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''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 ''Biology'' Week a success? Any author can sign up to do anything, other than serve as the coordinator for the week. | ''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 ''Biology'' Week a success? Any author can sign up to do anything, other than serve as the coordinator for the week. | ||
'''Dates:''' September 22- | '''Dates:''' September 22-28 | ||
'''Biology Week Coordinator(s):''' no volunteer yet | '''Biology Week Coordinator(s):''' no volunteer yet |
Revision as of 12:20, 5 June 2008
Welcome to Biology Week planning!
We are planning a big "online convention" of Biologists here on the Citizendium. Would you like to see more work done in Biology? Then here is your chance to make a difference. Leading up to this week, we will be doing quite a bit of recruitment (on Biology 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 Biology 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 Biology Week a success? Any author can sign up to do anything, other than serve as the coordinator for the week.
Dates: September 22-28
Biology Week Coordinator(s): no volunteer yet
- Any editor in the Biology Workgroup may volunteer; we can have up to two coordinators, and two is better if any one coordinator is relatively short on time.
Important links:
- CZ:Workgroup Weeks - initiative home page
- CZ:Workgroup Weeks/We can do this - a "call to arms"
- CZ:Workgroup Weeks#Workgroup sign-up pages - list of all Workgroup Weeks
- CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Preparation - general rationale and explanation of the following
Preparation
General preparation
Task | Volunteers | Location to output |
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Volunteer as Workgroup Week Coordinator for the Biology Workgroup | Sign here if you're an Biology Editor and you'll be able to put in some time on this project & possibly talk to the press | Insert link to page |
Develop CZ:Biology Workgroup brilliantly So that it is "ready for prime time." (Needs multiple volunteers.) |
Sign your name here | CZ:Biology Workgroup |
Complete the CZ:Core Articles Biology 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 | Insert link to page |
Letter composition
Task | Volunteers | Location of output |
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Adapt (as necessary) the letter to academic departments & organizations you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Endorsement Letter Template. | Supten Sarbadhikari and Anthony.Sebastian | Insert link to page |
Adapt (as necessary) the letter to mailing lists you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Mailing List Letter Template. | Supten Sarbadhikari and Anthony.Sebastian | Insert link to page |
Adapt (as necessary) the letter to bloggers you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Blogger Letter Template. | Supten Sarbadhikari | Insert link to page |
Adapt (as necessary) the press release you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Press Release Template. | Supten Sarbadhikari | Insert link to page |
Academic recruitment
Task | Volunteers | Location of output |
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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 | Insert link to page |
Send letter, respond to any reply, and post any endorsements on the workgroup week's page. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Welcoming committee As new Biology 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 | Insert link to page |
See the press release section below for recruitment via journals. |
Internet recruitment
Mailing lists
Task | Volunteers | Location of output |
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Create a sign-up page for Biology mailing lists following this template. | Larry Sanger | Mailing lists |
On the sign-up page, locate and give the address (and possibly other info) of as many active mailing lists as possible--at least three, but please try to do more than that. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--the mailing list recruitment | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Please be aware that mailing list recruitment has its own sign up page! Please pitch in there! |
Web forums
Task | Volunteers | Location of output |
---|---|---|
Create a sign-up page for Biology Web forums following this template. | Larry Sanger | Forums sign-up page |
On the sign-up page, locate and give the address (and, if relevant, other info) of as many active Web forums as possible. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--forum recruitment | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Please be aware that forum recruitment has its own sign up page! Please pitch in there! |
Blogs
Task | Volunteers | Location of output |
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Create a sign-up page for Biology blogs following this template. | Larry Sanger | Blog sign-up page |
On the sign-up page, collect, from your blog search engine(s) or other resource of course, the addresses of some very high-traffic blogs devoted mostly to the workgroup's topic. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--blog recruitment | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Please be aware that blog recruitment has its own sign up page! Please pitch in there! |
"Big" websites
Task | Volunteers | Location of output |
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Create a sign-up page for Biology "big" websites following this template. | Larry Sanger | Big website sign-up |
On the sign-up page, locate the leading websites (not blogs) for the discipline. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--"big" website recruitment | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Please be aware that "big" website recruitment has its own sign up page! Please pitch in there! |
Press release
Task | Volunteers | Location of output |
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Create list of industry publications and e-mail addresses/Web contact form URLs; use this template. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Send copies of the press release in advance to the industry publications. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Send reminders on the first day of the Workgroup Week. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Write a community page article in PLoS Biology about Biology Week. | Daniel Mietchen | CZ:Biology Week/PLoS |
General help with this: Daniel Mietchen 15:48, 15 May 2008 (CDT) |
The Week itself
See above for beginning-of-week reminders to mailing lists, blogs, etc.
Task | Volunteers | Location of output |
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Announce the start of the week to Citizendium-L, Citizendium-Editors, and the workgroup's mailing list. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
On Monday morning, change front page workgroup banner. (If you have a logo or other fancy design for the week, all the better.) | Sign your name here | Main Page |
At the end of each day, report on the workgroup mailing list what new articles have been started and what significant work was done (except for welcoming new people). Help "cheerlead." | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
At the end of each day, welcome new arrivals "publicly," on the workgroup mailing list. Help "cheerlead." | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |
Do an end-of-week wrap-up e-mail. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page |