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I might make one minor switch by moving item #4 to item #5. It makes more sense chronologically if it's there.

Your five sentences are concise and to the point. This makes it easier to convey. Nice work.

In particular, using Google docs and chat will allow your group to write posts collaboratively if you choose to move in this direction. In other words, it allows you to share the editorial responsibilities as well as the writing responsibilities. Does that help?

Using a FB group also makes sense, but it will not replace GDocs for collaborative writing.

Analyzing your traffic is a great habit to get it into. It will allow you to experiment with different promotional strategies and easily check to see if those strategies seem to be working.

Your excitement is infectious.

Recruiting people with different skills is advisable. Communities are formed around people with varying strengths. This also creates a solid foundation for continued learning.

This is good. You might be able to polish this just a bit. Think about how your passion can inspire your recruitment of others. Try to choose words that will both embody your passion and be accessible to your readers. You're very close to this already.

You've really captured the idea of the 5 Sentence steps. Your sentences stand on their on merit and your descriptions only reinforce your ideas. I think the area for the greatest improvement is in Step #4. The blog will not do this alone. Think about other avenues that can be used to spread your idea. In other words, integrate other forms of media into your idea, or at least open the door to this in your proposal.

1c: You might have a solid idea here. How do college students cook differently than other audiences? Is there a way to tailor your approach to this specific audience in order to offer something that does not exist? Do college students, particularly in dorms, have access to different equipment? Can you make these differences a signature for your program?

1d & 1e: Rework these. Try to use 1d and 1e to sell your idea to audience members and people who might fund your project.

Section 2: Use the five sentences to really summarize your project for your audience and collaborators. See the examples provided on the Drumbeat blog entry. Don't bury your lead. The third sentence is really heart of your project. Lead with that one, then build out of that sentence to explain your project. You, like some other folks doing video projects, might want to consider doing this step twice. One time should focus on your process and production planning. The other should focus on selling your idea in a way that might be presented on a one or two page flyer. If you punch up this section, then you'll have something to show folks and encourage them to help. It seems like you still have a long way to go with your project and you'll need some hands along the way.  Some folks working with video might even want to consider combining efforts so you can learn from one another. The production skills are the same regardless of the content so if your primary goal is to acquire these skills then figure out a way to make this manageable.

Watch the grammatical issues. If you have coaches, then it's also likely that you have "teams" rather than "team." 

How do they do this? Is it just through the use of comments or do you plan to open the blog up to become a collaborative blog?

Are you sure? I might avoid making claims about being the first unless you are absolutely certain.

Figure out a way to bring people in instead of relying on stumbling. Promoting your work should be part of this plan.

The concept is excellent BTW.

I'm not sure that Diigo will help too much, but maybe I'm wrong. I'd like to see how these things will come together in your prototype.

I'd change "print" to "text."

Extend by acknowledging that this multimedia approach allows users multiple entry points and encourages the spread of your content. I might suggest looking at Henry Jenkins' work on the concept of spreadability.

I see the aspects developed by one member of this group, but the aspects we discussed for the other group members do not seem to be integrated into this prototype yet. Developing certain areas of content for all collaborators is a necessary next step.