Originally, the idea was that each kata would be an exercise for architects/groups to do, and I sort of had the idea that the more “fresh” (in other words, unprejudiced or uninfluenced ahead of time) the participant was, the more effective the exercise. If such a network would give people ready-made answers, I’d worry that we’d be degrading the efficacy of the exercise. But if the network was somehow supporting it (and I don’t know exactly what I’m asking here, just thinking out loud), then heavens, yes, that’d be a good thing.
As for involving those other organizations, frankly, if they thought picking this up was a worthwhile exercise, I’d be all for it. The more the merrier, unless they want to start changing it up to be something it’s not. Then I’d get grumpy.
(I still own the website, though. At least the “official” one, anyway. I put a lot of hours… er, well, minutes, anyway… into building that. ;-) )
Ted Neward
Author, Speaker, Mentor