This is a page where Collaboratorium moderators can discuss issues of mutual interest.
Pre-Copenhagen outreach schedule
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Oct 31-Nov 3
Pass out cards at Energy Club event on Oct 28 +
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development team/moderators each ask 5 friends to look at the site.
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Email message along these lines:
Proposed text for invitation:
"What do you think we should do about global climate change?
Vote for the plan you think is best, or create a better one yourself, at the Climate Collaboratorium http://cognosis.mit.edu.
The site is running a contest for the best Copenhagen plan. Preliminary round winners will be chosen November 15, final round winners November 30.
You can also
* Add comments to the plans
* Add comments to the debates
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A few days later follow up with a note asking them seeing if they used the site and what they thought. asking the following specific questions:
- What did you do on the site?
- What did you like and not like?
- What was easy to understand and what was confusing?
- What do you think should be changed?
- How do you think we could find other people who would be interested in participating in this community?
- What other advice do you have?
Results of outreach efforts
Outreach activities
40+ personal invitations issues via email
~85 people contacted at events, ~10 took Collaboratorium business cards
Site results
18 new users (up from 47 between 10/31/09 and 11/3/09 mid-afternoon)
9 new votes (up from 14 over same period)
Nov 4-10
- Follow up with invitees to get more information (create Google docs sheet to gather results?)Week of Nov 2
Note: transition to new Liferay platform, with more robust community functionality, expected during this week - Announcements in MIT Energy Club + Sustainability@MIT newsletter and possible joint eventWeek of Nov 9
Emails and possible events newsletters. - Discssions with these groups about event.
Nov 11-15
Emails to student groups at:
- Harvard
- , Tufts,
- UNaples
- , Bronx Science
- , and Northfield Mount Herman + messages
Messages to small/medium-sized sustainability email lists/list servesWeeks of Nov 16/23 =?
Nov 16-22
- Transition to new Liferay platform, with more robust community functionality, scheduled for Nov 16
- Email to all current users
Now 23-30
Emails and possible events with
- Camb Climate Protection Action Committee,
- Museum Science Copenhagen event attendees
- , Climate Project NE chapter + messages
Messages to large sustainability email lists/list serves + other groups identied between now and then?Week of
Nov 30-6
Prepare white paper, based on Collaboratorium activity, to be taken to delegations at Copenhagen
Focus of pre-Copenhagen activity
Two tier contest for Copenhagen plans
- Preliminary round
Top 3 vote getting plans on Nov 15 are named preliminary round winners - Final round
Semifinal winners are touted as such but all votes are reset, with top 3 vote getters Nov 16-30 named final round winners
Creators of semifinal and final round winners receive notice on home page and their profile
Moderator site maintenance schedule
Task = welcome new users + remove bad posts
- Week of Nov 2 = Rob
- Week of Nov 9 = Kat
- Week of Nov 16 = Rhonda
- Week of Nov 23 = Joana/Jason?
- week of Nov 30 = Lara
Activities during and after Copenhagen*
- December
Discussion of Collaboratorium white paper + events in Copenhagen + reflect on next steps - Q1 2010
Focus on new set of plans around Waxman-Markey/Boxer-Kerry or other issue to be determined
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