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As the idea of Pikia has formed, there has been initial concern that there might be confusion between [[PortlandWiki]] and Pikia. Confusion which may taint [[PortlandWiki]]'s current grassroots reputation.  
As the idea of Pikia has formed, there has been initial concern that there might be confusion between [[PortlandWiki]] and Pikia. Confusion which may taint [[PortlandWiki]]'s current grassroots reputation.  


==Call for a Pikia Charter==
Per discussion at April 18, Monday Meetup. We are calling for a charter. A list of who would be interested in pursuing the planning and creation of Pikia. Since the effort strives to be open and transparent, the hope is the list can be visible and available to add.




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Revision as of 04:04, 20 April 2011

Pikia is an entrepreneurial arm of the PortlandWiki contributor team. The essential idea is to form a for profit effort that would in-turn donate a portion of its resources back to the parent project PortlandWiki.org. Pikia's origination comes from the notion, that the existing contributors of PortlandWiki are equipped with skills that are valuable commercially. These talents could be leveraged to provide a bridge to PortlandWiki to professional level resources, while fostering a more robust network of contributors.

Pikia is a play pwiki(pet name of Portland Wiki and wikia (which is the for-profit arm of Wikipedia

Support

Pikia is a way to work on PortlandWiki without having to work for 'the Man'.

In other words, Pikia is a possible avenue of revenue that will allow contributors to focus full-time effort on creation of wiki-based content.


Concerns

As the idea of Pikia has formed, there has been initial concern that there might be confusion between PortlandWiki and Pikia. Confusion which may taint PortlandWiki's current grassroots reputation.


Call for a Pikia Charter

Per discussion at April 18, Monday Meetup. We are calling for a charter. A list of who would be interested in pursuing the planning and creation of Pikia. Since the effort strives to be open and transparent, the hope is the list can be visible and available to add.


War of words!
War of words!