Newbies4Newbies

Following are some notes from the session we had at iiw2007b last Wednesday (disjointed and disorganized): - "What gets you in the door?" I think that meant, what motivates you to check out identity and the workshop and gets you to act? - There's a lot of jargon going on, and it would be great to understand some of it when we get to the workshop. - The Newbies4Newbies may be able to provide "the 30,000 foot view" of internet identity and the workshop. - Currently, it takes initiative on the part of a new person to get up to speed. How do we provide resources to accelerate their efforts? - We'll want to consider the new person's basis of interest in internet identity issues and the workshop. - It would be helpful to have a lexicon of identity terminology for the newbie, with links to "the real definitions." - New people come in on different paths. In some cases, the text on the Web site should be in the language of the respective path. - Some people have a long history in one aspect of internet identity and they'd like to have a broader knowledge. They would be new to an identity topic, but not the whole arena. - Where can new people find philosophical perspectives? - An idea for some content on the Web page: tips for newbies. - What is the pre-work we need to do? the preparatory stuff before anything gets prepared for the Web (and later, prepared for the next workshop)? - Tell the story behind the Identity Commons logo. - Express the values of the Identity Commons community. - For the workshops, have volunteer mentors available to translate from identity terminology to plain English. - Provide some information on the Web about "How to 'do' Internet Identity Workshops." - Keep information granular enough so people can find information quickly in the area(s) they're interested in. - Promote the participation aspect of the workshops and the expectation to be productive. - How do we preserve the stuff that has value, now? (ex. productivity, "rock stars" of an area of the identity world, participation) - The name of the Web page is Starting Points. - The name of the workshop activities is Welcome Wagon (although I'm pretty sure we'll have to change that, due to trademark issues).