CZ:Biology Workgroup/Biology Week

Welcome to Biology Week planning!

The first Biology Week took place here from Sep 22-28, 2008.

We are planning a big "online convention" of Biologists here on the Citizendium. Would you like to see more work done on articles about  Biology on Citizendium? 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 Coordinators: Supten Sarbadhikari and Daniel Mietchen

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
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	Supten Sarbadhikari and Daniel Mietchen
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.	Done	CZ:Core_Articles/Biology
Check for empty subpages and missing definitions in approved Biology articles	Brian P. Long	Category:Biology_Approved

Letter composition

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Adapt (as necessary) the letter to academic departments & organizations you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Endorsement Letter Template.	Supten Sarbadhikari and Anthony.Sebastian	Academic Recruitment Letter
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
Make a list of top academic departments in the field; use this academic recruitment sign-up page Remember to delete e-mail addresses after mails and reminders are sent	Marielle Fields Newsome	Biology Week academic recruitment list
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
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
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
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
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 and Supten Sarbadhikari	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
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. Mock-ups available here. Please critique them!	Marielle Fields Newsome	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