Monday, October 1, 2012

###Shannon###
* Goals: Get materials out for BOD meeting, balloon mapping tomorrow, barn raising (woohoo!), letter for Cindy, 4S presentation, fundraiser job description, website eval w/ Chris
* Accomplishments: OHS done, accounting pretty much done, annual report

###Stewart###
* BAAMA article, desktop spectrometer, archive updating/metrics
* LA maps wrapup

###Adam###
* Accomp - bought plane ticket to NOLA
* Goals - retail support

###Mathew###
* accomplishments: no longer in computer hell, not much else-- a little retail support, 

###Jeff###
* Goals: final outreach KS, vacation days, spectrometry debugging and features, 

###Liz###
* Goals: A lot of things to do
* Accomplishments: Survived the last 4 days of workshops, meeting w/ Design Trust- possible parallel to oil spill toolkit, which might be garden toolkit (Farm Hack, Farm Concrete- already discussions)

###Questions###
* Retail report done?
  * wednesday due
* Final receipts?
  * retail receipts still need organizing, right? -mathew
* Jeff- accounting questions? - upon return to MA
* next kickstarter -- point person? Jeff can do the video... but doesn't want to run the campaign.
  * thermal flashlight 
  * Look at these as full/part time staff) roles: 
    1. video: 1 month, october -- Jeff
    1.  bulk ordering/sourcing and assembly (6 months) -- sourcing and pricing for 100, 1000 or 10,000 units known before launch
    1.  updates/promotional events (40 days)
    1.  comments and messages (3-6 months) 
    1.  outreach to blogs and press (40 days)
    1. Fulfillment of rewards 
  * Thursday- deadline for decision
    * i said i think we can ship an arduino-based kit by christmas but we can debate that. A custom and completed device, definitely not. More like March/April. But we can ship a certificate or something earlier.
    * what if its a different person running the campaign? i mean so peeps dont think we are launching a new one before shipping the next one
    * another thought -- just sell an arduino shield as base reward
    * and not sure if we can wait another year for cold weather
    * we don’t have to do another kickstarter for months, dont worry! this one is a much simpler project
    * that’s the “completed device” version. a “kit” would be the early-shipping version
      * http://thermographer.publiclaboratory.org - and pre-calibration idea -- “hold up the flashlight to the camera to “read the calibration””
    * no, 3+ per year kickstarters is good idea - lets

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