November 2 meeting: Mat, Jeff, Adam

GM Forum Kickstarter launch @ thanksgiving (MONDAY, 11/21)

• stickers + T-shirts for sale
• mention in video kits are coming
• 1st week of december, spectrometer, balloon kits for sale.

GM Forum printing-- December 10th ish? (leaving 4 days printing 10 days for shipping before xmas)

Mathew: Leading on getting Now objects up and printed and available, will get in touch with Christina @ Breadpig

Jeff: Leading on getting Soon objects up, starting storyboarding

Adam: Leading on getting legal clearance for what we can offer on Kickstarter

When to talk next about how going to get GM Forum done? Discuss plan on staff call friday 11/4

• get that list of Sections, word counts,
• Next GMF: Chandeleur Islands from May 9th with big slick: http://publiclaboratory.org/map/chandeleur-islands-louisiana/2010-5-9

Salable items

Fulfillment: $3.50 per item through Amplitude/Breadpig

Now

• T-shirts (grey map squares) - $7 printing, $7 shipping, contact Zoo City, get rolling
  • Start working on balloon rising T-shirt along back-- shannon’s design.
• Stickers - $5, we get $1.50

Soon

Jeff taking lead with Spectrometer as our first case study with Parts & Crafts

• Spectrometry kits - coordinate with Parts and Crafts - $15+3.50 at cost - $35 total, we keep $16.50
  • 100 spectrometers ~= $1500, we could try for $1000.
• Balloon kits, $63 each, last count - ready to go, just need to coordinate with Amplitude Fulfilment and Breadpig
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlY4Tg28DhosdG10VU5rVW45d2pTLVBJUFh0cjZHWFE&hl=en_US#gid=0

GM Forum Kickstarter launch @ thanksgiving (MONDAY, 11/21)

• capture membership, sell other shit to them
• video: storyboard: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MGP0bBiP5GPwG9PzzD9uwOIaf1D4JRtpSwg5Hhqp1ZU/edit?hl=en_US#slide=id.p
• overview map, ¾ view cartoon map, with where the trip went
• something like this: https://geoloqi.com/blog/2011/08/hyper-interactive-uses-geoloqi-for-iphone-to-track-balloon-flight-17-km-in-the-air/

GMF workflow:

• divide up grid, pass out google docs to contributors.
• How do we launch GM Forum all at once, with retail-- i.e. donation levels from GM Forum up to balloon and spectrometer kits.

Adam- don’t lose gifts that are donations to our organization that are tax-deductible, this is our big push and make it clear that we can receive donations.

Are people “backers” also members of PLOTS?

• reward can be “membership” -- find out legally what “membership” means
• “membership” vs. being part of the Plots community? - “member of the plots ….” - use Kickstarter’s “backers”, makes people seem like “investors” -- rather than charity-givers/donaters

Kit development

Kites, not ready for retail by end of November, but design should be finalized, sales possible by mid-Dec?

Previous

Retail & Sales

Are we creating educational packages, ready to order? do we want to supply schools (one satellite per child pack?)

Manufacturing

• how much are we willing to engage factories? should we rely on only DIY?
• balloon designs, spectrometer, etc.

Kits

• look for sponsors?

sourcing balloons, kites, retail partnerships

• Amazon
• storefronts

Subscriptions

• maps by order, prints

Fashion

• t-shirts, jackets, etc. can we make something actually stylish? where would you wear a map?