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
  • http://publiclaboratory.org/income (goes to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlY4Tg28DhosdHd1MHVxVFFhSmN3RV80Y3VvVW5pUEE&hl=en_US#gid=0)

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.