<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>I agree. I'd also add empty space between a form textbox and the following text.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-reid</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 25, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Ricardo Vidal wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Ilya,<BR><BR>I prefer Ilya's option. As long as the field for emails doesn't break if an address is not introduced properly among others that are.<BR><BR><BR><BR><DIV class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Ilya Sytchev <<A href="mailto:ilyas@mit.edu">ilyas@mit.edu</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I think we need a simpler form. Here's a mock up of what I have in mind<BR> (fields borrowed from <A href="http://pandora.com" target="_blank">pandora.com</A>):<BR> <BR> <A href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Ilya/Sandbox" target="_blank">http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Ilya/Sandbox</A><BR> <DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV class="Wj3C7c"><BR> <BR> Jason Kelly wrote:<BR> >> F. Should we allow for sending invitations to more than one person? We can<BR> >> do a whole lab if we want; I'm current;y taking in just one name.<BR> ><BR> >> They probably can just send it to a mailing list.<BR> ><BR> > I think it would be nice to list multiple addresses in case you want<BR> > to invite a few of your friends. Also, not sure why they need to put<BR> > in the name of the invitee, email address should be enough.<BR> ><BR> > cool, this is a great addition for outreach / recruitment.<BR> ><BR> > thanks,<BR> > jason<BR> ><BR> > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Austin Che <<A href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu">austin@csail.mit.edu</A>> wrote:<BR> >> > 3. The person who invited the user currently isn't being sent. I think this<BR> >> > may be important; I've added support for it but I have a few questions.<BR> >> ><BR> >> > A. Should people need to be logged in to send the message?<BR> >><BR> >> Definitely. Avoid being a spam relay.<BR> >><BR> >><BR> >> > B. Should the name of the member be included in the message?<BR> >><BR> >> Yes. That's much more likely to get a response.<BR> >><BR> >><BR> >> > C. Where should we put the button or label to send the invitation?<BR> >><BR> >> Maybe on the how to join page.<BR> >><BR> >><BR> >> > D. Should we record the invite and then send a message to the person who<BR> >> > submitted the invitation when the invitee registers?<BR> >><BR> >> That might be difficult to tell unless you have some unique cookie<BR> >> or something for them to accept the invitation. It would be easier<BR> >> to do the reverse and have a field on registration that has the<BR> >> inviter's user name. Even better, it should be possible to<BR> >> generate a link that when clicked, pre-fills out the registration<BR> >> form with various items (such as inviter's name, maybe the lab, etc.)<BR> >><BR> >><BR> >> > E. Should we allow the person submitting the invitation to add an additional<BR> >> > comment?<BR> >><BR> >> Can't think of why not.<BR> >><BR> >><BR> >> > F. Should we allow for sending invitations to more than one person? We can<BR> >> > do a whole lab if we want; I'm current;y taking in just one name.<BR> >><BR> >> They probably can just send it to a mailing list.<BR> >><BR> >><BR> >> > G. Should we offer to cc: the message sent out to the person sending the<BR> >> > invitation?<BR> >><BR> >> Sure why not.<BR> >><BR> >><BR> >> > Recording the invitation isn't a lot more effort to implement and would make<BR> >> > for a way to let users know we appreciate their efforts. It also gives us<BR> >> > quantitative info on who's being invited and how often the inviation is<BR> >> > acted upon.<BR> >><BR> >> Might as well record it if possible.<BR> >><BR> >> I think we need to implement a karma system. 'Worthless' numbers<BR> >> indicating the value of a member is surprisingly good at<BR> >> motivating people to do things in communities. We can do something<BR> >> like the weighted sum of:<BR> >> - number of invited people<BR> >> - total number of edits<BR> >> - number of articles created<BR> >> - number of emails sent to discuss mailing list<BR> >> - etc.<BR> >><BR> >> --<BR> >> Austin Che <<A href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu">austin@csail.mit.edu</A>> (617)253-5899<BR> >> _______________________________________________<BR> >> OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List<BR> >> <A href="mailto:discuss@openwetware.org">discuss@openwetware.org</A><BR> >> <A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss" target="_blank">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss</A><BR> >><BR> > _______________________________________________<BR> > OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List<BR> > <A href="mailto:discuss@openwetware.org">discuss@openwetware.org</A><BR> > <A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss" target="_blank">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss</A><BR> _______________________________________________<BR> OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List<BR> <A href="mailto:discuss@openwetware.org">discuss@openwetware.org</A><BR> <A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss" target="_blank">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss</A><BR> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">OpenWetWare Discussion Mailing List</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:discuss@openwetware.org">discuss@openwetware.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-discuss</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>