[AgaricShowandTell] Correction on DATE : Show and Tell 11/3 at 3pm ET - STANDARDS???

Micky Metts micky at agaric.com
Wed Dec 2 14:38:28 EST 2020


OOPS the date is tomorrow 11/3, not the 9th...

In Solidarity, 

Micky Metts
Agaric ~ FreeScholar
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On 12/2/20 2:35 PM, Micky Metts wrote:
> At Show and tell tomorrow, we will discuss plans for an IEEE project...
>
> Chat link: http://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/show-and-tell/  To enter,
> use any name and the room password/code: elephant9
>
> Details:
>
> There is an exciting project just getting started and I would like to
> invite people to join and come to hear about it. There is our first
> meeting coming up next week ---
>
> (https://opensource.ieee.org/workshops/advisory-groups/event-information)
> on Tuesday, December 8. We greatly appreciate your own dedication to
> helping IEEE SA OPEN be a great community and a great place to innovate.
>
> We want your message to be in your voice and to emphasize the points
> that matter to you and your colleagues.  Please look over the following
> points and cite the ones you think will be persuasive.
>
> - The IEEE has been developing standards collaboratively for more than a
> hundred years. Its standards and educational activities have created the
> world we live in today, and touch us whenever we step on a train, flip
> on a lightswitch, or connect to the Internet.
>
> - The IEEE is well-versed in getting people with different interests to
> work together.
>
> - The IEEE is deeply engaged in humanitarian projects and volunteer run.
>
> - IEEE SA OPEN supports free and open source projects. The platform is
> created entirely from such software, and we require all participants to
> share their work without copyright or patent constraints.
>
> - The IEEE has a deep understanding of computer hardware, so the site
> will be good for open hardware development, as well as open software,
> research, data, and standards.
>
> - At this early stage, participants have an unusually powerful
> opportunity to define practices and set up a productive community.
>
> - We value many types of contributions, not just source code or
> technical expertise. We are setting up a system of metrics and badges to
> celebrate community-building, advocacy, marketing, documentation, and more.
>
> - We are committed to building diversity, equity and inclusion regarding
> race, gender, nationality, and abilities.
>
> - Our site will use best of breed tools for standard development
> activities--version control, bug tracking, chat, scheduling, budgeting,
> and so on--and will bring members of the projects into the process of
> choosing and implementing these tools.
>
> - Because we are collecting best practices and will eventually write
> these into standards, IEEE SA OPEN provides opportunities for networking
> and visibility.
>
> - IEEE SA OPEN helps well-managed teams develop a standard and get it
> approved, if they have that as a goal.
>
> - Our site will do more than most incubators to educate and guide
> engineers and programmers who are unfamiliar with modern software
> development and open source practices. This is particularly valuable for
> IEEE engineers doing important work out in the world.
>
> - We expect our site to help more projects succeed and to attract more
> talent to open source projects, which are perennially lacking in
> developers and other contributors. We address these challenges through
> heightened attention to recruitment, mentoring, promotion of talent,
> metric and rewards, advocacy, and marketing.
>
> Chat link: http://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/show-and-tell/  To enter,
> use any name and the room password/code: elephant9
>
> Notes from past Show and Tell meetings: https://pad.drutopia.org/p/show-tell
> https://hackmd.io/lRgXbI-rTJebqjBYAYwyVg
>
> Send this link to friends that would like an invitation to our weekly
> Show and Tell, so they will receive the chat link via our email
> announcements once a week:
> https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/showandtell
>
> In Solidarity, 
>
> Micky Metts
> Agaric ~ FreeScholar
> https://agaric.coop - We are your Cooperative Tech Ally.
> Ask me about Agaric's Online Learning Classrooms - http://agaric.com/online-learning
>
>
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