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[Joshua Utter <biblianthrope@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sundays are generally good for me.

But with the current goals, and the work required to accomplish them, I
wouldn't mind scheduling a regular weekly meeting (irc, conf. call,
whatever) to keep the process flowing.  Any thoughts?
On May 11, 2011 12:46 PM, "Toast McFarland" <toast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This seems OK to me.
>
> On 5/11/2011 3:43 PM, Eddie Geller wrote:
>> Thanks so much for this input!
>>
>> How do people feel about a Sunday afternoon/evening IRC meeting?
>>
>> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:45 AM, BrainKwiz <780488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:780488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> @kage I agree, from a marketing perspective there are basic elements
>> that need to be addressed, moving forward:
>>
>> 1. There is no point to any material being presenting without a
>> Call to
>> Action. (e.g. Click here to Donate, Click here to join, etc.) While
>> having video on the front page is a techinical achievement, even the
>> mock-up should present, in effect, a TL:DR caption that combines a
>> talking point and a call to action. (Watch this and learn why you
>> should
>> donate today.)
>>
>> 2. Who are we? IMHO, the current logo needs Open Source Democracy
>> Foundation, in text, in each use. We aren't IBM. In fact, a simple
>> statement of who we are philosophically, easily digestable, would
>> allow for better adoption by those interested in the concept (e.g.
>> Joining together for fair fast internet, Concerned aware
>> supporters of a free and open internet).
>> A consistant image and branding statement will go far in giving
>> people a hook. (i.e. Give Blood, Only You Can Prevent Forest
>> Fires, etc)
>>
>> 3. Lifestyle photography, marketing depends on allowing people to
>> visualize themselves as "better", Pretty people organizing makes
>> people
>> want to be a part of the action. Something that portrays our cause as
>> full of good healthy concerned people who are social and part of
>> the in-
>> crowd. While this may seems manipulative, it is only required
>> because it
>> work. This should also be a diversity picture, to show that all
>> walks of
>> life share our concerns. The recent Reddit meetup pic of 70+ Redditors
>> is the image I'd want to emulate.
>>
>> 4. An Audit of Simlar organization's sites. Talent borrows and genius
>> steals. Other organizations have struggled with this and we don't need
>> to recreate the wheel. If you started with the top six aspects of the
>> other sites and accomplished them, you'd be better than 80% of the
>> other
>> sites competing for supporters. Blog, Donations, Volunteer Sign Up,
>> Events, Forum, Downloads (e.g. talking points, pdf signage, etc.) and
>> Social Links will most likely be in all?
>>
>> 5. FAB selling, Feature Advantage Benefit, basically you need to state
>> the Feature, Advantage and Benefit in any marketing effort. You can't
>> assume others will make the connections you do. (i.e. Feature: We
>> lobby
>> for internet legislation that benefits the average user.
>> Advantage: You
>> can support us with donations and involvement and get your message to
>> politicians without physically talking to them or traveling to them.
>> Benefit: You save time and money while making your political voice
>> heard.) If you formulate your talking points and content this way, you
>> will lead each listener towards agreeing to help the cause. The
>> benefit
>> statement usually breaks down into, saves time, saves money, more
>> reliable, more versatile, upgradeable. I would be happy to make a
>> first
>> draft as a google spreadsheet or a forum entry or a bug report.
>>
>> If you do a good job on the FAB statements, visualization,
>> illustration
>> and video support will find it's place and seem less cluttered. If
>> these
>> talking points exist, here or with another organization, point me to
>> them and I'd be happy to do a few mock ups for ideas.
>>
>> 6. Magnify the headache. What about a simulated, side by side
>> comparison
>> of the possible degraded download speed that may result from suggested
>> anti-net neutrality proposals? Political cartoons do this all the
>> time.
>> Bring it down to where it hurts the majority. (i.e. No one likes
>> longer
>> lines, at the gas pump, at the grocery store, on their download
>> progress
>> bars... associate the headache with other headaches.)
>>
>> Anyway, I'm still lurking, If this would be better posted at the
>> forum,
>> so be it, but the action seems to be here now :) If you want simple,
>> make it easy for a person to donate or volunteer from the front page.
>> Those should be your main objectives, the news/blog stuff is
>> really only
>> on target if it causes a donation or a volunteer. One may be
>> interested
>> and following current events, but many will simply not opt for us as a
>> news outlet, so where is the arguement to give that element front page
>> focus? One can be sold on the idea of becoming a volunteer or to
>> donate,
>> without needing to read an arguement on the web page. Make a page
>> that
>> I can send someone to that I persuade to participate, and don't
>> confuse
>> them once they get there. Make it easy to identify our good cause,
>> donate, participate, follow and comment. Blog/news has much less
>> Return
>> on Investment, than a real person sending someone to the site to
>> donate
>> or participate.
>>
>> Keep fighting the good fight.
>>
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780488
>>
>> Title:
>> widgets should be moved from front page to blog index
>>
>> Status in Open Source Democracy Foundation:
>> Opinion
>>
>> Bug description:
>> The reddit and contact congress widgets should be moved off the
>> homepage as it makes the page very busy. We may need to register a
>> blueprint for the creation of the blog index.
>>
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