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2019-03-30 Our Networks Planning Call

πŸ“… Date: Sat, Mar 30, 2019 @ 1:00-2:00pm
πŸ™‹ Participation: meet.jit.si/ournetworks and calendar
πŸ““ Notes:: https://hackmd.io/thUKLLPMQSan3mRo2d6bGA?edit
πŸ‘ͺ Attendance:

  • garry
  • sarah
  • dc
  • ben

Agenda

  • Old Business
    • Dawn to follow up this week on venue
    • Ben to sort livestreaming with patcon for March 28 meetup <-- dc: we discussed tracking on GH issue once I followed up
    • Dawn update readme and calendar with new less tentative dates
    • Garry to tell ben about dweb publishing & automation (end-April)
    • Dawn move over the p2p issue in 2018 repo
    • Sarah to set up next grant doc
    • Sarah to check on grant results deadlines
    • Sarah review sponsorship package
  • Standing Business
  • Other Business
    • Venue Update
    • Milestones/dates
    • Existing sponsor outreach + looking at sponsorship package
    • Website and Conference look and feel, aspirational vibing
    • CFP check-in

Notes

Meetup

  • need to make it more conversational early (not after!)
  • 2 hours a short amount of time
  • dealing with livestream?
    • flow: microphone enabled
    • screen is blown out (quality with camera?)
    • split by talk
    • using wifi choppy, post will be local capture so avoid some of that

Venue Updates

  • Email: Gamma Space working on Friday
    • single track (open space)
    • we have the exhibition room
    • there is the gamma room
    • gathering space
  • Gathering space request after LOA?

Dates (and Grants Deadline)

  • Not eligible for last grant?

    "Any time before the start date of your project or the part of your project for which you are seeking funding. -- incorporated as a non-profit in Canada"

  • Toronto arts council June 4 by latest
  • Ontario arts council June 21 by latest
  • Impact on Milestones 03/22 CFP posted, website relaunch (-27) SHIFT THIS 03/22 Space booked (-27) 04/01 conference open hour #1 (-25) 05/01 2019 website relaunch, marketing materials (-21) 05/15 conference open hour #2 (-19) 06/01 keynote speaker(s) (-17) 06/01 CFP closes (-17) 06/15 registration launched (-15) 07/01 submission decisions (-12) 07/25 schedule posted (-9)
  • Shift CFP closing until July 1?
  • First week July block off for submission dec'ns
  • Smaller/more intentful outreach for exhibition mid-June
    • If we get one of the Arts Council grants, do outreach end of June to invite specific artists to CFP

Sponsorship

  • We sold 100 last year, aim for 150 attendees this year
  • Drop RSVP chair from perk
  • ben: Hand-drawn poster or marketing retractable!
  • Outreach in April for previous sponsors
      • Mozilla? ben connection

Aspirational Vibes

  • Print logo on random assortment of shirts
    • blackout logo with cutout for shirt
    • people bring their own gear?
    • buying thrift shirts is cheaper/similar to new shirts at costs
  • "our networks like our cities built on top of ruins"
  • photocopier photocopy for zine library (filesharing reference)
  • repair?
    • forcing a confrontation between supply chains and infrastructure
  • collect e-waste recycling
    • donated networking things
    • artistic work?
    • related to Ryan's thing at FreeGeek? cc. Garry?
  • use a hopes and dreams GH issue
  • How to do in-kind work together
  • This is our public space, drawing on that energy
  • From our CFP: "draw on history and place to bring our fullest imaginations to this moment; and open ways to think these questions together as we build transitional forms."

Upcoming Topics

  • CFP check-in

TODOs

[Move to/Update project issues from this list]

  • dc: final clean up of sponsor package
  • dc: regig of milestones
  • ben: ping Mehan from Mozilla about sponsorship (after venue secured)
  • ben: finish off meetup repo with livestream things and upload videos