ExpeditionWorkshop/Workshop 08 14 2007 BreakOutGroup One

Expedition Workshop (CEW#64) 14-Aug-2007 Breakout Group One (Remote)    (3NCO)

Team members:    (3NBH)

• Renate Roske-Shelton (NLM)    (3NBI)
• Lois Bangiolo (NLM)    (3NBJ)
• PeterYim    (3NBK)

Our Discussion Topic: "Scenario 3. Informal communities from many settings building trust and creating agreements to share data and tools"    (3NBW)

• what makes workable communities ... what are the critical success factor?    (3NBY)
  • People ... Process ... Technology    (3NC0)
  • People being the most important    (3NC1)
    • a champion    (3NC2)
    • a purpose    (3NC3)
  • other factors    (3NC4)
    • a sandbox    (3NC5)
    • a tangible focus, e.g. a project that holds the members together, that can be deliver succesfully, especially in the beginning    (3NC6)
• what makes communities thrive ... sustainable (socio-technico factors)    (3NBZ)
  • two kinds of communities    (3NC7)
    • the flickr, youtube, del.cio.us, wikipedia type community - broader audience, where utility is holding the community together), and    (3NC8)
    • the Community of Practice (CoP) or Community of Interest (CoI) - where the interest and focus is much narrower, where the subject of interest and the need to learn from one another is what holds the community together.    (3NC9)
• Challenges    (3NCA)
  • reward system still favors competition rather than collaboration    (3NCB)

... back to the workshop discussion module.    (3NCN)