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#Wants to see a 3-year plan (willing to hear case for 5 years, w/ evaluation point at EOY3) | #Wants to see a 3-year plan (willing to hear case for 5 years, w/ evaluation point at EOY3) | ||
#Wants to see money spent on actual stuff (e.g., code) not project management | #Wants to see money spent on actual stuff (e.g., code) not project management | ||
#*'''[[User:Jasonk|Jasonk]] 19:16, 16 January 2007 (EST):'''What are the chances we can convince them a community developer (the position we outlined for the NIH $) is doing 'stuff'? This is not project management (e.g. not dealing with funding, strategic decisions, etc), but rather a person supporting the growth of various communities on OWW - communities that in the end will do more "stuff" then a couple paid programmers could ever do. Also, those communities will be persistent when the grant money ends in 3 years, while the programmers won't. | #*'''[[User:Jasonk|Jasonk]] 19:16, 16 January 2007 (EST):'''What are the chances we can convince them a community developer (the position we outlined for the NIH $) is doing 'stuff'? This is not project management (e.g. not dealing with funding, strategic decisions, etc), but rather a person supporting the growth of various communities on OWW - communities that in the end will do more "stuff" then a couple paid programmers could ever do. Also, those communities will be persistent when the grant money ends in 3 years, while the programmers won't. Plus we'd really like to get a volunteer software developer community off the ground as well, since new code will need support when the 3 years is over as well. | ||
==What user types should OWW target for focused development support? What are the needs of these communities?== | ==What user types should OWW target for focused development support? What are the needs of these communities?== | ||
Revision as of 17:17, 16 January 2007
High Level Comments from NSF
- Wants to see a 3-year plan (willing to hear case for 5 years, w/ evaluation point at EOY3)
- Wants to see money spent on actual stuff (e.g., code) not project management
- Jasonk 19:16, 16 January 2007 (EST):What are the chances we can convince them a community developer (the position we outlined for the NIH $) is doing 'stuff'? This is not project management (e.g. not dealing with funding, strategic decisions, etc), but rather a person supporting the growth of various communities on OWW - communities that in the end will do more "stuff" then a couple paid programmers could ever do. Also, those communities will be persistent when the grant money ends in 3 years, while the programmers won't. Plus we'd really like to get a volunteer software developer community off the ground as well, since new code will need support when the 3 years is over as well.
What user types should OWW target for focused development support? What are the needs of these communities?
- Individual researcher
- Research lab
- Research community
- Educator
- Journal
- Organization
- Other?
How should OWW best leverage existing software development efforts?
- MediaWiki
- Jot/Google
- Apple OS Next (e.g., an OS with a built-in wiki)
- Other?
What should be the relationship between OWW and publishers?
- None
- Sell-out
- Destroy
- Creative partnership
- Other?
