May 31, 2010: Online Work Bee

Agenda

~~Ben ... Contact David ... by tonight~~
~~Ben ... Post notes to the groups and the wiki (and put a link in the newsletter) ... by tomorrow~~
~~Ben ... resend message to the band Sol Seed via MySpace ... by next call~~
~~Ben ... send out May newsletter ... before the end of May~~
~~Ben ... finish stubs on SpaceWiki for the 7 NewSpace companies and their leaders ... by next call~~
~~Brandon ... reply to book group with the link to the video ... by tonight~~
Brandon ... Continue conversations w/ book club people ... by tonight
~~Brandon ... go visit Clackamette Park to see what we could do there for the Solstice Party ... by Tuesday~~
~~Brandon ... send email asking to get registrations for NewSpace 2010 comped ... by tonight~~
Brandon ... send out request for co-conveners for September Equinox time-frame ... by next call
~~Shelley ... send reminder/relocation email for the June 5 service ... by next call~~
~~Shelley ... create format for program ... by next call~~
~~Shelley ... buy groceries for service meal ... by next call~~

Booth people don't need admission passes
- But we can get one comped and use it to go to a few sessions
- Going ahead with this!
Get the new website skin & some caricatures up first, then hit people up for sponsorships
Should we say "SpaceWiki is a project of the SolSeed Movement?"
- Maybe hidden away on an About Us page
- Main page should be "why does this exist?"
  - For newcomers who want to get involved in space-related fields, it's daunting to find the right entry point
  - We want to help people understand what the problem space of space-industry networking is like and get people up to speed quickly
  - Also, serve as useful outlet for people within the community to collect interesting, colorful things, personal stories about the people in the companies rather than PR or objective reporting about the companies themselves
  - Why wiki? Grassroots, bottom-up way to create, creates another example of space enthusiasts self-organizing

We're going to make version 1 of the SolSeed book
Something people bring to services ... and use at own house
Will have children's book, songs, poems, and some stories meaningful to our movement
Self published by August 1
- Except self-publishing companies will probably ask "do you own the rights to reproduce the material?
- Can we hire a firm for the purpose of getting a bunch of different reproduction rights?
Get used copies of any non-public domain material to go along with it? Or just rip out the pages from those source materials and use those to make a less professional book?

Brandon will reach out to a few people on the list, hopefully leading to more than just us and one other person (if that) on the next call

Monica of CST has been promoting SolSeed for us on Facebook
Google Analytics can help us find out how well our outreach is doing at getting people to look at the wiki
- Let's look into it more next time

Shelley ... send email announcing that event will be at our house ... by tonight
Shelley ... clean the bathroom & sweep the back porch ... by June 5
Shelley ... take new photo of the galaxy planter ... by next call
Shelley ... send out invitation for solstice shindig
Brandon ... invite Mathew and Molly to present their ideas for steps toward space at the June 5 service ... by tonight
Brandon ... email the caricaturist ... by tonight
Brandon ... change front page to "SpaceWiki" ... by next call
Brandon ... Continue conversations w/ book club people ... by Tuesday night
Brandon ... put google analytics up on SpaceWiki.com ... by next call
Brandon ... send out request for co-conveners for September/Equinox time-frame ... by next call
Ben ... reserve hotel room @ same location as conference ... by next call
Ben ... revise SpaceWiki main page ... by next call
~~Ben ... ask parents if they're going to the service ... by tonight~~