Monday 23 August 2010 12:28:30 am

What's ahead for 2010?

Kia ora koutou

As well as questions of what to do, there are also a lot of ambiguities at this stage about who does what, and how we bring all our contributions together. The role of the legal team is pretty clear, but what are the roles and responsibilities of the oversight Panel? What funded positions are there, and are any more proposed? What are their job descriptions?

How will we manage collaboration and communication between the Panel, staff, volunteers, the broader CC Aotearoa network, and the public at large? If someone wants to take on a volunteer role, who do they approach? At what point does a volunteer become official, able to address correspondence and present as a representative of CC Aotearoa? How does a project or activity become stamped as an official project or activity of CC Aotearoa?

For me, the revamp of this website is a high priority, as it has an important role to play in some of these areas. I think these forums could attract a lot more participants if they could also be subscribed to as email lists, for those who prefer to receive and reply to things via email. I think a wiki site where we can collaborate on documentation; promotional texts, commmunity planning, proposed articles and edits for the main site etc would be helpful for people who are used to those. Also, considering our synergies with the arts, there could be much more graphics, animations, and audio-visual content (all CC-licensed of course

Thrilled to see the public service adopt CC licenses and look forward to continuing work on this great project with you all.

Ka nui te mihi
Danyl Strype