in news:41dc10b0@news.povray.org Jim Charter wrote:

>[...] You have begun to address one of
> the two big things this person would be wanting to know: what are the
> organizational parameters. They want to know where to go and how to
> conform.  

It may sound strange, but no organizational parameters and don't 
conform. Ok, one parameter, try to 'crosslink' as much as possible.

> The other big
> thing they are going to want to know is more along the lines of
> purpose/spirit/vision,... does their sense of this coincide with the
> what it really is.  

Let it evolve.

> Nevertheless I think it also needs to be discussed.

Maybe 'your friend' shoud create a page "ThoughtsOnPOV-RayWiki" and link 
it from the frontpage or the dDiscussionGroups page.
 
> My own vision, what jazzes me about the possibilities here?  The 
> possiblity of a reference repository is exciting.  Equally so is the 
> possiblility of an open laboratory.  The newsgroups already act this
> way of course. 

I.m.o a newsgroup is often too 'fast', with too many people talking. A 
wiki is nice and slow and the result of an idea or discussion can be 
seen on one page. A few years ago I set one up in our development 
department and it works great. Before that we tried mailing lists and e-
mail, but somhowe we never came to a 'conclusive document'. Wiki's work.

Ingo

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