CZ:Engineering Workgroup/Workgroup Week

Welcome to Engineering Week planning!

We are planning a big "online convention" of Engineers here on the Citizendium. Would you like to see more work done in Engineering? Then here is your chance to make a difference. Leading up to this week, we will be doing quite a bit of recruitment (on Engineering mailing lists, departments, and so forth). We'll try to tap into many networks so that there is general awareness both of the Citizendium and of this special week. Consider it a major kick-off for the Engineering Workgroup.

We need your help to make this happen. This page lists volunteers for different (mostly recruitment) functions. Won't you sign up and make the Engineering Week a success? Any author can sign up to do anything, other than serve as the coordinator for the week.

Dates: not yet set

The week dates can be set when there are adequate numbers of volunteers below, and must be coordinated on Workgroup Weeks. There can't be two Workgroup Weeks happening at the same time.

Engineering Week Coordinator(s): no volunteer yet

Any editor in the Engineering Workgroup may volunteer; we can have up to two coordinators, and two is better if any one coordinator is relatively short on time.

Important links:

• CZ:Workgroup Weeks - initiative home page
• CZ:Workgroup Weeks/We can do this - a "call to arms"
• CZ:Workgroup Weeks#Workgroup sign-up pages - list of all Workgroup Weeks
• CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Preparation - general rationale and explanation of the following

Preparation

General preparation

Task	Volunteers	Location to output
Volunteer as Workgroup Week Coordinator for the Engineering Workgroup	Sign here if you're an Engineering Editor and you'll be able to put in some time on this project & possibly talk to the press	Insert link to page
Develop CZ:Engineering Workgroup brilliantly So that it is "ready for prime time." (Needs multiple volunteers.)	Sign your name here	CZ:Engineering Workgroup
Complete the CZ:Core Articles Engineering list So there are at least 99 topics on the list, and the list is coherent and credible as a list of "top priority" topics.	Sign your name here or write "Done" if this is done	Insert link to page

Letter composition

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Adapt (as necessary) the letter to academic departments & organizations you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Endorsement Letter Template.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Adapt (as necessary) the letter to mailing lists you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Mailing List Letter Template.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Adapt (as necessary) the letter to bloggers you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Blogger Letter Template.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Adapt (as necessary) the press release you'll find at CZ:Workgroup Weeks/Press Release Template.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page

Academic recruitment

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Make a list of top academic departments in the field, together with e-mail addresses of department heads Share the list with other volunteers via e-mail please, not the wiki, for privacy purposes.)	Sign up here	Insert link to page
Send letter, respond to any reply, and post any endorsements on the workgroup week's page.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Welcoming committee As new Engineering editors arrive (check this "special page"--it's under "logs"), send them a welcoming message and offer to help get them started; also, put their names here on this page	Sign your name(s) here	Insert link to page

Internet recruitment

Mailing lists

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Create a sign-up page for Engineering mailing lists following this template.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
On the sign-up page, locate and give the address (and possibly other info) of as many active mailing lists as possible--at least three, but please try to do more than that.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--the mailing list recruitment	Sign your name here	Insert link to page

Web forums

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Create a sign-up page for Engineering Web forums following this template.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
On the sign-up page, locate and give the address (and, if relevant, other info) of as many active Web forums as possible.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--forum recruitment	Sign your name here	Insert link to page

Blogs

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Create a sign-up page for Engineering blogs following this template.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
On the sign-up page, collect, from your blog search engine(s) or other resource of course, the addresses of some very high-traffic blogs devoted mostly to the workgroup's topic.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--blog recruitment	Sign your name here	Insert link to page

"Big" websites

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Create a sign-up page for Engineering "big" websites following this template.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
On the sign-up page, locate the leading websites (not blogs) for the discipline.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Be "driver"--make sure people follow through with--"big" website recruitment	Sign your name here	Insert link to page

Press release

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Create list of industry publications and e-mail addresses/Web contact form URLs.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Send copies of the press release in advance to the industry publications.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Send reminders on the first day of the Workgroup Week.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page

The Week itself

See above for beginning-of-week reminders to mailing lists, blogs, etc.

Task	Volunteers	Location of output
Announce the start of the week to Citizendium-L, Citizendium-Editors, and the workgroup's mailing list.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
On Monday morning, change front page workgroup banner. (If you have a logo or other fancy design for the week, all the better.)	Sign your name here	Main Page
At the end of each day, report on the workgroup mailing list what new articles have been started and what significant work was done (except for welcoming new people). Help "cheerlead."	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
At the end of each day, welcome new arrivals "publicly," on the workgroup mailing list. Help "cheerlead."	Sign your name here	Insert link to page
Do an end-of-week wrap-up e-mail.	Sign your name here	Insert link to page