Newbies4Newbies Charter

Name
Newbies4Newbies Working Group

Purpose
  To provide a Web space repository of introductory information (and links to further information) about internet identity, Identity Commons and its principles, identity layer technology, and Internet Identity Workshops.  To coordinate activities during Internet Identity Workshops for welcoming, informing and assisting people new to the workshops, and to invite them (at the end of a workshop) to participate in furthering Newbies 4 Newbies activities. 

Principles
  Web resources:   Provide information that points people outward, to authoritative further information on a variety of relevant topics.  Provide short descriptions that introduce relevant topics, but leave the full descriptions and complete terminology definitions to those resources to which Web visitors are pointed.  Break down relevant topics to the smallest granularity necessary, but no smaller, and provide descriptions and links for each subtopic.  Provide information not just for people new to the area of internet identity, but also for people familiar with some aspects of identity but new to others.</li> </ol> </li> Workshop resources:   Provide an array of assistance resources for "first-timers" at workshops.</li>  Invite subsequent participation of "first-timers" in this working group to share their unique perspective as newbies. Newbies know best what they would like to have seen or experienced. Sharing the knowledge enables better information and practices.</li>  Cycle current members out of the working group (they're no longer newbies) and cycle new members in.</li>  At each workshop, elect a new steward and alternate for the new "between workshops" period that is just beginning.</li> </ol> </li> </ol>

Practices
<ul>  Communication will by via mailing list, when established (email until then).</li>  Whenever possible and useful, information published on this workgroup's Web pages should be vetted by experienced members of the Identity Commons to insure accuracy and scope.</li>  Whenever possible and useful, links to Web resources and descriptions of the resources' content should be provided by members of the Identity Commons experienced in the respective area of identity topics.</li> </ul>

Requirements of Participation and How to Join
<ul> New members should be new to one or more topics within internet identity and/or new to participating in Internet Identity Workshops.</li> To join, contact any current member and ask to participate. Your new ideas will freshen the group's perspective and keep the group's output (Web resources and workshop activities) relevant.</li> Members should cycle out of the working group within a year, or two workshop events.</li> </ul>

Licenses and/or Restrictions on Usage of Work Product
All content published to the Web by this working group belong to Internet Commons. Web content and workshop activities are subject to the oversight of the Stewards Council.

Current Deliverables and Milestones
  One or more Web pages containing information and links to further information.</li>  Collaborate with the IIW2008a design team to help shape material for Newbies.</li> </ol> Due dates are not currently established.

Current Meeting Schedule
There is no special scheduling planned at this time.

Current Membership
Dan Nelson - FBS Data Systems, dan(at)fbsdata(dot)com

Cindy Spannhake

Sarah Dopp

Silona Bonewald

Jens Haeusser

Eugene Kim

Kaliya Hamlin

Current Stewards Council Representative and Alternate
Representative: Dan Nelson; Alternate: Cindy Spannhake

Representatives and alternates are nominated and elected from current membership at the end of a Newbies 4 Newbies working group meeting during each Internet Identity Workshop. Term length is from election until the next workshop.

Current Links
Newbies4Newbies

Starting Points

Welcome Wagon

History
2008 Q1 Report N4N