Community Proposal

[kalloway]

Hey, onedeadplotbunny, I have something I'd like to ask you. More than once, I've thought about and also had discussions about brainstorming and how difficult it can be when personal friends aren't necessarily into what we're working on and aren't necessarily the best sounding boards for ideas, etc.


I'm proposing community brainstorming posts where anyone could drop in and ask for a little help getting ideas together/getting past stuck spots/trying to figure out what to do with that one last bingo square/etc.


There would be no requirements for participation/using any of the ideas brainstormed/etc.


This post is open to any questions/thoughts/commentary.

Poll #16130 Brainstorming Posts

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 17

Would you be interested in [time period]-ly community brainstorming posts?

Yes
15 (88.2%)

No
1 (5.9%)

Maybe/I'm leaving a more-detailed coment.
1 (5.9%)

If yes, how often would you like to see these posts?

Weekly
6 (40.0%)

Twice-a-Month
4 (26.7%)

Monthly
2 (13.3%)

Other/I am leaving a more-detailed comment
3 (20.0%)

Comments

[silverr]

I said "twice a month" but I know for myself the need for idea-bouncing isn't at all regular: I usually tackle bingo cards either in the downtime between fics ( which I have not had this year) or when a particular WIP is overheating my circuits and I need a break (which again, is an irregular happenstance).

I would also say, however, that imo brainstorming sessions are a lot more productive "live" - e.g., either voice or IM chat (using Ventrilo, Skype, gchat, googledocs, or ... I dunno, livestream? for example).

[kalloway]

The only reason I am thinking twice-a-month or weekly is to keep ideas bouncing for those who need them. If it's monthly, I'm afraid people coming to it later in the month may not get people checking back at it, even if I mention it in the check-ins...

Maybe in the future we could add a live component if we get a big enough group interested who could 'meet' at a certain time.