Hi Brunielle,
"The principle concern for actually getting disabled people to use any online system is accessibility"
Yes, that is true for all disabled, like all computer-disabled (non-web-savy/non-technical people). Would it be useful to have demo's? IMO, the diversity of people can only get involved if you show them what a package does. With acs-subsites and/or dotLRN's communities it should be possible to create several demo-communities. OpenACS Community members could show their achievements and motivate others, if they could be in charge of those demo-communities. That would be cool.
"If we build communities, if we use our own community, if we care enough to nurture the development of a strong collection of people, let's build something for all of us."
"Talli's idea of a Dot.NGO platform would be the perfect catch-all for such little communities."
Is there any documentation on the idea's around dotNGO?
A few months ago I proposed .CLB (dotCLUB) as the umbrella for small communities. Don told me it should be "easy" (for some :)) to tweak .LRN, since it already accommodates small communities. Wouldn't it be nice if we could install openACS and choose packages during installation, just as with Linux. Maybe even choosing package-suites
we would all do a standard openACS install and gat the option to choose for .LRN (university/elementary level), or chessCLB, photoCLB, seniorCLB, womenCLB, serviceWRK, smallbusinessWRK, healthNGO, etcetera. This would make the goals for (small) communities readily available, which might help spread the news/use to all levels of society.
