[drupal-docs] Fwd: 10 STEPS TO AN ONLINE COMMUNITY [ was Re: Dailykos debating CivicSpace ]

[Laura Scott]

Perhaps I can provide some context. There was a discussion on DailyKos 
about Meetup.com going fee-based. Alternative approaches were discussed, 
and mainly it came down to a consensus that either Scoop or Drupal/CS 
should be used. Some wondered if CivicSpace was mature enough -- they 
were going by the pre-1.0 release number. Anyway, the thread is here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/1/95025/58475

(My small contribution was here 
<http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2005/6/1/95025/58475/197#197>. The 
original CSL discussion about Meetups is here 
<http://civicspacelabs.org/home/node/12211>.)

Part of the DailyKos discussion got to just what such a mappable meetup 
kind of module/package should have, and that led to discussions of open 
source and grassroots.

It's a real-world case where perhaps this documentation effort can draw 
some lessons. This is the most active (and, I would argue, smartest 
overall) progressive political site in the US. Its disparate grassroots 
membership, most of whom are not tech savvy, are trying to grasp what it 
takes. Hence I think Liza's effort is truly inspired. What are the top 
10 things they should consider?

Anyway, as background, in case you were interested.

Laura


Charlie Lowe wrote:

>Is the idea that this should be a "what Drupal features to use" piece? 
>For instance, I don't know if this will help, but Matt Haughey of 
>MetaFilter has an article, "Building an Online Community: Just Add 
>Water" which is the kind of thinking I could imagine that would be 
>useful, a different approach which is more about how to facilitate 
>community.
>
>Liza Sabater wrote:
>  
>
>>Cross-posting from CivicSpace
>>
>>Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>    *From: *Liza Sabater <blogdiva at culturekitchen.com>
>>    *Date: *June 02 2005 10:42:15 EDT
>>    *To: *Liza Sabater <blogdiva at culturekitchen.com>
>>    *Cc: *jasonwhat <jasonwhat at gmail.com>, Dan Robinson
>>    <dan at civicactions.com>, civicspace-community at civicspacelabs.org
>>    *Subject: 10 STEPS TO AN ONLINE COMMUNITY [ was Re: Dailykos
>>    debating CivicSpace ]
>>    *
>>    So y'all, I need your help. Throw me some ideas for a *10 steps to
>>    building and online community* post I want to do publish on my
>>    sites, DailyKos and MyDD.
>>
>>    Just shoot stuff my way. I'm going out to a meeting. Will check back
>>    in the afternoon.
>>
>>    Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>    On Jun 02 2005, at 09:56, Liza Sabater wrote:
>>
>>        Y'all,
>>
>>        I think it is really important to dispel the myth that because
>>        it is not 1.0 that the software is not stable. It is stable;
>>        it's some of the modules that need finessing.
>>
>>        This is a fantastic marketing opportunity that will be wasted if
>>        CivicSpace does not jump into it. An IM or IRC session with
>>        people looking into creating DailyKos offshoots is needed. The
>>        Daily Gotham can serve as a case study given the limitations I
>>        have at the moment with my host and the modules I have added and
>>        are in the process of developing as well.
>>
>>        Why I am interested in pushing this forward? Many reasons, too
>>        many to list here and all of them tactical. If you want me to
>>        share them with you, reply to this email ... I want to see how
>>        many people are alive and breathing.
>>
>>        BTW, I've been telling people at DailyKos to go to CivicActions
>>        and check out CivicGroups.
>>
>>        / liza
>>
>>
>>        On Jun 01 2005, at 02:16 PM, jasonwhat wrote:
>>
>>
>>            A good point was brought up over there that I responded to
>>            http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2005/6/1/95025/58475/126#126.
>>            Namely, is CS stable. The o.8.0.3 is quite deceiving as it
>>            seems like the software is in its infancy since it hasn't
>>            reached 1.0. This is misleading since CS is simply a version
>>            of stable Drupal 4.5- son 4.6. I know the roadmap requires
>>            sticking to this versioning, but maybe more effort could be
>>            made to emphasize the stable core of CS.
>>
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