Greetings Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG members,

I'd like to announce a new service we will be offering to non-profit
organizations: The Taxonomies Pro Bono Program.

The program matches taxonomists who seek to expand their portfolio of sample
taxonomy work with qualified non-profit organizations seeking the creation of a
taxonomy on their web site with no budget.

This program benefits the organization, the SIG and its members by raising the
visibility of taxonomies in general, promoting the Taxonomies & Controlled
Vocabularies SIG and its members, and helping members gain demonstrable
experience.

The typical service provided by the program is as follows:

* A hierarchical taxonomy of 2-3 levels deep
* In a range of approximately 30 - 100 terms total
* Can be a hierarchy or comprising multiple facets
* The taxonomy will be created remotely (i.e. completely off-site)
* The taxonomy creation project will have a deadline requiring less than
full-time work to create (4 hours or less in a day, 20 hours or less than a
week)
* The taxonomy will be provided in one of the following forms: text, Excel,
csv, or XML
* The taxonomist will not provide continual updates to the taxonomy

Taxonomists who wish to participate in the program must be a member of
Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies SIG and have some prior taxonomy experience
or training. Preference will go to those members who are listed as offering
contract services on the web site. Each taxonomy created under the program is
reviewed by another taxonomist prior to delivery.


For more specific information about the program, please visit the the following
link: http://www.taxonomies-sig.org/probono.htm


Finally, as the Coordinator of the program, I'd like to develop a list of
individuals to call upon when I receive requests for our new service. Note that
there are two levels of participation:

1) role as Creator of the taxonomy and
2) role as Reviewer of the created taxonomy.

If you are interested in participating, please email me off-list at
aroberts_nmrt@... and designate which role(s) you are interested in
(Creator, Reviewer, or both roles).

I look forward to hearing from you.

Amanda Roberts
Coordinator, Taxonomies Pro Bono Program
aroberts_nmrt@...