FAB6 community fabfoo

Notes from the FAB6 community requirements fab foo session on 2010-08-18 in Amsterdam.

Abbreviations SIG - Special Interest Group

Audience
 * internal to lab
 * users
 * volunteers
 * staff, interns
 * local SIGs
 * external groups coming in to use the labs in an organized fashion (e.g., schools)
 * currently within fablab community
 * SIGs that cross fablabs (e.g., lab managers, electronics gurus)
 * lab managers
 * External to community
 * general public
 * funding/government agencies
 * press
 * allied organizations (makerspace, hackerspace)

Locality
 * local to lab
 * regional
 * global
 * virtual presence (e.g., polycom)
 * SIG

Type of communication
 * One-way, static
 * user profiles, user directories
 * wiki
 * syndication
 * curated (e.g., "fabdot")
 * non-curated streams
 * static with limited feedback
 * blogs with comments
 * fabmoments with comments
 * news
 * two-way interactive
 * 1 <-> 1
 * email
 * instant messaging
 * 1 -> N
 * IRC chat
 * mailing lists
 * N <-> N
 * forum discussions
 * video discussion
 * shared calendars
 * re-sharing
 * community sites (e.g., facebook)
 * shared bookmarks
 * distributed rating systems (e.g., digg)
 * microblogging (e.g., twitter)

Dimensions of communication
 * teacher to novice
 * peer to peer
 * async vs. sync

Concrete to-dos:
 * Move fabhub forums to fabfolk
 * pilot for sharing files/projects for sites that don't have web infrastructure (e.g., Fox Valley)
 * Form fablab community special interest group (SIG)
 * recruit members
 * create spaces to communicate
 * SIG forum
 * mailing list for announcements
 * near-time messaging
 * workspace on fabwiki
 * Make this (the notes written up here) available through our community tools (done!)

Notes were compiled from these three photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quadshop/4920239584/in/set-72157624735690932/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/quadshop/4920239520/in/set-72157624735690932/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/quadshop/4919640703/in/set-72157624735690932/