Editing OMwiki:About

OpenMeetings.org is a video transcription platform designed to increase availability, discoverability, and liberty to comment on archived meetings spanning a broad range of social issues.

==Description==
<blockquote>"OpenMeetings.org is a audio/video transcription and annotation platform built from entirely free and open source software. &nbsp;Launched in June 2009 and inspired by MetaVid ([http://metavid.org metavid.org]), the open video archive of the U.S. Congress, OpenMeetings.org hosts and welcomes submission of conference recordings and formal proceedings. &nbsp;Project goals are to increase availability, discoverability, and liberty to comment on archived meetings as to improve the degree of informed civil discourse across a broad range of social issues."</blockquote>

==Operation details==
OpenMeetings.org is run as a sole proprietorship by George Chriss. &nbsp;The project [[OMwiki:Submissions|welcomes submission]] of recorded, open-to-the-public meetings for the purpose of being transcribed and annotated by volunteer editors.

The project was launched on 7-June-2009 and hosts a [http://metavid.org/wiki/MetaVidWiki MetaVidWiki] instance known as "[[Main Page|OMwiki]]". &nbsp;(MetaVidWiki is an extension of [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/ Semantic MediaWiki].) &nbsp;All content and software tools are free/libre as detailed on [[OMwiki:Copyrights|Copyrights]]. &nbsp;

OpenMeetings.org should not be confused with [http://www.openmeetings.de/ openmeetings] open-source web-conferencing software.

===To do===
:*Update and separate-off budget info to a new page.
:*Update ownership/partnership info as soon as known.
:*Copy information into [http://xml.gov/stratml/index.htm#DefinitionPurposes Strategy Markup Language (StratML)] format and develop an explicit strategic plan, mission, developer network, etc...
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-<blockquote>OpenMeetings.org is a video platform designed to increase availability, discoverability, and liberty to comment on archived meetings that span a broad range of social issues.</blockquote>
+OpenMeetings.org is a video transcription platform designed to increase availability, discoverability, and liberty to comment on archived meetings spanning a broad range of social issues.
+==Description==
-==Full Description==
+<blockquote>"OpenMeetings.org is a audio/video transcription and annotation platform built from entirely free and open source software. &nbsp;Launched in June 2009 and inspired by MetaVid ([http://metavid.org metavid.org]), the open video archive of the U.S. Congress, OpenMeetings.org hosts and welcomes submission of conference recordings and formal proceedings. &nbsp;Project goals are to increase availability, discoverability, and liberty to comment on archived meetings as to improve the degree of informed civil discourse across a broad range of social issues."</blockquote>
-<blockquote>OpenMeetings.org is a video transcription and annotation platform that features full-length recordings of meetings that span a broad range of social issues.  Project goals are to increase availability, discoverability, and liberty to comment on these archived meetings.  The project, inspired by [http://metavid.org MetaVid (metavid.org)], was launched in June 2009 and is built from entirely free and open source software.</blockquote>
 ==Operation details==
-OpenMeetings.org is currently run as a sole proprietorship by George Chriss. &nbsp;The project [[OMwiki:Submissions|welcomes submission]] of recorded, open-to-the-public meetings for the purpose of crowd-sourced transcription and annotation.
+OpenMeetings.org is run as a sole proprietorship by George Chriss. &nbsp;The project [[OMwiki:Submissions|welcomes submission]] of recorded, open-to-the-public meetings for the purpose of being transcribed and annotated by volunteer editors.
 The project was launched on 7-June-2009 and hosts a [http://metavid.org/wiki/MetaVidWiki MetaVidWiki] instance known as "[[Main Page|OMwiki]]". &nbsp;(MetaVidWiki is an extension of [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/ Semantic MediaWiki].) &nbsp;All content and software tools are free/libre as detailed on [[OMwiki:Copyrights|Copyrights]]. &nbsp;
-We are aspiring to become a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
 OpenMeetings.org should not be confused with [http://www.openmeetings.de/ openmeetings] open-source web-conferencing software.
+===To do===
-==Online Social Networks==
+:*Update and separate-off budget info to a new page.
-OpenMeetings.org has the following social networking sites:
+:*Update ownership/partnership info as soon as known.
-:Twitter
+:*Copy information into [http://xml.gov/stratml/index.htm#DefinitionPurposes Strategy Markup Language (StratML)] format and develop an explicit strategic plan, mission, developer network, etc...
-::Follow at [http://twitter.com/openmeetings @openmeetings]
-:Identi.ca
-::Follow at [http://identi.ca/openmeetings @openmeetings]
-::Join the group at [http://identi.ca/group/openmeetings http://identi.ca/group/openmeetings]
-:Facebook
-::Join the group [https://www.facebook.com/pages/OpenMeetingsorg/123546206768 here], administered by [[User:Robchriss|Rob Chriss]]