From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
Welcome to Biology Week planning!
The first Biology Week took place here from Sep 22-28, 2008.
We are planning a big "online convention" of Biologists here on the Citizendium. Would you like to see more work done on articles about 
Biology on Citizendium? Then here is your chance to make a difference. Leading up to this week, we will be doing quite a bit of recruitment (on Biology mailing lists, departments, and so forth). We'll try to tap into many networks so that there is general awareness both of the Citizendium and of this special week. Consider it a major kick-off for the Biology Workgroup.
We need your help to make this happen. This page lists volunteers for different (mostly recruitment) functions. Won't you sign up and make the Biology Week a success? Any author can sign up to do anything, other than serve as the coordinator for the week.
Dates: September 22-28
Biology Week Coordinators: Supten Sarbadhikari and Daniel Mietchen
Important links:
Preparation
General preparation
Letter composition
Academic recruitment
Internet recruitment
Within CZ itself
Mailing lists
| Task | Volunteers | Location of output
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| Create a sign-up page for Biology mailing lists following this template. | Larry Sanger | Mailing lists
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| On the sign-up page, locate and give the address (and possibly other info) of as many active mailing lists as possible--at least three, but please try to do more than that. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--the mailing list recruitment | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Please be aware that mailing list recruitment has its own sign up page! Please pitch in there!
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Web forums
| Task | Volunteers | Location of output
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| Create a sign-up page for Biology Web forums following this template. | Larry Sanger | Forums sign-up page
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| On the sign-up page, locate and give the address (and, if relevant, other info) of as many active Web forums as possible. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--forum recruitment | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Please be aware that forum recruitment has its own sign up page! Please pitch in there!
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Blogs
| Task | Volunteers | Location of output
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| Create a sign-up page for Biology blogs following this template. | Larry Sanger | Blog sign-up page
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| On the sign-up page, collect, from your blog search engine(s) or other resource of course, the addresses of some very high-traffic blogs devoted mostly to the workgroup's topic. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--blog recruitment | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Please be aware that blog recruitment has its own sign up page! Please pitch in there!
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"Big" websites
| Task | Volunteers | Location of output
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| Create a sign-up page for Biology "big" websites following this template. | Larry Sanger | Big website sign-up
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| On the sign-up page, locate the leading websites (not blogs) for the discipline. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--"big" website recruitment | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Please be aware that "big" website recruitment has its own sign up page! Please pitch in there!
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Press release
The Week itself
See above for beginning-of-week reminders to mailing lists, blogs, etc.
| Task | Volunteers | Location of output
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| Announce the start of the week to Citizendium-L, Citizendium-Editors, and the workgroup's mailing list. | Larry Sanger 10:20, 23 September 2008 (CDT) | Done on the lists
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| On Monday morning, change front page workgroup banner. Mock-ups available here. Please critique them! | Marielle Fields Newsome | Main Page
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| At the end of each day, report on the workgroup mailing list what new articles have been started and what significant work was done (except for welcoming new people). Help "cheerlead." | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| At the end of each day, welcome new arrivals "publicly," on the workgroup mailing list. Help "cheerlead." | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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| Do an end-of-week wrap-up e-mail. | Sign your name here | Insert link to page
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Biology on Citizendium? Then here is your chance to make a difference. Leading up to this week, we will be doing quite a bit of recruitment (on Biology mailing lists, departments, and so forth). We'll try to tap into many networks so that there is general awareness both of the Citizendium and of this special week. Consider it a major kick-off for the Biology Workgroup.
