[Dialogue] OECommunity "project management" website

[Clare Whitney]

What do I know?  I think we should use the Repository "portal" to access
everything.  I have thought so since the meeting in Denver in March.

thanks - hope my input matters.  Clare Witney

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Walters" <walters at alaweb.com>
To: "Colleague Dialogue" <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] OECommunity "project management" website


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Dunn" <david at mirrorcommunication.com>
> To: "OE Community" <OE at wedgeblade.net>; "'Dialogue' Listserv"
> <Dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 1:34 PM
> Subject: [Dialogue] OECommunity "project management" website
>
>
> > Hello Colleagues,
> >
> > CONTEXT & QUESTION
> > We have some housekeeping and a decision to make: Do we maintain and pay
> > for
> > the online resource that was created before the Springboard Gathering in
> > Denver in late March at <oecommunity.grouphub.com>?
> >
> > BACKGROUND
> > We've been building the 'Repository' for some time now at
> > <wedgeblade.net>.
> > Since the Springboard Gathering a couple of months ago, the Repository
has
> > moved in the direction of a 'portal'--a quick access point to a number
of
> > online resources, including other sites and our listservs.
> >
> > We've been experimenting with the 'OE Community' website as a way to
share
> > documents related to the Springboard Gathering. This site is organized
by
> > 'projects' and now contains projects related to the July Springboard
> > follow
> > up gathering at the Pattersons' 'Abbey North' north of Toronto and to
> > preparation for the 2008 ICA International gathering in Japan. Anyone
can
> > log in and participate.
> >
> > THE DATA
> > The "OE Community" project management web site costs $24/month to
> > accommodate 15 projects. There is also a $12/month version that can
> > accommodate 3 projects and a free version that will accommodate 1
project.
> > We need to decide whether this particular resource is the right 'tool'
> > that
> > is really useful, how useful and how much its users are willing to pay
for
> > it.
> >
> > The Respository website costs only time, not any appreciable amount of
> > money
> > to maintain.
> >
> > COST/BENEFIT CONSIDERATIONS
> > It's probably realistic to say that this sort of site is only useful if
> > one
> > or more groups of people are actually actively using it to manage,
> > coordinate and communicate about an active project. It's definitely not
> > cost
> > effective as an information repository site. We already have the
> > Repository.
> >
> > The question within the question becomes: Does anyone what to use the
"OE
> > Community" (project management) site?
> >
> > OPTIONS
> > 1. We could transfer Springboard Gathering documents over to the
> > Repository
> > site for long term 'archiving' and discontinue the "OE Community" site.
> >
> > 2. We could transfer the Springboard documents to the Repository,
> > discontinue the 'OE Community' site and work to add 'project management'
> > capability to the Repository at no cost.
> >
> > 3. We could transfer Springboard documents to the Repository and see if
> > anyone wants to use the "OE Community" site--and whether the lower
monthly
> > fee for 3 projects--or even the one project 'free site' is adequate for
> > our
> > projected use.
> >
> > MY RECOMMENDATION
> > Unless there are specific groups with interest in the "OE Community"
site,
> > I
> > think that it is more futuric and more realistic to spend time and
energy
> > building and adding collaboration capability to the Repository site. I'd
> > like to shift from paying for and maintaining the site, to training and
> > coaching others to maintain it who want to use it. My primary interest
is
> > moving in the direction of the care and feeding of the wedgeblade.net
> > portal
> > site.
> >
> > ANSWERING THE REAL QUESTION
> > The deciding factor will be whether one or more groups of people would
> > find
> > it worthwhile to use and maintain the 'OE Community' website, including
> > carrying the monthly fee.
> >
> > I'd like to hear from whoever wants to weigh in. Thanks for any and all
> > feedback.
> >
> > David
> >
> > PS. The <oecommunity.grouphub.com> website guest login is:
> > username: oe
> > password: community
> >
> > --
> > David Dunn
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> > david at mirrorcommunication.com
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