This page is for initial planning for our proposed workshop in mid-winter 2010 -- a smaller meeting of the board and other interested parties. Emphasis on framing PLOTS and planning, not as much on outreach yet.

Some organization has happened on this Google doc page: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssdwfbU8h8l-wh5DOuIrLoqVeJyOMQQbbCtZIDZYyII/edit?hl=en#
###Location Options###
NYU ITP, 721 Broadway btwn Washington Place (5th) and Waverly Place (6th fl) 
<a href="http://www.collab-orators.com/">Collab</a> 304 Hudson Street (6th fl)
<a href="http://www.fluxfactory.org/">Flux Factory</a> 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, Queens NY 11101

###Schedule###

Thursday, March 24, 2011
8/9pm: Drinks at _______ for those in town

Friday, March 25, 2011
3:30 Summit begins
3:30-5:30 Project updates and discussion (1), general organizational business that needs to be resolved, needs input, etc (1)
5:30-7 Break and preparation for Whitney TradeSchool
7-9 Whitney presentation (courtyard?)
9:30 Drinks at ________: Invite Bre Pettis (makerbot, NYCResistor), Michael Felix (makerfactory.com),...

Saturday, March 26, 2011
8:15-10:30 Organizational/Administrative: Shannon, Mathew, Jeff
nonprofit and financial discussion (1)-Shannon
C4fcm (30)- Jeff
Consensus and voting- Mathew

9:45am to 10:30am Liz presentation at http://csds.pratt.edu/
10:30-11:30 For profit/retail discussion -Mathew
11:30-12:30 
11:30-1 Group break lunch
1-2:30 Online Tools- Jeff and Stewart
2:45-4 Working with the Public- Shannon and Liz
4:15-5:30 Education- Stewart and Mathew
5:30-7 Dinner break
7-8 2011 Fall Workshop- Shannon and Sara
8:15 Drinks at ___________ or bed or whatever people prefer

Sunday, March 27, 2011
8:30-9:45 Research- Sara and Shannon
10-11:15 Outcomes- Adam
11:15-11:45 quick lunch
12-? Gowanus Canal workshop
Any ending event wrap-up after Gowanus- dinner, etc?


##Topics##

###Outcomes###
Adam

* action over observation
* remediation
* policy, litigation, and public opinion

###Working with the public###
Shannon and Liz

* workshops
* outreach
* ownership
* "am I a resident?"
* 'spare' time

###Online tools###
Jeff and Stewart

* what's worked and what hasn't
* legibility and image-based communication
* plans for improving publiclaboratory.org
* data archiving

###Research###
Sara and Shannon

* the research process: from first explorations to proven in the field
* documentation -- guides, videos, publications
* attracting collaborators; scaling
* building a research culture & research values
* participatory evaluation planning

###Education###
Stewart and Mathew

* summary of existing curricular work
* proposed classes
* reaching outside the university/school bubble
* working on scales longer than a semester

###2011 Fall Workshop###
Sara and Shannon

* planning
* location
* partner organizations

###Organizational/Administrative###

* Nonprofit- Shannon
* Money stuff- how will we distribute- Shannon
* C4fcm- Jeff?
* Open source hardware license- Mathew