2. Ember

1. Description

The second phase of the rollout is part of the ‘Bootstrap’ process: Of getting the Initiative up and running.

It is focused on getting the fire going.

The original general target for phase ‘Ember’ was to get traction with people and organisations who support the initiative.

First published: 2020-05-15.
Update: See above.

2. Background

The second phase of Bootstrap moves from ‘The Concept’ into the open space, into engaging with potential partners such as linquistic experts, tech companies, organisaions. It requires financial and joined party support. It includes setting up backoffice tools to support process activities.

3. Main targets

Plan:

• Funding
• Build user / joined parties base
• Decision about where the HQ (US/UK/DE/Other) will be and its structure
• ‘User functions’ in Colish v1. ‘Stable’

Is:

• Lots of conceptional work, marketing concepts, working out benefits, putting the infrastructure into place.

4. Timeframe

Plan: 1. June - 31. July 2020 Done: 1. June - 31. July 2020

5. Status reports

Status reports can be found under blog.

• Status report after Month 1.
• Status report after Month 2.

Snapshots of tasklists:

• Old snapshots of the tasklist can be found here.

6. Tasks

The following collection of tasks served as a framework for activities, as a foundation for communications with partners. The implementation was dependent on the reaction of the market, manpower capacity i.e. the onboarding of team members, supporters as well as new details about the evolving ecosystem.

The tasks are organised via Value Domains.

Ax - Assets

Will be defined when needed.

Bx - Builds

Dictionary

• Collecting info concerning building the dictionary
• Collecting API data

Cx - Communities

Community

• Define roles, expectations
• Info about user groups

Forum

• Forum structure
• First entries

Dx - Designs

Dictionary

• Collecting info concerning the dictionary design
• Question catalog concerning the dictionary design

Ex - Enterprise

Legal

Org structure

• Possible legal structure

Policies

• Policy data compliance and privacy online

3rd-Party contracts

• Data compliance from providers

Branding

• Development of what the brand is about

Fx - Finances

Finance planning

• Basic finance plan

Subscription

• Subscription plan

Donating

• Payment button online

Venture

• Reach out for funding

Gx - Grids

Network

• Collect data
• Concept for VAPs and network

Hx - Humans (People & Culture)

Team

• Reach out
• Detailing form of team -> Service Areas
• Job descriptions online
• Getting help onboard

Ix - Incentives

• Work out incentives for joined parties

Jx - Joined parties

Partners

• Extend data collection

Sponsors

• Contact possible sponsors
• Get sponsors onboard
• Draft contract
• Flesh out Advantages online
• Mail template Advantages
• Tel call script

Ambassadors

• Contact possible ambassadors
• Get ambassadors onboard

Linquistics

• Contact possible linguistic experts
• Get linguistic, social, and other experts onboard

Friends / Patrons

• Concept friend campaign
• Start friend campaign

Tech Orgs

• Contact possible tech orgs
• Get tech orgs onboard

Publishers

• Contact possible publishers
• Get publishers onboard

Training orgs

• Contact possible training orgs
• Get training orgs onboard

National orgs

• Reaching out

Teachers

• Reach out to teachers

Kx - Knowledge

• Build on knowledgebase
• Put info online
• Reach out to partners for help
• Reach out for content use

Lx - Logistics

Will be defined when needed.

Mx - Markets

Sell

• Sell idea to future partners -> see Joined Party

Marketing materials

• Create mailing templates
• Creation of videos

Congresses

• Build list
• Evaluation

Marcom / PR

• Concept for strategy
• Basic time plan
• Development of visual messages

Ox - Orchestration / OPs

Planning Phases

• More detail in this phase Ember
• More detail in next phase Glow

Projects

• Define singular projects
• Put info together online

Px - Products

Products

• Products outlines online
• Tentative Release Plan for Colish
• Product naming definitions

Talks

• Colish - English as a product
• Colish - Products (from projects, etc)

Qx - Quality

Will be defined when needed.

Rx - Resources

Backoffice

• CRM online
• ERP online
• Task mgr for projects online
• Issue tracker online
• Team spaces
• Survey

Community

• Forum online

Social

• Facebook

Network

• Mailing via mailing grid provider
• Tel where needed

Sx - Services

Self-Service Enduser

• User account
• Subscription / monthly donating
• Mailing List

Self-Service Teams

• Info about services

Service Areas

• Definition of Service Areas

Tx - Teaching / Training

Overview

• Possible partners
• Info for partners

Survey

• Concept for surveys

Ux - User Experiences

Will be defined when needed.

Vx - Ventures

Status

• Status Spark
• Monthly status

Venture structure

• Concept - basic
• Concept - detailed
• Decision where the organisation will legally be

Wx - Worlds

Marcom materials

• Association
• Materials for user groups