I really like it Lars! Totally doable, (just need the time.)

What are some examples of more complex actions? Making donations and signing petitions are good examples, but they're very simple. These will be really easy for people to do, and will help Ned.com start to have a bigger impact on the world... But what if we grouped a bunch of 5 minute actions as steps on the to-do list of a larger task?

So here's an example that I've been thinking of... What if a heated discussion was going on, and someone made a claim that was hard to believe. A new action might be to find some (independent) supporting evidence for that claim. The difference is that it's an effort that only has to be done by one or a few people, and then it's marked as done, and would need to show up inline with the discussion that led to the request for action.

Some actions are well served by starting a new discussion on Ned. The click for Kireka or Ned team on Kiva are good recent examples of this. But what if we could launch a coordinated effort that actually could result in something more complex like what is described in "Developing a Maker Faire for Africa." What's missing in the discussion format is any overview of what has already been accomplished (without reading the whole discussion.)

I'm feeling a little entrepreneurial spirit these days, and want to create a web site for my town of Hinesburg Vermont, where face to face activities like green-up day could be coordinated on the site. We would have the to-do list: buy garbage bags, get the word out, assign people evenly to different areas, see if any local businesses would offer a donation of coffee and maybe snacks, print out the status and post it on the bulletin board for people who don't spend as much time on the web. Each one of these tasks is something that anyone could do in the town, if they had a way of selecting the task, then letting others known when it's done. Anyone could see what remains to be done at any time, and most importantly, everyone would be 'in the loop' on the effort.

The simpler actions are definitely worth implementing sooner... I'd hate to see the more ambitious goals keeping the simpler things from happening, but for me the more ambitious project tracking might eventually be lucrative... which helps me justify the development time.