[BioPython] Invitation for Biopython news coordinators

[Brad Chapman]

Biopythonistas;
Communication is a key component of successful open source projects.
The challenges of distributed programming by volunteers can be
overcome by ensuring that the whole community is aware of
interesting discussions, new contributions, and development goals.
Traditionally, this communication has happened through our mailing
lists, wiki pages, and bug tracking system. While these will
continue to to be useful resources, new methods of disseminating
information are changing how we interact through the web.

I'd like to issue an invitation for anyone interested in helping
revolutionize how Biopython news is disseminated. We are looking for
contributors from the community to brainstorm new ways to make the
discussions that happen at biopython.org accessible. You would
actively follow development here and on the development lists and
distill this information into useful quick bullet points for those
interested in Biopython but too busy to follow detailed discussions.

We are proposing two ways to do this:

- Monthly highlights on our news server:
  http://news.open-bio.org/news/category/obf-projects/biopython/
  The RSS feed from these posts are currently widely distributed around the
  internet.

- More frequent pointers to interesting discussions or other items
  of interest happening in Biopython through our Twitter account:
  http://twitter.com/biopython

This is an opportunity for those of you who are looking to become
more involved, and would like to learn more about Biopython by
following all of the coding activity more closely. The position is
very flexible and we are happy to have one or more people take it
on; we would also encourage you to be as creative as you want in
doing so.

I see this as an chance to both provide information and to highlight
the great work people do at Biopython. If you are interested in
taking on this role please respond with your ideas. Thanks for your
interest,

Brad