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%META:TOPICINFO{author="LeeBelbin" date="1192570590" format="1.1" version="1.9"}%
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---+++TDWG Accomplishments that Should Be Promoted
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1. New [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/constitution/][constitution]] and [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/process/][processes (what it implies)]]
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1. New [[http://www.tdwg.org/activities/][Interest and Task Groups]]
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1. New [[http://www.tdwg.org][Web site]], [[http://wiki.tdwg.org/][Wiki]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/ojs/][OJS]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/blog/][blog]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/news/][News]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/standards/][standards repository]] and [[http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo][mail list manager]]. It would be particularly good to promote the blog as a mechanism of presenting new (provocative) ideas.
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1. New [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/faq/][FAQ]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/glossary/][Glossary]] and [[http://www.tdwg.org/activities/general-tasks/][Help for online systems]]
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1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/][TDWG brochure and poster]]
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1. A number of [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/][PowerPoint presentations]] about TDWG suitable for use at other meetings
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1. Site [[http://www.tdwg.org/membership/][registration and membership (with online payments) and *donations*]]
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1. The [[http://www.tdwg.org/proceedings/issue/current][Proceedings of TDWG]]. *We must promote this!*
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1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/news/article/tdwg-infrastructure-project/][Round 2 projects and contracts]]
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1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/activities/guid/][LSID developments and directions]]. We now have IPNI, Index Fungorum, ZooBank and soon Species 2000 deploying LSIDs.
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1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/activities/tapir/][TAPIR/TAPIRLink developments and directions]] (including BigDig)
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1. Interest and Task Group meetings?
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1. Geointeroperability demo (being loaded to the TDWG site soon I hope!)
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1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/conference2007/][TDWG 2007 in Bratislava]]
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1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/][New agreements e.g., OGC MoU]]
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1. Implementations of TDWG standards/protocols
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1. Executive Summaries of TDWG standards
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1. Video clips about TAPIR and LSIDs ready for You Tube etc
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1. Current activities
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1. Meeting reports
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1. The database of > 500 [[http://www.tdwg.org/biodiv-projects/[international biodiversity data projects]]
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1. What else?
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---++++Mechanisms of Promotion
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1. News item on TDWG Web site (optionally push to registered users?)
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1. TDWG mail list
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1. TAXACOM mail list
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1. Identify additional listserves (e.g., ECN [Entomological Collections Network], others) to target or ask specific members of relevant listserves to post on TDWG's behalf
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1. Publish at least one news item from TDWG in the new GBIF newsletter
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1. Solicit membership and participation in TDWG through GBIF newsletter
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1. OJS notification (500+ but overlaps with mail lists - OJS Editors only)
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1. Presentations
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1. Tutorials
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1. Brochures (general and IT recruitment)
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1. Standard logo, phrase for tools using a TDWG standard, to include in the tool ("this tool is using TDWG 89:TAPIR standard")
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1. Press releases
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1. Annual conference
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1. Conferences of related organizations
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1. Get a commercial PR firm to promote TDWG
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1. Demonstrations of TDWG standards (eg Geointeroperability demo - coming online)
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1. Mash-ups?
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1. Subscription journal?
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---++++Volunteers for above tasks (indicate if you would lead or help if applicable)
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Please go to Outreach2007And2008 to add your actions and ideas
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Please add, delete or modify - or even better - go to Outreach2007And2008 and offer to do something from the above lists.
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-- Main.LeeBelbin - 06 Feb 2007
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-- Main.GailKampmeier - 15 Oct 2007 |