Archive:Workgroup Weeks/Generic sign-up page
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How to start a Workgroup Week for your workgroup: instructions for using this template
Would you like to see a Workgroup Week started for your workgroup? You can help organize it. You don't have to do all the work yourself, though. These instructions will show you how to rope in other people to help, and generally get the ball rolling. See also CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Preparation.
- Please use the following as a template for planning a Workgroup Week in your own beloved workgroup. It is a sign-up page for people organizing your Workgroup Week.
- For uniformity, copy the following template to
[[CZ:XYZ Workgroup/Workgroup Week]]; for example, for the Philosophy Workgroup, it would go onCZ:Philosophy Workgroup/Workgroup Week. - The page should then be linked from the workgroup page (
[[CZ:XYZ Workgroup]]; for instance,CZ:Philosophy Workgroup) as well as CZ:Workgroup Weeks. - Add your name to the signup list; volunteer to do something.
- Then, announce the new page on Citizendium-L, Citizendium-Editors (or e-mail a copy to an editor for posting, or to sanger@citizendium.org and Larry will post it there), as well as your workgroup's mailing list.
- The essential first step is to locate an editor in the workgroup who will agree to serve as Workgroup Week Coordinator. There will be a fair bit of work for this person when the Workgroup Week rolls around. If you are an editor, you can volunteer to do this. See this bit for more info.
Template
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Welcome to XYZ Week planning!
We are planning a big "online convention" of XYZ-ologists here on the Citizendium. Would you like to see more work done in XYZ? Then here is your chance to make a difference. Leading up to this week, we will be doing quite a bit of recruitment (on XYZ mailing lists, departments, and so forth). We'll try to tap into many networks so that there is general awareness both of the Citizendium and of this special week. Consider it a major kick-off for the XYZ Workgroup.
We need your help to make this happen. This page lists volunteers for different (mostly recruitment) functions. Won't you sign up and make the XYZ Week a success? Any author can sign up to do anything, other than serve as the coordinator for the week.
Dates: not yet set
- The week dates can be set when there are adequate numbers of volunteers below, and must be coordinated on Workgroup Weeks. There can't be two Workgroup Weeks happening at the same time.
XYZ Week Coordinator(s): no volunteer yet
- Any editor in the XYZ Workgroup may volunteer; we can have up to two coordinators, and two is better if any one coordinator is relatively short on time.
For general rationale and explanation of the following, please see this page.
General preparation
| Task | Volunteers |
|---|---|
| Volunteer as Workgroup Week Coordinator for the XYZ Workgroup | Sign here if you're an XYZ Editor and you'll be able to put in some time on this project & possibly talk to the press |
| Develop CZ:XYZ Workgroup brilliantly So that it is "ready for prime time." (Needs multiple volunteers.) |
Sign your name here |
| Complete the CZ:Core Articles XYZ list So there are at least 99 topics on the list, and the list is coherent and credible as a list of "top priority" topics. |
Sign your name here or write "Done" if this is done |
Academic recruitment
| Task | Volunteers |
|---|---|
| Make a list of top academic departments in the field, together with e-mail addresses of department heads Share the list with other volunteers via e-mail please, not the wiki, for privacy purposes.) |
Sign up here |
| Adapt (as necessary) the letter you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Endorsement Letter Template. | Sign your name here |
| Send letter, respond to any reply, and post any endorsements on the workgroup week's page. | Sign your name here |
| Welcoming committee As new XYZ editors arrive (check this "special page"--it's under "logs"), send them a welcoming message and offer to help get them started; also, put their names here on this page |
Sign your name(s) here |
Sections to add during the XYZ Week
During the week itself, you could add the following sections to this page:
- New XYZ editors recruited
- New XYZ articles created
- Citizendium/XYZ Workgroup endorsements and partnerships