OpenWetWare talk:Steering committee/Long term planning discussion

General thoughts

• RS 14:34, 10 May 2006 (EDT): I think that this is a critical issue to be discussing given that many of the most active OWW users are graduate students and postdocs at various institutions who have quick turnover rates. So it's great that the issue is being raised. However, I would hesitate to make any fast decisions simply because of a particular funding deadline. The basis of most wiki sites, including OWW, is community consensus and I think it is worth spending the time to build that consensus about how OWW should proceed. Now that being said, it might be worth writing up a skeleton of a grant applications regardless since such a document could probably be retooled for whatever funding body we chose to pursue. Even if we choose not to apply for external funding, such a document might provide a nice summary of OWW and its mission, goals and long-term plan. It would also provide a mechanism by which we could come to a consensus.