User:Mike

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Meet-up Notes:

(taken down in the official BaltoCo reporting pads!)

  • What does Wikipedia not allow? Should we have a page that lists what BaltoCo allows, that Wikipedia doesn't? I think so!
  • Other cities/places with similar sites:
    • Davis, California
    • Omaha, Nebraska
    • Rochester, New York
    • Boston, Massachusetts
  • Pliny the Elder is a great example of how contributor's to this site could model themselves. (Write interesting stuff about Baltimore down and put it on the site, even when bathing, eating, sleeping, et cetera :-))
  • How will we promote the site?
    • Word of mouth! Tell your friends (enemies too?)
    • We'll be on Google soon enough. But what about other search engines?
    • Perhaps a feature in newspapers/radio stations (City Paper, WYPR).
  • Slowness Movement
  • Giving proper credit to artists/writers, creative content.
    • Richard mentioned the soon to arrive Tattoo section, where credit would be given to:
      • Who made the art?
      • Who executed the art?
      • Who photographed the art?
      • Who is wearing the art?
  • Richard hosted 'Baltimore Collec-Triv'
  • Contributors could visit the Maryland Room and find content in their Vertical Files
  • Famous Firings?
  • How could we help people break through the psychological barriers that exist as far as adding and editing content on the site?
    • We could/should produce more user-friendly templates, help files
    • Kate G. reccommended a FAQ/Frequently Asked Questions page. It think this would be outstanding to have
    • We could look at the Burning Man 10 principles that exist around the idea of Participation vs. being a Spectator.
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