We intend to create an editorial board and a page for profiles of the contributors. At the moment we’ve kept all the information on the homepage. We want your design and layout suggestions. The final decision to publish something on this website will be made by Aaron and Raj. They’ve decided to exercise veto power in terms of publishing so everything that is published on our site will be their shared responsibility.
Editorial board members will be asked to submit an article once every two months. We have not decided on formats but a few things we would like to see implemented include:
including an average ‘read time’ for articles to increase the chances of something being read.
2-3 line synopsis prefacing the subject matter and goal of the article (your intention behind writing the article)
At least 2-minute reads
At the moment the editorial board will be comprised of people we invite. If the invitation to become a board member is accepted the member will be required to submit a profile for the ‘About us’ tab. To maintain some privacy we intend to use a photo provided by you that is turned into an artistic rendition of your face. This way you do not have to reveal your facial identity and still have a representative image. What you chose to share in your profile is up to you. Aaron and Raj reserve the right to ask for edits, shorten or lengthen a profile.
We are still discussing details but word-of-mouth advertising is what will help our platform gain traction. Just because we are setting a low bar for success does not mean we aren’t trying to get people to visit our site. We want to encourage contributors, board members, and other visitors to share the links on social media outlets or any place they deem suitable. Everything on our website will be open source so once an article is submitted we would ask the contributor to sign an agreement to give the website and therefore the co-creators all publishing rights. The agreement will include clauses that will state the non-profit nature of this website.