Hey, guys. <br><br>We have several new folks on our team now. Really good energy, lots of drive. I'm excited for everyone to meet each other. <br><br>In order to expand gracefully, we've come up with a more inclusive work flow. We should go over details in person. But here are some of the features:<br>
<br>There are now links to any of our working websites (email archives, wikis, etc) on a bookmark page. You can get there by clicking on "Team Pages" in the sidebar of our blog. It's also at <a href="http://www.ThoughtAndMemory.org/bookmarks.html" target="_blank">http://www.ThoughtAndMemory.org/bookmarks.html</a><br>
<br>From the bookmarks page you can go to our shiny new project management system. Why have we invested so much time in setting this up?<br><br>Keeping track of our aspirations and accomplishments helps us:
<ul><li>Understand the context of our own and each other's work.</li><li>Eliminate redundant or counterproductive tasks.</li><li>Plan our strategic milestones and next steps.</li><li>Demonstrate what we've been able to accomplish to funders, press, and other supporters.</li>
</ul>Your user name for the project management system is at the end of this email. Your password is currently odinr0x! (the "0" is a number, not a letter.) <br><br>We've also identified a set of Iteration Milestones. We're naming our 3 month iterations alphabetically after birds. We're working on "Crow", our first system redesign, until June 1st. That's right, we've already finished "Auklet" (design) and "Bluejay" (first release).<br>
<br>Lucy has spent a heck of a lot of effort getting this to work. Shaunalynn has set an example for how to create a "sticky" overview on one of our google groups pages. And I've started to fill in the details.<br>
<br>I'm so very excited that our team is coming together and I look forward to learning more from each of you as we continue to grow.<br><br>-clay<br><br>Shaunalynn<br>Eggar<br>Stos<br>Sally<br>Maita<br>Nicole<br>Claudia<br>
Jamie<br>Becca<br>ChrisC<br>Taras<br>Marcos<br>JT<br>Max<br>Charlie<br>Jim<br>Fritz<br>Hayat<br>Pete<br><br>-- <br>Clay Ward<br>President and Founder<br>Thought And Memory, Inc<br><a href="http://www.ThoughtAndMemory.org" target="_blank">http://www.ThoughtAndMemory.org</a><br>
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