Quote:
|
Originally Posted by maxlobovsky
How exactly do we contact Woodie? Just send him an email at flowers@mit.edu?
Seems to be that sharingFIRST is down (and i suspect has been offline for a while) so could you tell us young-ons more about it? I'm sure there is a lot we can learn from it. |
Yes, that is the best way to get in touch with Woodie. If you refer to sharingFIRST early in your note, it will get his attention quickly.
SharingFIRST was very much like what you are doing with the FIRST Wiki. Any person could submit white papers, descriptions or help on a variety of subjects. The person's name who ran it was Owen _____ (forgot the last name). On the site, you could look under people for their contributions or you could look by topic.
SharingFIRST was a great thing, but it fell apart after Owen graduated from MIT. He (or Woodie) maintained it for maybe 2-3 years, but they had a difficult time finding someone to take it over after Owen moved on.
So... my advice would be to set up a structure that keeps this FIRST Wiki active for many years. If you have a leadership committee, rotate members every year or two so that many people have a hand in what is going on.
Good luck,
Andy B.