Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Matt McGregor <Matt.McGregor AT royalsociety.org.nz>]

Hi all,

Thanks for bringing this up, Danyl. 

While I do use this as a platform for news announcements, I always saw the 
real point of the list to be your second two questions, namely "Are we here 
so the Public Lead can consult us about what the Host Organisation intends to 
do with CC ANZ as a project? Are we here to share resources, news, 
announcements, links, and opinions?"

This won't be for everyone, of course, though it's the best platform I can 
think of for (critical and other) feedback about the project. Going from the 
archives, the list has been especially busy over the last few months. I quite 
like a busy, active list. 

Our other email list (sign up at www.creativecommons.org.nz) has been slowly 
growing, to the point where I'm going to start sending out fortnightly - 
monthly updates in 2013. These will essentially condense some of the updates 
I give to this list, except that they will be framed as a one-way comms 
announcement, and will be less chatty than my contributions here. Here's an 
example of what it looks like (& please excuse that mortifyingly 
half-finished sentence): 
http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=38edd8da4fa16c2aa3a526c97&id=b58fb38020&e=ecdc020adb)

If we need to limit the focus of the list, I can hold back my one-way 
announcements for the mailchimp list, and chip in here only when it's worthy 
of discussion or feedback.

Thoughts?
Matt
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Matt McGregor   Creative Commons

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cc-nz-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Danyl Strype
Sent: Monday, 17 December 2012 4:06 a.m.
To: Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion
Subject: [Cc-nz] Purpose of this list

Kia ora koutou

I have noticed a few addresses dropping off the list recently. Nobody has 
given any specific reasons for leaving, and it may just be people's work 
emails closing down as they change jobs, and the list software removing their 
bouncing address. It did get me thinking though, if we want this to be a 
vibrant discussion space for the community of practice around CC in Aotearoa, 
we need to remember to tell new people that the list exists, and encourage 
them to join and contribute.

At the same time, it also got me to wondering what people's thoughts are 
about the functions of this list. Are we here to receive news and 
announcements about the progress of the various organs which make up the 
formal framework of CC ANZ (Legal Team, Advisory Panel, Public Lead and 
helpers) Are we here so the Public Lead can consult us about what the Host 
Organisation intends to do with CC ANZ as a project? Are we here to share 
resources, news, announcements, links, and opinions?
All three? None of the above? Something else?

Perhaps this is something we can take away from the keyboard, reflect on, and 
discuss with people over our summer breaks? I'd be interested to read 
people's view on the subject when I get back to the office in Jan.

Ngā mihi o te hikumutu o te raumati
Strypey

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Danyl Strype
Community Developer
Disintermedia.net.nz/strype

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