I've been thinking that this forum isn't very optimal tool for managing a DAC like Bitshares. A lot of topics will be forgotten very fast and probably many aren't seen by people who could or should be interested in them. Going offtopic is also common problem. Slack is nice, but it's mostly just for chatting.
Lack of communication is serious problem. Recently I tried to start a marketing campaign but it seems to be a failure because lack of communication/collaboration.
Decentralized organisation doesn't work without effort. It usually demands even more effort because there is nobody telling what to do. People have to do stuff on their own. If we want to succeed as a DAO we need to learn how to make plans and execute them in a decentralized manner.
My suggestion is that we start to use a project management tool. I've been looking for different possibilities today. Probably best choice would be
Basecamp. It's widely used and praised and it seems to be suitable for our needs.
Todo-lists, deadlines etc. have to be collected on a same place where they can be found and updated easily.
Jakub made a nice roadmap, but it hasn't been updated since january. We need to get information like this to a place where several people can update them when changes happen so they are not left outdated.
Roadmaps, hardforks, website updates, hangout questions, committee proposals, worker proposals, social media presence, marketing campaigns, etc. can be planned/communicated/discussed in there.
So,
if I set up a Basecamp for Bitshares, would you start to use it?We could try it for a few months to see if it gives any benefits for us. If not, I'd like to hear better ideas for organizing collaboration. We really need to get our shit together if we want to achieve something.