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+# Local Offline Collab Research Plan
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+## Goals
+- Better understand the challenges developers have in building tools for offline/local-first/async needs
+- Better understand the end-user needs for offline/local-first/async enabled tools
+- Better understand how IPFS (and the related suite of protocols) can best support developers and end-users in the offline/local-first/async space
+
+## Resources
+- [Collection of videos, reading materials, and projects](https://github.com/ipfs/local-offline-collab/blob/master/Resources.md)
+
+## Agenda
+
+### Collect Use Cases
+- Interview existing partners building tools for different offline/local-first/async use cases
+- Define offline/local-first/async use cases we think IPFS might help with
+- Document and augment existing knowledge about end-user needs for offline/local-first collaboration
+- Collect and document existing knowledge about needs, best practices, and challenges around using IPFS for local/offline tools
+- Connect with external offline/local/async communities
+
+### Define Pain Points
+- Create "state of the union" on IPFS support for top offline/local-first/async use cases
+- Prioritize list of functionality needed to meet common offline/local-first/async needs
+- Track current pain points in IPFS for offline/local-first/async tool development and propose solutions
+- Track opportunities for IPFS to create additional value for offline/local-first/async developers and end users
+
+### Boot WG Efforts
+- Init WG with repo, charter, and core members
+- Create regular forum for Locol WG to sync and define next steps
+- Create research plan and start collab/partner/end-user outreach
+- Form scrappy prototype community for testing pain points and demonstrating best practices
+
+## Timeline
+- 2018 Q4: Boot the WG
+- 2019 Q1: Init research and community
+- 2019 Q2: Use cases and pain points
+- 2019 Q3: Scale the WG
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