Do communities need boundaries?

It’s great to see the activity on the RSA networks web platform. This has flowed out of the debates and initiatives started here at the Fellows’ day on November 22nd.

We are still only at the beginning of the process of transforming the Fellowship and putting Fellows at the heart of the RSA. Where this journey takes us is one of the big questions for 2008.

• David Wilcox - 05 Jun 2008 1:39pm

  Matthew - as you say, the RSA Networks site is hosting some great projects and discussion, and your emphasis on encouraging Fellows to take a lead has been very welcome. However, it is also pretty clear that most activities require a partnership between Fellows and RSA staff, and most discussions would benefit from *senior* staff involvement, as comment there indicates. This would be particularly relevant on close-to-the centre issues like mentoring new Fellows, making events more interactive, rethinking the nature of membership, and - my particular hobby-horse - making some of the discussion public. I don't think you can do civic innovation behind a login. RSA lectures are now generally public, with associated online resources, - why not associated online discussion? Networks don't flourist in a walled garden. Can we find a place to discuss that and other issues with senior staff now Mick Fealty's open RSA Networks blog is closed? There's nowhere on the RSA Networks site to discuss the programme - just specific projects, and the online system. Sophia Parker has posted plans for 2008 to the OpenRSA blog http://www.openrsa.blogspot.com, so we could do it there, or here. Anyway, wherever we talk, it feels like a good time to re-capture some of the terrific buzz we got from working in partnership on November 22. I hope senior staff will feel as welcome online as they were face-to-face with Fellows.

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