[Design][Cosmo] User Interface for Group management in Cosmo

[Mimi Yin]

Thanks Oren, that's an interesting usage scenario.

On Feb 9, 2007, at 11:55 AM, Oren Sreebny wrote:

> Hi, Mimi (and all) -
>
>>
>> It seems like these groups will stay pretty static. Although on a  
>> semester basis, the people will change. Are there scenarios where  
>> the people in the groups would change on a regular basis? Monthly,  
>> Weekly, Daily?
>
> For this specific use case (students in a course), the group  
> membership has a change curve that is slow at first, becomes very  
> rapid at the open of the registration period for the quarter,  
> settles down again for a while, then changes rapidly during the  
> first two weeks of the quarter (the add/drop/change period) and  
> then is mostly quiet until the end of the quarter.
>
> FWIW, I've been noticing a trend lately that people tend to define  
> groups first as mailing lists (we use Mailman) and then later want  
> to use the same group for authorization purposes for other resources.

Makes complete sense. A mailing list is it's own social group with  
it's own set of social dynamics that translate well to other  
collaboration environments. I think we will want to support the same  
kind of cross-silo experience for contacts that we've been advocating  
for email, tasks and events.

>
> Cheers -
>
> - Oren
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