Worldbridges Town Hall December 17, 2006
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We had our first regularly public meeting to discuss Worldbridges - the community, the company, the possibilities for evolution. Below is the agenda we used. Please share your thoughts by commenting on this post. Next Town Hall scheduled for Dec. 31 (time to be announced).
- Welcome What is Worldbridges?
it's a community, and organization, and a company
a global network of communities using collaborative technologies to educate, entertain, and effect positive change
What is a Worldbridges Town Hall?
The Company - 2006 Budget Review
- 2007 Budget Projections
How is the company going to generate revenue?
Possibilities:
Membership Donations
Commercial Partners
A Worldbridges Live Multimedia Open House for a Product or Service
Event Bridging ( On the Ground Support, remote training)
Consulting / Facilitation of Interactive Projects
Non-Profit EducationBridges - separate entity that coordinates efforts
Worldbridges Governance
Administrative Team
Benevolant Dictator (CEO)
Money Manager (CFO)
Tech Coordinator (CTO)
Legal Affairs
Packaging/Marketing/???? Coordinator
Membership Coordinator
Community Coordinator
Community Council
Community Reps
Division Heads
Choose the Executive Community Coordinator
Member Assembly
All Members
- Some thoughts about Membership, Partnership, & Shareholding
- Membership - costs & benefits [1/365/24, a vote, member discounts)
- Commercial Partners - interact, evaluate, drive traffic, member discounts,
- Distribution of Income
- Shareholders xx% (dividends)
- Managers xx%
- External Investment & Donations
Community Custodian
Responsibilities: responding to email, site maintainance, scheduling,
Compensation: % of Revenue, shares
Term of Service: Appointed by executive, confirmed periodically by community membership
Worldbridges Attribution Fair Use License
Worldbridges and content creator have the right to use content commercially.
All may use content non-commercially with attribution
Third Parties must obtain permission and/or pay fees to content creator if used commerically.
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Things that didn't get discussed - topics for next Town Hall (Dec. 30, 1900GMT)
Relationship between shows and WB
Generation of graphics - Design Exhibition
Timelines for Development
The Server Disaster of 2006 - Lessons learned from the Losar Attack