From bogus@does.not.exist.com Tue Mar 22 16:43:33 2005 From: bogus@does.not.exist.com () Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:43:33 -0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: developer community and a user community within the broader SEEK community, as well as the various workgroups. What is the overarching issue: -that "community" doesn't make sense as a general term? -or that some things listed under community (e.g., CVS) are really only applicable to developers? I would suggest leaving the word Community unless there is a strong objection. General terms always have some issues. However, there are a couple of alternatives we can consider: -pull out developer stuff separately under a Developer's Corner link. I would suggest it come after the Community link. -add Developer's Corner to Community then have links to CVS and other developer specific items under Developer's Corner -have a separate Developer's Corner, but also have a link to it from within the Community page (which would maintain the all-encompassing nature of Community) Based on a very quick assessment and reading these few emails, I would be inclined to go with the last alternative. p.s. is IRC only used by the developers? Laura L. Downey Usability Engineer LTER Network Office Department of Biology, MSC03 2020 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505.277.3157 ldowney at lternet.edu -----Original Message----- From: seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org [mailto:seek-web-admin at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Samantha Romanello Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:08 AM To: Bertram Ludaescher Cc: Matt Jones; Steve Tekell; seek-web at ecoinformatics.org Subject: Re: [seek-web] [Fwd: Re: SEEK wiki page] Hi all I really like the idea of a "developers corner" and would be willing to make the change if it works for everyone? samantha Bertram Ludaescher wrote: >>>>>> <> >>>>>> Hi Steve: >>>>>> >>>>>> I understand the difficulties in getting those right. BTW: I >>>>>> think the >>>>>> SEEK web site is generally very well organized! >>>>>> >>>>>> As for the Community item: people do NOT associate the "developers >>>>>> stuff" with "Community". >>>>>> >>>>>> I think we should have a "Developers Corner" or something like it >>>>>> that >>>>>> points to IRC, CVS stuff.. >>>>>> >>>>>> So how about "Developers Corner" (or similar) and move some stuff >>>>>> from >>>>>> Community there? When I hear Community I would think of "mailing >>>>>> lists" and pointers to other (non-SEEK) groups of the same >>>>>> (ecoinformatics) community or even related cyberinfrastructure >>>>>> community (eg GEON) >>>>>> >>>Regarding the meaning of "Community", >>>well looking to the Simpsons we learn from some TeleCom MegaCorp PR woman >>>"Communications" + "Unity" = "Community" >>> >>>Mostly it just seemed like a better alternative to "Contributors" and not >>>too long to fit in the Nav panel. Nothing we came up with at the time >>>sounded great. Which is why the home page has stuff like this: >>>http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/Wiki.jsp?page=WelcomeToSEEK#section-Welcom eTo >>>SEEK-OnThisSite >>>To explain it and all the other sections a bit better with more than one >>>word. >>> >>> > >visitors of a web site don't read instructions (*we* as SEEK might, >but other visitors won't). We should try and choose names that have >the intended associations right away.. > > >cheers > >Bertram > > > > >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>seek-web mailing list >>>seek-web at ecoinformatics.org >>>http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web >>> >>> >MJ> >MJ> -- >MJ> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >MJ> Matt Jones jones at nceas.ucsb.edu >MJ> http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ Fax: 425-920-2439 Ph: 907-789-0496 >MJ> National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) >MJ> University of California Santa Barbara >MJ> Interested in ecological informatics? http://www.ecoinformatics.org >MJ> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >_______________________________________________ >seek-web mailing list >seek-web at ecoinformatics.org >http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web > > -- What would Brian Boitano do?? Samantha J Romanello, Ph. D. SEEK Education and Outreach UNM Biology Department MSC03 2020 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505-277-2607 (office) 505-249-0474 (cell) 505 272-2541 (fax) _______________________________________________ seek-web mailing list seek-web at ecoinformatics.org http://www.ecoinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/seek-web