Re: Working alongside other groups (was Re: [MACCAWS] Hello to Group)

--- steph <[email protected]> wrote:
There is some discussion in
> the
> > backlog about how we might be working with them in the future.
> > 
> 
> I've been thinking that we should be working with other groups (not
> just
> WASP) _now_, and not in the future as such. 
> 
> I believe we should be actively touching-base with other groups in
> order 
> to find out what other evangelism material has been produced (and
> how), and
> which are currently being produced. While links have been posted
> here 
> and on the wiki, I keep getting the feeling that we are in danger
> of 
> looking too much inwards and not outwards enough as a group because
> our aims are very specific.
> 
> If anything, looking outwards would mean that we won't be
> re-inventing 
> too many wheels and can therefore concentrate on presenting
> existing
> and new information such that it suits our particular audience.
> 
> I think a number of us on this list as also on the
> public-evangelist 
> mailing list[1].  As far as I am aware, there are people from WASP,
> ALA, 
> W3C, Opera, Netscape and so forth on that list. Making use of that
> audience might well be a very worthwhile starting point.
> 
> My 2.38 yen worth.
> 
> cheers,
> -steph

I know that some of the early reluctance was in that we didn't have
the comittee voted in yet, which now we do, and our site was not
ready yet. 

Some of you are aware that Zeldman did post us on his site about a
week ago (and said some nice things). I venture if he is aware of us,
WaSP and ALA are aware, obviously. How much, who knows. That of
course doesn't mean we're talking.

I just want to make sure we put our best foot forward when we do, *as
an organization*. Surely we want to cooperate with these folks! My
two cents is that I want to be a bit tighter as a group, have our
mission statement finalized, have the early site up, have the mailing
list on OUR site and not yahoo.

Because, I think that getting those people involved is going to throw
a lot our way, and I want to be ready for it.

Discuss...

Tom

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