dimes: Share Your Story http://www.shareyourstory.org/ BK NW - KEEP Nancy White Blogher

National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation NW http://www.thataway.org/news/

NetSquared * A Project of Tech Soup http://www.netsquared.org/ BK KEEP - Marnie and Britt

Network Centric Advocacy http://www.network-centricadvocacy.net/ BK KEEP Ruby Sinerich

Nonprofit Blog Exchange http://nonprofitblogexchange.blogspot.com/ BK BB

NPO Blogs http://npoblogs.net/

NPTech Community (a community site) http://nptech.krazy.com/ BK -- we can't delete this one if we're watching nptech tag

ONE/Northwest doesn’t seem to be working http://blogs.onenw.org/

Sweetmother.org http://sweetmother.org/ BK

Walker Blogs http://blogs.walkerart.org/index.wac

World Changing http://www.worldchanging.com/ BK (Women contributors are Emily Gertz (New York City) Dina Mehta (Mumbai), Sarah Rich (San Francisco) Jill Fehrenbacher (New York City) Nicole-Anne Boyer (Paris)

Young Caucasus Women http://youngcaucasus.neweurasia.net/ BK BB - KEEP THIS ONE

Also, do we want to monitor nonprofit, ngo, non-profit, nptech tags in delicious, flickr, furl for new sources? **YES - nw** bb


 * 5. Agree to post on certain days and split up the week?**
 * 5. Agree to post on certain days and split up the week?**

Sounds good to me based on how many days we decide we have enough material to cover (BB)

I'd try to stick to it, but ... but ... it is a volunteer thing and i have two small kids ... and still have to pay bills .. I need some flexibility. So, what do you suggest? (BK)

I'm flexible. I think Lisa is just looking for consistency of content. What day we post on could be part of the "when and what i'm writing about" wiki page (BB)

I am feeling similar about needing flexibility - nw


 * 6. Should we share an aggregated RSS or have our silos?**


 * Do you mean share an aggregated nonprofitbloghers feed of all of our posts? I think so.(BB)****


 * No, I was thinking of GV - we have a shared bloglines account for all our feeds ...How do you handle multiple accounts?

If I have my own bloglines and we share a bloglines, do I have to login each time I want to go to each account. If so, I think I'd just like to pop them into my own account--unless you guys want me to add all my food and gossip blogs to our blogroll (: BB

I too, prefer not having to manage multiple accounts. Me be lazy.**