Staff call notes 11 4 2011
all 7 present
Friday, November 4, 2011
Fundraising
- AAA grant (Anthropology and the Environment Section - A&E) for $2000?
- "Affordable Hydrogen Sulfide Sensing for Gas Patch Safety."
Publishing
- http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/forum-planning - launch subscriptions via kickstarter
- last time to do kickstarter because we are becoming a nonprofit...
- Chandeleur Islands, May 9: http://publiclaboratory.org/map/chandeleur-islands-louisiana/2010-5-9
- template looking good, need ~300 people to break even
Collaborations
- East Harlem general number (212) 831-0650, ask for Carlos Velasquez
Recent & Upcoming events
Public Archive/Web
- http://publiclaboratory.org/about vs http://publiclaboratory.org/getting-started
- rotating window of bios of community members ... recent posted content?
- history (page or section)
- vs. /join, vs. /contribute, vs. /user/register - consolidation!!!
- new http://publiclaboratory.org/dashboard
- Twitter/FB links on Research Notes now
Organization
- Health Care - delayed until January 2012
- Office Space? a few small orgs in NYC getting together (HealthXDesign, http://nijel.org/) $214/month
- Q2 budget team: shannon, liz, jeff, ASAP
Field work this week
- Gowanus - no on-site aerial mapping of “Public Place”, but good independant crew Eymund, Gena, Hans
- http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/video-spectrometer, http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/video-spectrometer-construction