[cdn-nucl-l] How about we build a Canadian nuclear wiki/portal?

[Bill Garland <garlandw@mcmaster.ca>]

Folks,

We have a lot of web sites in Canada that deal with specific aspects 
of nuclear from specific points of view.  Here are some that come to 
mind: CNS, CNS, AECL, utilities, OCI, CNSC, university departments, 
UNENE, consultants, this email list, and so on.  I think we are long 
overdue for the creation of a single web entry point for the Canadian 
Nuclear Enterprise.  It is becoming more and more important that we 
have this SPOC (single point of contact) as we face the issues of 
human resource shortages caused by the upswing in nuclear at a time 
of increased retirements, lack of foreign expertise to tap into and 
the insufficient new blood in the pipeline.  Now it so happens that I 
had purchased some server space for UNENE and my McMaster web 
sites.  The IP provider recently provided with free support of wikis 
and 2 free domain names.  So I registered www.nuclearcanada.ca and 
set up a wiki there.  I set up a skeleton layout to get the ball 
rolling.  As you probably know, a wiki is a site that anyone can edit 
(www.wikipedia.org is the best example).  I am envisioning a portal 
that is basically a list of links to all the various company, 
society, university, government and individual sites that have 
anything to do with the Canadian Nuclear Enterprise / 
Community.   Being a wiki, all are free to contribute as the mood and 
ability strikes.  Others can edit your submissions and fix errors as 
they are found.  We can follow the usual wiki editorial rules.  I 
agree to host the site for now but perhaps it should be hosted by a 
committee or the CNS or UNENE or some other organization that is 
likely to endure and is arms length.  For best effect, it should be 
neutral and as free from bias as possible.

What do you say?  Let's experiment with it and see what shape it 
takes.  Wikis have some limitations - like it will not except file 
uploads from users.  But a portal doesn't really need that.  I can 
manually upload files if that proves necessary.  I moved over my 
Career page from my www.nuceng.ca site as one possible example of 
what the portal can provide.

Bill


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