% cdent@blueoxen.org wrote: (01)
% > This "something" is the crux of the biscuit. I've long felt that
% > a group without the "something" is just massaging themselves and
% > the other members. Massaging is good, it keeps things in motion
% > and causes a lot of idea exchange (as expressed in this and
% > related threads of late), but nothing, other than conversation
% > and good feelings, happens at the massage parlour. The action is
% > out there, in the world. A massage can help you get back on the
% > field, feeling refreshed, but you gotta do something. (02)
I find with my time constraints and my attention constraints, that
I can not engage fully in doing a "something" that is a big something.
I can peel away a few hours now and then. And I can peel away a full
day about once a quarter. However, I can not spend a serious amount
of time and energy on a project, without finding some way to fund it. (03)
I am sure most other people have the same problem. (04)
So, for me, to find a something that I can work on is something
that requires that it be broken up into chewable chunks. (05)
What thing could we as a group do , that would take a small finite
number of chunks to complete, and at the same time would
advance our goals? (06)
Here is a possible task: (07)
Let us go to http://www.wikipedia.com and let us identify
some sub area of discussion. And let us define and refine
the definition for a series of pages on the wikipedia,
which would a) help the wikipedia, and b) cause us to
focus in on a "something" that was concrete. (08)
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