Staff call notes 5 31 2011
(Stewart and Jeff present)
Public Archive
Posters!!!
- edit cycle more efficient, firmer deadlines, much less protracted feedback/edit period
- new publishers? not returning calls
- name suggestions? “Grassroots Mapping Forum”, “Grassroots Mapping Reader”,
online archive feedback from C4 meeting, lots to do
- permalinks for map views - scroll to one location in the map, and embed just that view
- new view template for a full-screen embeddable map, that reads the hash permalink
- timeline view (maybe just for nearby maps) that loads other layers
- remove zooming/scrolling in /maps
- sort-by “state name”, recency, license? date?
- search maps: http://publiclaboratory.org/search/node/type:map%20chandeleur
Fundraising
- Lindbergh grant (jeff is back online after weekend and will help out where possible, tell him what to do)
- set up bank account for SIP (and others)
- backup plan for SIP, put it in Shannon’s account, then a new WePay account, open a nationally-available account after a little more deliberation (Chase, BoA)
Field work this week
- Adam, UV/IR camera late - arrives maybe by Friday? too bad
- Shannon, Bayou Dularge, LSU
Collaborations
- Wan-Jean, letter of support, CV due June 1 (done, working out details soon)
- beam domains - Liz applied for the Aug dates. Stew think he could maybe ask about late july/Aug as well
PLOTS: the organization
- BOD agreements sent
Recent & Upcoming events
- PDF - posters ready? - print out a prepress one, but printing will prob. occur by the following week.
- can accept online orders, have a /poster
- GC advisory panel >>> Shannon this week >>> Stewart
Website and software
- remove Reports entirely and migrate them to “notes” with “featured” tag
- Mission statement done, online at /about
Next meeting at 10:00 Eastern on Friday 3rd of June