INTRODUCTION

This is the simplest reasonable shared task manager. If we ever want any "features", perhaps we will switch to something like this demo. At this point, "buy-in" is more important than features: Aaron's idea is to start with a "virtual piece of paper" (and I like that).

To get a visual sense of our workflow, take a look at this diagram. Things are happening elsewhere – indeed, this page is useful for things that aren't being managed somewhere else.

In keeping with the "virtual piece of paper" design for this page, I'm not going to introduce any special semantics – this is just a list of tasks.

I do suggest that when the task is complete, whoever completes it should announce the fact that the task has been completed at some appropriate location. Feel free to delete tasks you're done with. This is optional, because the admin will take care of that if you don't.

It may be convenient to discuss the tasks here or elsewhere (e.g. "I'm working on it" or "I expect to be done by such and such a date"). Again, this is optional.

THE TASKS

President's tasks

• Supervise various programming tasks (below); coordinate with participating organizations. [ONGOING]
• Make sure snapshots are being made right.

Programmer's tasks

• implement new template system (coordinating with Pitman, Springer) [ONGOING]
• provide support for testing of editorial/content committee features

Admin's tasks

• Maintain this tasklist and an overall organizational roadmap (the latter at PlanetMath Admin). Assist other members of the organization in creating their own roadmaps. [ONGOING]
• Develop a member newsletter.
• Co-author documentation of PM organization.
• Figure out what's going on with the "email integration" feature that was developed some time ago.
• Assist with the next board meeting — remind people of the date, manage the agenda and circulate it to the board, take minutes and file them away where appropriate.
• Lead revision of our survey of metacommons-related projects in math and find a suitable venue for publication as part of our PR strategy (see Surveying the Math Metacommons).

Board tasks

• Schedule the next board meeting sometime in January.
• Look for funding sources.
• Plan for PM presence at upcoming major math meetings.

R.S.P.'s tasks

• Co-author documentation of PM organization.

Unassigned tasks