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I've edited (a bit) the whiteboard notes from Saturday's unconference -- mostly, putting them in reverse order so you can see what we ended up with, and then how we got there.

Here's what we said we'd do now.

We will create a Wiki and a blog and a message group to define the still-changing architecture of a norg and - with our users - begin filling out the details, completing the model.

We will start developing an Evangelist痴 Calendar of ways to promote the norgs idea at conferences, etc. (and set up another meeting, inviting new people)

But we aren稚 waiting for a norg to be built. We will publish all the ideas that came up today, begin shaping them in communication with our users, and begin using what ideas we can in our current jobs. We値l be working on three tracks: Building the model; putting the ideas to work during the drama at Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. (because it is so dominant in Philadelphia); and working to have the ideas applied in all local media.

So what's a norg, anyway? The group said it's a newsgathering operation that is:
Continuous; 24/7 hour
Credible
Risky. Composed of risk-takers. Stretching the limits of technology, content and money.
Willing to embrace and seek failure.
Willing to see the union as a partner.
Interactive. Gives voice to the readers.
Realizes that journalism is not always a story. It might be a database.
Multiplatform, including a free print edition. Multimedia; offering different platorms for different audiences.
Not a one-way street. Not print into multimedia傭oth ways
Ethical
Transparent.
Allows reporters to express what they think and feel.
A watchdog of the eternal spin machine. Please, of state government.
Committed to freedom of information, financially and legally. Builds it, buys it and lobbies for it.
Investigative
Financially viable And generous with the money it makes. Supports the acts of journalism.
PERSONAL. Facilitates actual human interaction.
Distributed widely � transit
Devoted to Media literacy � not how to use the media, how to BE the media.
Should empower its users to be citizens
Has a voice. Have a personality.
Enables the community to inform each other.
May offer layers of journalism: Old-school, trained journalism; community journalism
Owned by the community
Uses a new metric for measuring success. Clicks are not the only way.
Should enjoy first-amendment protection

Due to waves of comment spam, I had to delete two unconference-related posts. I have reposted the content, but comments on this post and those prior to it are closed. No, I really don't need porn or perscription drugs, thank you, DAZ.