If we wanted to do a collective blog, I think we would need
* Diverse buy in
* Editorial volunteers reflecting the diverse cycling tribes within bikedc
* Indicating that this is an institution, not some one person project
* clear scope (like local cycling blog where local means DMV, subject matter is cycling, includes events, personal stories, advocacy, news – no personal attacks, no defamation, no copyright violations)
* Publishing policy is essentially open. Anyone could submit and subject to review be published as long as complies with scope mission.
And example of this is, for Internet policy stuff, CircleID. Both in terms of structure and effectiveness. When I post to my own blog about Internet policy, I get like 40 hits. When I post to CircleID, it gets read like 1000 times. It creates a collaborative collective space with momentum and energy. It does not replace the FABB blog, and Windy Run, and whoever else. But all of those can publish to the collective – and get better coverage and strengthen the bikedc voice.
I personally would be glad to work on this, but I think it needs wide buy in to work. And I think if you tie together all the cool stuff Kel is doing ~ it could create a rich bikedc voice.
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