To-do list

• to do list:
  • organize a book group to read and discuss Global Crises, Global Solutions
    • send recruiting mail to friends
    • maybe: place an add on craigslist?
    • maybe: look for that website I once saw that was designed for organizing book clubs -- like meetup.com for books
    • maybe: think about having (10 monthly meetings, 1 per chapter) vs. (1 meeting, 10 spokespeople)
  • set up a web site that enables web-based collaboration
    • figure out how to get a site set up that reflects as much as possible of the direction outlined in my "blue sky" feature list
    • maybe: work on setting up an e-mail account for "skinner@openagenda.org", where all the e-mail sent to and from the account is automatically posted to a web page?
    • maybe: think about recruiting a volunteer to get a site set up? maybe try to "hire" someone not by offering them N-thousand dollars in cash, but by offering them philanthropic control of N-thousand dollars of the fund money?
    • maybe: find an ISP that can host an eZ publish site, sign up for service, and experiment with using eZ publish?
    • maybe: tinker with the idea of achieving web-based collaboration via a very simple home-made PHP/JavaScript solution with very few bells and whistles?
    • maybe: set up a mailing list or newsletter signup, for people who want to know what's up with the project
    • maybe: don't block on the web-based collaboration -- for now just move forward with a conventional web site where I'm the only person who can add content?
  • fix URL bugs
    • fix it so that visiting "http://openagenda.org" takes you to "http://openagenda.org/" instead of "http://openagenda.org/openagenda/"
    • fix it so that visiting "http://openagenda.org/openagenda/page" takes you to "http://openagenda.org/openagenda/page/" instead of "http://gumption.org/openagenda/page/"
  • look at related projects, to avoid duplication of effort, and to find people to work with
    • Omidyar Network
    • ACCESS
    • ...
  • post links to resources
    • post page listing links to charities, and links to books, and links to papers
    • maybe: use del.icio.us for this?
  • add content to site
    • glossary entries
    • acknowledgements page
    • page about triage
    • page about discount rate
    • "you can help" entry about current URL problems
  • links to look at
    • http://www.idealswork.com/ -- a good example of offering user-chosen "scorecards"
    • OpenProcess -- http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?OpenProcess
    • PeerPrivilege -- http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?PeerPrivilege
    • AuditTrail -- http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?AuditTrail
    • FairProcess -- http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?FairProcess
    • Single_transferable_vote -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote
    • Approval_voting -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting
  • graphic design
    • fix the CSS styles so that the nav-bar menu items look right in IE, not just Firefox
    • make a favicon.ico for the site, and install it
    • mess around with the CSS colors and styles, to try to make the site feel friendlier and more fun
    • have a look at Scott McCloud's books, Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics, and think about trying to jazz up the openagenda.org site with some simple graphics and iconography