This page seeks to briefly catalogue innovations created over time in offline and online community interactions. For current objectives and priorities, see the strategic plan for community development.
Related website tags: community
Related program areas of the Public Lab non-profit: Web Working Group, Community Development

2014

• organizers handbook (including undersigning of statements, and nomination of new organizers by sending one's own filled-in profile)
• organizers welcome & orientation email
• organizers summit
• paper research notes
• community cards: "welcome to Public Lab" messaging printed on brown cardstock
• "Ask a Question / Answer a Question" tagging system see all questions
• new, simplified front page on publiclab.org
• barnstar dropdown on research notes
• subscribe to tag (RSS)
• co-authorship of research notes
• in-line wiki editing
• callouts on publiclab.org via @username trigger email notifications
• OpenHour live call events
• barnstar brainstorming
• Event template and RSVP feature on research notes
• international edition of Grassroots Mapping Forum features XXX countries/regions
• regional "umbrella" mailing lists created for northeast, midwest
• plots-spectroscopy list reaches 1000 members, surpassing grassrootsmapping as the largest tool-specific list
• publiclaboratory list reaches 2500 members

2013

• commenting on research notes
• tabbed wiki pages
• toolshed raising event type
• lists created for software developers, education, and writing
• Mapknitter Club / Cartography Collective
• Start a chapter page created
• Guide to starting new projects
• PDF print stylesheets for wiki and research note pages
• research note templates
• publiclab.org launched, replicating all publiclaboratory.org features + adding user dashboard and profile pages
• plots-infrared list launches, along with plots-airquality and plots-waterquality
• publiclaboratory list reaches 1500 members

2012

• creation of organizers group
• creation of /lists overview page and tracking of list growth
• barnstars & publiclab.org/barnstars
• user dashboard when logged in on website
• kit boxes include "Welcome to the community!" messaging
• first sticker printed (CONFIRM THIS)
• illustrated guides translated into 10 new languages
• publiclaboratory list reaches 500 members, surpassing grassrootsmapping list

2011

• barnraising event type
• Grassroots Mapping Forum (print publication for offline data distribution)
• publiclaboratory.org launches, pioneering the "research note" and creating the wiki knowledge base (January 2011)
• publiclaboratory list
• laboratoriopublico list

2010

• grassrootsmapping list