This page holds the schedule for the March 25-27 workshop -- 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

Friday, March 25, 2011 11:30 Meet at New School for check-in 3:30 Head to Whitney to set-up for Trade School 7-9pm 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 8:30-10:30 Project updates and discussion, general organization business that needs to be discussed (Shannon and Sara) 9:45-10:30 Liz presentation at http://csds.pratt.edu/ 10:30-1 nonprofit discussion (1.25hr- Shannon), C4fcm (30min-Jeff), Consensus and voting (45min- Mathew) 1-2 lunch 2-3 For profit/retail discussion (Mathew) 3-4:30 Online tools (Jeff and Stewart) 4:30-6 Working with the Public (Shannon and Liz) 6-7:30 Dinner break 7:30-9 Education (Stewart and Mathew) 9 Drinks at ____________________________

Sunday, March 27, 2011 8:30-10 Research- Sara and Shannon 10-11:30 Outcomes- Adam 11:30-12 quick lunch 1-6 Gowanus Canal workshop 6-8 Dinner, fall conference discussion (Shannon and Sara) and wrap-up

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