Where to build our EDAP? - Transition Whatcom2024-03-19T05:46:43Zhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/forum/topics/where-to-build-our-edap?groupUrl=edapgroup&commentId=2723460%3AComment%3A44814&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks for the comments David…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2011-03-02:2723460:Comment:448142011-03-02T21:57:45.994ZTris Shirleyhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/TrisShirley
<p>Thanks for the comments David. Yes, there is a learning curve. My thought was that if we wanted to use a WIki, we might allow email input from contributors and it could just be pasted into a Wiki page. Any writing I do will be done in Word (where there is a spell checker) and pasted in for sure.</p>
<p> It also might be necessary to hold a Wiki workshop for our key contributors so we'd have a good number of people fairly comfortable with it. I'm not sure what people will want to do,…</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments David. Yes, there is a learning curve. My thought was that if we wanted to use a WIki, we might allow email input from contributors and it could just be pasted into a Wiki page. Any writing I do will be done in Word (where there is a spell checker) and pasted in for sure.</p>
<p> It also might be necessary to hold a Wiki workshop for our key contributors so we'd have a good number of people fairly comfortable with it. I'm not sure what people will want to do, though, and Google Docs is fine with me if it does the job. I'll have to take a look and see what all it does.</p>
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<p>Tris<br/><br/><cite>David MacLeod said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>Tris,</p>
<p>Yes, the site is publicly viewable by non-members. I think Wikispaces is a good tool to use for this. We used Wikispaces for both the original Peak Oil Task Force planning, and for the actual ERSPO work. </p>
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<p>The only downside is that It can be challenging for some people to learn and remember the ins and outs of using Wikispaces...and people will always tend to fall back on just communicating via email. They will need to be reminded that, as Les Squires has said, "email is the place where good ideas go to die." Meaning that email is not a good tool for keeping track of info and input on projects like this.</p>
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<p>Some people really like to use Google Documents. I've not used Google Documents enough to know if it might be a better tool than Wikispaces...check with Rhys and Travis for their opinions.</p>
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<p>Do feel free to browse the <a target="_blank" href="http://peakoiltaskforce.wikispaces.com/">Peak Oil Task Force wiki</a> and the <a target="_blank" href="http://erspo.wikispaces.com/">ERSPO wiki</a>for lots of background info and ideas that might be useful for the EDAP. </p>
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</blockquote> Tris,
Yes, the site is public…tag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2011-03-02:2723460:Comment:449322011-03-02T19:16:33.069ZDavid MacLeodhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
<p>Tris,</p>
<p>Yes, the site is publicly viewable by non-members. I think Wikispaces is a good tool to use for this. We used Wikispaces for both the original Peak Oil Task Force planning, and for the actual ERSPO work. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The only downside is that It can be challenging for some people to learn and remember the ins and outs of using Wikispaces...and people will always tend to fall back on just communicating via email. They will need to be reminded that, as Les Squires has said,…</p>
<p>Tris,</p>
<p>Yes, the site is publicly viewable by non-members. I think Wikispaces is a good tool to use for this. We used Wikispaces for both the original Peak Oil Task Force planning, and for the actual ERSPO work. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The only downside is that It can be challenging for some people to learn and remember the ins and outs of using Wikispaces...and people will always tend to fall back on just communicating via email. They will need to be reminded that, as Les Squires has said, "email is the place where good ideas go to die." Meaning that email is not a good tool for keeping track of info and input on projects like this.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Some people really like to use Google Documents. I've not used Google Documents enough to know if it might be a better tool than Wikispaces...check with Rhys and Travis for their opinions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Do feel free to browse the <a target="_blank" href="http://peakoiltaskforce.wikispaces.com/">Peak Oil Task Force wiki</a> and the <a target="_blank" href="http://erspo.wikispaces.com/">ERSPO wiki</a>for lots of background info and ideas that might be useful for the EDAP. </p>