I share your opinions on the wiki, because you will not have the "It is in a e-mail somewhere.." problem. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/7/11 Mikko Särelä <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msarela@cc.hut.fi">msarela@cc.hut.fi</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, Amelia Andersdotter wrote:<br>
> My analysis of the communication problem (from a Swedish perspective)<br>
> is: -even international coordinators can't get a good view of what is<br>
> happening in their national party. Too much is going on, or enough<br>
> structured internal communication channels inside the party don't exist.<br>
<br>
> Therefore, what the PPI needs is to define _what_ information the PPI<br>
> needs.<br>
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</div>May I suggest that we need a wiki. Of all the tools I have used in my<br>
life, the only one really successful for international coordination, has<br>
been wiki (well, aside from cvs like versioning system which probably<br>
isn't the right tool for us).<br>
<br>
I noticed that the international pirate party page does not contain a wiki<br>
link. (I also noticed that there was a mention somewhere to a wiki that<br>
does not respond).<br>
<br>
<br>
The reason why I advocate wiki is that it is a great tool for<br>
collaborative writing of textual database that people wish to refer to<br>
even far into the future. The difference to a forum is huge - in forums<br>
old discussions vanish to bit heaven and no one has the time to read years<br>
old long discussions. In wiki, the writers will need to find a common way<br>
of expressing mutual things and disagreements.<br>
<br>
The main reason why I advocate wiki, is that many people can contribute a<br>
little in various ways and it keeps growing and becoming better. It is<br>
easy to start contributing and it is a great place for both static and<br>
(relatively) dynamic content.<br>
<br>
What does the international pirate party need?<br>
<br>
It, firstly, needs a well written collection of documents, which have<br>
pointers to all the technical resources that are available to new (and<br>
old) pirate parties. Secondly, it needs up-to-date information about the<br>
successes of pirate parties. Thirdly, it needs information about various<br>
methods that people have tried to gain a following, proven good or proven<br>
disastrous.<br>
<br>
PPI should help everyone achieve and help us retain enough cohesion so<br>
that we can drive these issues together, globally. Think global, act<br>
global.<br>
<br>
In my opinion, PPI should focus on making sure each and every pirate party<br>
can copy each other as much as possible. We already have a common logo,<br>
the pirate sail. We could have a common web-layout (that people could<br>
modify to their needs), lots of pictures, stories, and other material that<br>
helps every pirate party activist in their every day political life.<br>
<br>
And finally, we could have people publish articles and books and encourage<br>
people to translate them.<br>
<br>
Concrete and idealistic is what I would like the PPI to show. Concrete, to<br>
show each and every activist that the PPI brings him benefits and concrete<br>
in the sense that it offers simple ways to contribute.<br>
<br>
As an example, I been told that the Finnish pirate party has a<br>
pretty well maintained server which also others can use, if they so wish.<br>
We will also, pretty soon, have a member database which could be useful<br>
for others. Many pirate parties have members who are professional web<br>
designers, coders, techies, people with all kinds of special knowledge.<br>
Some of them are willing to help in the area of their expertise.<br>
<br>
If we had the wiki, we could have a list of resources and people that you<br>
could get help from.<br>
<br>
So long email short: what we need is the tools to let people help each<br>
other.<br>
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--<br>
Mikko Särelä<br>
"It is through exchange that difference becomes a blessing, not a<br>
curse", Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain<br>
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