Worldbridges Town Hall - 2006-12-17
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
- 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
- Benevolant Dictator (CEO)
- 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
- Worldbridges Currency
- Tech aspects of facilitating all of the above
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| WB-TownHall-2006-12-17.mp3 | 23.27 MB |
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Timeline?
Is there a timeline for future events?
I am curious as to how these new ideas are going to play out. It sounds like we're still playing with ideas, which is fine. I am just wondering if there is a time frame for decision-making. Sounds like a good new year's resolution!
Chris Craft
Development Timeline
Thanks for the comment, Chris. I'm also curious to see how things play out. :)
We are still very much in a formative stage - transitioning from an idea to a reality, from basically a one man company to an organization with many roles, responsibilities, & rights. The past decade has taught me patience and I've learned that the pace of development depends greatly on community response. Still, I think some time-based goals might serve us well, along with more specific calls for participation. Both will be on the agenda for the next Town Hall (Dec. 30 1900GMT)
Jeff