While there aren't that many of us here yet, I wanted to start this little discussion to help work out the forum use plan and get it written down. I think there's some of this in our meeting minutes but I'd like to get down my thoughts here for collaboration.
General public view (Open access to all members, and view only for anyone not logged in)
- Announcements
- Public Discussion
- Events (including meeting? Not sure if our meeting times and locations are open-knowledge)
KCC Member (Inclusive of executive and general membership, users here will be manually added upon application and confirmation of KCC membership)
- Meetings (including link to (or full text of) minutes, location and timing, locked so only executive can post here, for posting AFTER meetings are complete)
- General Discussion (Active issues that need community input, possibly discussion the merrit of ideas to bring forward to meeting, or minor issues that could be worked on out-of-meeting)
- Buy and sell (we haven't had one of these yet, before setting this up I feel this should be discussed and approved by the group)
Executive only (limited to active KCC executive members only)
- Internal Discussion (General topics to flesh out ideas prior to public release such as letters, or news releases)
- Upcoming meeting minutes (link or even full-text of the agenda for the upcoming meeting
User requirements:
I'm not sure how everyone feels about putting proper photos for members in user icons. I believe the executive are generally expected to post bios and photos publicly so I feel that my own face is publicly available in my relationship to KCC and I'm comfortable adding my own picture to my profile here. I don't expect everyone to follow this recommendation, but it could certainly help with building the community. I do feel that if we're able to limit visibility of user icons to registered users of the forum, or perhaps only registered members of KCC, that could help appease some desire for privacy from public.