Alex, Mish and I had a good Skype today re.next steps for the community in light of all the recent interest. We've decided this is a good time to split discussions into a more public space hosted on Multiply (as a beta for modfilms.net) and refocus the modfilms-general list for the more commercially sensitive internal discussions. The feedback from the virtual team seems to be that Alex's weekly mailouts are interesting but the scope has widened well beyond Sanctuary so there seems to be no point restricting these new snippets to people who've signed an NDA.
Notes as follows:
The majority of the people in the virtual team don't really need to be privy to internal discussions anymore if they're not actively playing a part in MOD Films' future. That said, we won't be kicking people off the modfilms-general list, purely suggesting that a new "culture" community space might be more appropriate.
Here's a recap of the three lists in operation and the revised direction for each (as of 17th Feb)
* modfilms-announce (PR)
Semi-regular announcements such as product releases. No change from present.
* modfilms-general
Team Sanctuary discussions and MOD Films in-house conversations requiring NDA. All technology discussions re. RIG and modfilms.net. New footer reminding of list purpose. Closed list. Occaisional update postings (not weekly). Content can be more technical in nature, more commercially sensitive. More technical questions posted here. Cross-postings to remind people of culture list.
* modfilms.multiply.com
Invitation-only community space for pre-releasing Sanctuary assets and allowing the re-mix community to get involved with the project. This will provide a cost-effective safe space in which to gauge public interest and host conversations. This ties in with a refocus of MOD Films on selling online asset management.