VIS WikiAnd the Wiki Week

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VIS Wiki | Timothy Daniel, Info/Web | info@visesn.org

Why?

Why?

VIS Wiki | Timothy Daniel, Info/Web | info@visesn.org

Why?

VIS Wiki | Timothy Daniel, Info/Web | info@visesn.org

Why?

VIS Wiki | Timothy Daniel, Info/Web | info@visesn.org

Why?

VIS Wiki | Timothy Daniel, Info/Web | info@visesn.org

Problem #1

Only three people will remember last year

Why?

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Problem #2

Mandates are short (average: 2 semesters)

Why?

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Problem #3

People join mid-semester and miss their handovers

Why?

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Problem #4

How do you compress years of knowledge into a few hours of handover?

Why?

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Result

Knowledge get lost. All the time.

Example

You want to organize a Gotland trip. Who do you ask?

Them? How?

A wiki is…

Convenient

• No need to search through the Drive

Exhaustive

• Evaluations and budgets are just part of the truth

• The devil is in the details

Alive

• Unlike static documents, it won’t get outdated

• Future boardies will update it (hopefully)

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VIS Wiki | Timothy Daniel, Info/Web | info@visesn.org

How?

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Everything that is red should become blue.

We’re missing at least 96 pages.

Wiki Week(end)

Let’s meet at 16:00 every day, starting Thursday.

• I’ll teach you how to edit the wiki (it’s simple!)

• You pick a topic you know about • Your committee, a trip you led etc.

• You write everything you know about it

• Rinse, repeat

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Wiki Week(end)

Result:

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(You know, maybe)

VIS Wiki | Timothy Daniel, Info/Web | info@visesn.org

Yes/no?