Status Phase Spark

1. Introduction

Last month was the first month of the project, of the Initiative, of the Venture. The ‘spark’ of an idea came out into the open space, and ‘Phase Spark’ started.

2. The Phase

Some of the important things of what happened or was done are listed below:

• The big picture of what Colish is about crystalized.
• Lots of concepts to ‘gestalt’ such as products, portfolios, financing, names, projects, value, started to become visible.
• A rough idea on how to go about it such as structure, rollout plan, phases, project tasks, came to paper.

It was originally planned that Phase Spark would be two months in length. The main target of Spark was to ‘get the concept out’ in a form which can used as a conceptual framework for communication with others. This target, and therefore Phase Spark, was completed successfully by the 31st May.

3. Phase details

A description of Phase Spark can be viewed here.

Tasks archive.

Some numbers:

• Projects: 17
• Products: 8
• Portfolios: 4
• Sponsors: 1
• Donations: 1
• Website pages: 200

4. The Initiative

• Website with concept, products, projects, community info, went online.
• First donation came in.

5. The Alliance

• Started to reach out to foundations, to linguists, experts.

6. The Foundation

• The concept of the role of the Foundation started to crystalize.

7. Teams and people

• Reaching out to people.
• Personal commitment from the author.

8. Venture

• The venture started.
• Ideas to structure, financing, came to paper.
• Reaching out to investors.

9. SWOT

Strengths

A structure is visible:

• Gestalt framework is online.
• Components with handles have been defined.

Weakness

Stakeholders might want to see ‘assets’ before joining:

• Linguistic community.
• Big names in the Alliance.
• Detailed product definitions i.e. Colish v1.
• Commitment from big names, ambassadors, national policy makers.

Support could be better:

• Manpower
• Financial

Opportunities

Lots of opportunities for Stakeholders:

• For investors.
• For experts.

Threats

• Too numerous to mention :-)

10. Outlook

The Initiative rolls into the second phase, Ember, of getting the fire going. Ember will stretch over a two months period.

Major topics are:

• Getting IT and processes online for forums, membership, mailing, sponsors, donations, etc.
• Reaching out to hundreds of possible partners.
• Financing.