Tuesday May 29, 2012
Moderator is top person, let’s shoot for 30 min calls?:

Example: “I spent several hours this week working with Chris F trying to help him write documentation/guides. I hope this will support the goal of greater community self-sufficiency, where community members get more involved in writing documentation, and express expertise. It resulted in some great IR camera guide pages.”
Example notes: (in this case, went in newsletter, too) work with active PLOTS members to write wiki documentation/guides to promote this as a practice, expression of expertise

###Liz###
* Goals
  * planning for June 30-July 1 kite building and solar balloon making workshop. iLAB. (possible conflicts-RPI wed.thur.fri) Matt free Sunday. 
  * workspace - coming up short with enough people willing to take on insurance.--could genspace help and use space for workshop? 
  * report back from using Mat’s solar balloon, 7’. 
  * successful flight by Eymund and Gena, need to get their multiple flights of images from 2012 uploaded. 
  * need to schedule an image uploading and mapknitter training
###Shannon###
* absent
###Adam###
* Outreach with RiverLink to set up kit sharing
* work on website tasks that I am point person on
* set up mentorship with Beverly Pierce (details in e-mail to follow)
  * Purpose: image fish kills in the shenandoah river, $3,250 ($750/day rate). 
###Stewart###
* Meet with Jeff to review some design decision in map publishing and the archive storage
* Goal perform Gowanus research paper analysis this week
* Goal to improve or standardize wetlands mapping, need research meeting
###Mathew###
* Goals
  * discussion on UAV ethics one evening this week... will kickstart a doc
  * receiving report back on cost of subscription distribution/printing for forum
  * kite/balloon futures writeup... solar balloons, kites, alternative lifting gasses, summary.
  * annotated maps note... jump in.
###Jeff###
* new local lists - add registration opt-ins, pls add me as a moderator to your lists
* pirateship space fees
* farmhack/PLOTS interlinking & collab (not “scooping”)
* organizers list kickoff this week
* Spectral Workbench and MapKnitter unified login system with publiclaboratory.org (need awareness & help from web team esp.) - research note/announcement coming soon
* spectrometer backorder (close sales for the time being)
* next “Data KNC” - ideas coming together and will present soon for review -- possibly request funding for staff positions for web development and sysadmin +1 +1
* “annotated maps” thread-unity - Catherine D’Ignacio/C4, RJ, Zeega (KNC winner) - please jump in or even take over -- case studies Gowanus “plume” and farm hack mapping (possible think about rifle--and Rick Rolles--he has lots of notes already written and wants to annotate. http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/5-15-2012/annotated-maps-roundup (possible convert to mailing list solicit & newsletter topic?)

###Sara###
* Goals
* Publications: Draft 4S paper, H2S abstract; materials for France in Dropbox
* Outreach: continue PLOTS providence development: mailing list, follow up workshop, interest in NIR workshop, update on workshop--3 hours not really enough time--better to do two one making, one imaging
* Fundraising: Finish Claneil LOI-Budget help?, draft Cedar Tree toxics version
* Research: H2S next steps--bags made/send strips?, Thermal Flashlight next steps--annotate the code so none-programmers can understand how it work/thermal image archive (glowdoodle?), get designs from workshop into Public Lab -- organizers list, tool dev timeline, how to lead workshops? Creating connection-with website at the sametime
* Website: Tool Dev. Redesign/subscriptions changes--how to enact this?; sys admin-hire next steps?
* Presentations: RPI talk Mat and Shannon

###Questions###
* where does check go? PLOTS P.O. Box
* who volunteers to find homes for the workshop brainstorming notes from this call? github, email organizers list - sara & liz
* have money from selling kits over the weekend--where to send how to give to public lab?
  * deposit into WePay: http://publiclaboratory.org/donate “accepted as cash for kits”

###Meetings###
###Miscellaneous###
* near-infrared - connect Sara’s folks with FarmHack folks directly and via website

* workshop leading suggestion: have working thermal flashlights so a workshop can break up into imaging and construction groups
  * another: maybe separate brainstorm/pushing envelope vs. just building in well-established way
  * another: have a “designated documenter” (DD) and use that moment to intro the CERN OHL and capture the excitement of participants into long-term engagement. 

* Meta: tackle workshop teaching techniques as part of:  http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/tool-development-timeline 
  * create a “Workshop brainstorm” page? 
  * first step: pose clear questions/challenges you’ve faced and solicit input
* http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/host-balloon-mapping-workshop template for tool-specific workshop-leading guidelines

###Newsletter suggestions###
* Format: **Title in bold** - less than a sentence please - http://link-to-more-info...
* less than a sentence please
**Dolores Park Map** (adding link here we have notes and content from the day going online Thurs)
* Spectral Workbench/PublicLaboratory.org unified login system - research note/announcement coming soon with details (jeff)
* annotated maps conversation call-out (ping Catherine D’Ignacio?) - http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/5-15-2012/annotated-maps-roundup