2011 PLOTS NYC Summit

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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

The New School: seminar room on 5th Ave NYU ITP, 721 Broadway btwn Washington Place (5th) and Waverly Place (6th fl) Collab 304 Hudson Street (6th fl) Flux Factory 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 (sunken courtyard, corner of 75th and Madison) 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