Next on the agenda: Recruit help and evolve forums

Altered the Entrance to the Wisdom Project Machinery
I have changed the design of the entrance into the Wisdom Project Machine. It will begin with a very simple initial filter of choices: 5 Forums

About the Wisdom Project
Little Problems
Big Problems
Judge and Jury
Anything Goes

The Problem Solving Society
The Problem Solving Society will continue to exist since the questions and forums within it are eternal and already have begun to attract discussion. In any case the forums above are the main entrance to the machine.

Next tasks on the agenda:• Set up first Wisdom Project Staff Meeting in one of our Active World’s meeting halls.
• Enlist GJ, our MySQL XMB message board hacker, to add specific categories to posts. At least: Type of Post (Solution/Answer, Question, Comment, OP) We need to be able to distinguish between criticism and comments and genuine solutions/answers.
• Recruit favorite poster’s from SDMB great debates.
• Schedule first Wisdom Project cash prize debate.
• Determine formulas and queries for calculating Highest wisdom rating per member, solution, etc…
• Enlist GJ to create graphical report function for any thread or forum.
• Enlist GJ to create graphical report cards for each member.

Further thoughts: Recruit or launch? Recruit or launch?
I have decided it will be MUCH easier for people to understand the power of the Wisdom Project “machine” if we put some fuel into the engine. So I will schedule the first Prize debate asap, then have an open invitation for interested parties to meet with me in our AlphaWorld Castle in the sky. In order to achieve this I need to:

Get GJ to insert a field for Type of Post (Answer/Solution, Comment/Question/Criticism)

Construct some form of promotional strategy. Press Releases, Newsgroups, anything I else I can think of that is free. Maybe even go to some universities in Seattle and Post flyers. Contact High school debate teams. Email personal invitations to Great Debates veterans.

Set a date.

Promote it.

Construct Reports and queries to calculate winner.

Get GJ to create Reports.