Staff call notes 2 6 12
Monday February 6, 2012
Collaborations
- UC Davis interested in establishing Public Lab group
- curriculum? use “advanced” to indicate above high school age group. Modular...
Recent & Upcoming events
Update on RISD workshop
- Improve documentation organization
- code temperature range
- new circuit diagram
- duplication of research notes--how to establish versions?
Scheduling Kickstarter Meetups in March- London in Feb., have heard back from most people- 40 or 50 waiting to come in, have most addresses (counter cartographies- author- around London somewhere)
- how do we show people to use mapknitter, get them into it really fast (big screens, live demos) important to have indoor space to train on mapknitter-(bring projector)
- Bay area--talk to global community monitor (GCM), Boston--talk to TAC, NY, Pac NW (Seattle)
- (NW Global community monitor) (Hanford)
- Initial training to demonstrate how to do the mapping-
- General public come up with potential projects ahead of time in partnership with TAC, GCM, Asheville- see if project from SouthWings can be passed on to PL as potential project sites
- new web interface - I WANT X Mapped... how do to out reach directing towards “map X” site?
- points from geocoded addresses? polgyons drawn on a map?
- kickstarter check in-Modifying cameras? Plan?
- (Mat do you have the swivel receipt?) NO, WILL CALL TODAY
- finalizing deliverables (legal liability (Sh), quick start guide (M), packing list (M))
- london balloon mapping
- white house event-liz/jeff invite http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/inside_my_teen_affair_with_jfk_FGF4aS7OdoQozP4tyySsmK
- Parts&Crafts open lab Saturday--see if students from RISD want to come up to act as assistants?
- potential Economist interview with G-LAM thursday, also need to schedule Time Mag online video feature.
- Air alliance Houston, Houston 20/40
- selling vs. giving vs. lending kits
Fundraising
- Working on EPA EJ grant
Public Archive/Publications
- journal of LArch India - was Jeff’s email recent? yes, it was a followup to a long-ago email, but for an upcoming event
Web
- Palentier note, Warren author?
- liz still intends to do an overview page that links to all our key organization wiki pages.
Organization
- Assurant, benefit packet, id cards, etc
- Worker Comp Follow up--NY CA done.
- W2 paper forms mailed out
- RISD/EPSCOR summer interns?
Field work this week
- Liz let’s get things going with Harlem schools? make plan?
- Liz do you have darkroom access? We have H2S film strips we could put in place in NYC this week.