Meeting notes, 2006-11-11

Category:Sitedev
Silicon Valley Commons Orientation
Saturday November 11, 2006, 10AM - 2PM
Attendees: Leo Romero, Matthew Singh, Leslie Garner, PH Yang, Ian Belvin, Donna Belvin
Notes by Matt & Leo
 
Notes:
Summary: Each participant made a brief introduction and answered questions. Participants were assigned to write profiles of each other. Wiki training focused on basic editing, and how to use the Help resources. We planned & assigned the next steps, and voted for Matt as the facilitator of the next meeting.
 
Introductions - see staff and user pages
Discussion of Outreach
 
*Contacting high schools, high school clubs like Key Club and Interact
*Norcal JEA Journalism Education Association
*Youth speaks
*Make sure students can get community service hours for doing work for SVC; register SVC with schools
*Contact teachers re project, get students involved; Use Stanford as a channel, Stanford New School, Stanford alumni at Public Allies, BUILD works with Stanford students; Foothill/De Anza
 
Misc
 
*Read: Sticky messages--"Loud and Clear: Crafting Messages that Stick. What Non-Profits Can Learn from Urban Legends" by Chip Heath
*Set up a Listserv (via Wikia or other resources)
*Story idea tables on the website, two charts--one for community to edit, one for staff to edit
*Organize formally as a non-profit, resources at non-profit boot camp notes, book(s) from Nolo
*Have crash-course orientation for new contributors
*Do tag interviews, team writing; Iinnovate does tag interviews; see what we can learn from their process
*Starting January 2007, we may be able to use the space next to the Public Allies office for meetings
 
To do for next meeting
 
*Everyone: 
**Send email to personal and professional networks (Leslie is drafting email templates to use)
**Edit the Bradley article
**Write an article
**Think of article themes and ideas - Themes examples: Environmental justice, Youth development, Homeless, Arts
**Subject ideas: BUILD (Founder: Suzanne McKechnie Klahr), Public Allies
**Find and invite a speaker to speak on a topic, or a well-known person; would attract more people to come; would benefit the person/organization--publicity, article on them
*Matt: 
**Contact people at Foothill/De Anza, Public Allies
**Post meeting minutes online
**Email link of Netsquared to group
**Write profiles for Leslie and Leo
**Prepare to facilitate next meeting
***Make agenda (will be getting agenda sample from Leslie)
***Give time to set group agreements, come with ideas for agreements
***Ask for time keeper, notes keeper
 
*Leslie:
**Draft email templates to send to personal and professional networks
**Look into getting BUILD Bayshore office for next meeting
**Send personal email to BUILD and Youth Speaks members
 
*Leo:
**Make Matt, Leslie, and PH meetup organizers
**Follow up with the schools and folks who did not come but RSVP'd yes
**Set up a listserv
**Link minutes to meetup
**Send link to Donna & Ian
**Video crash course - orient others really quickly