CZ:Editorial Council Resolution 0014

This is a DRAFT PAGE for a proposed ed council resolution. Once this resolution form is completed, one of the drivers will move it to the Ed Council.

The Resolution

Whereas the breadth of some workgroups is huge, and it makes sense to break them down into more natural subgroups; and

Whereas the academic disciplines have specialties and sub-specialties, there is also an interdisciplinary need for subgroups; and

Whereas having subgroups would encourage specialist experts in these fields to join the Citizendium; and

Whereas readers will be able to use the subgroup categories to focus on articles in a particular specialist field and will help readers come to learn the Citizendium's navigational tools;

THEREFORE be it

Resolved, that the Editorial Council adopt the document "CZ:Proposals/Subgroups" as policy.

Method of Execution

The page CZ:Proposals/Subgroups be moved to CZ:Subgroups.

Discussion

(From the proposal): Since the pilot Chemical Engineering Subgroup was initiated it has added 122 articles and 18 of them have been approved. A good many of those 122 articles include content that is overlapping with the Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Sciences Workgroups demonstrating the potential for interdisciplinary collaborations within the environment of a Subgroup.

Sponsors

Before it is added to the Agenda, these sponsors, but only these sponsors, may edit the text of the resolution. After it is added to the Agenda, it cannot be edited by anyone except via the amendment process.

   * Sponsored by: Chris Day
   * Co-sponsored by Council members: Russell D. Jones, Milton Beychok 

Resolution history

   * Proposed: Jan 16, 2009
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