Archive:Board09/2009-08-12

=Details=
 * August 12th, 2009 1pm EST
 * Conference Call

=Attendance= =Notes=
 * Ducruet
 * Higgins
 * Donovan
 * Moskowitz

Website Refresh

 * wiki integration


 * Change "Chapter News" > "News"


 * Add Free Culture News?


 * How to integrate video


 * investigate cool WP plug-ins (specifically with an eye towards dynamic content)


 * Ben will install TwitterTools

CONTENT IS KING

 * Blog Posts: increase frequency up to 2x/week


 * Chapter News(featured)


 * Real-time discussion: view of either of twitter (cultivate #freeculture) or of Forum/fcdicuss


 * Free Culture News: get in sync with Conley (talk about which issues we would make commentary on)


 * Videos:
 * blip.tv videos from the conference
 * Free Culture channel on Miro
 * Player that supports .ogg and .mp4 (Ben to look into a partnership with Kaltura?)

Fostering Community Dialogue

 * Twitterfication (Ben to set up twitter action)


 * Identica (Parker will investigate integration)

New Chapter Certification

 * Draft a new e-mail to new chapters - respond to the 3 new chapters (Parker>Alabama, Kevin>Kenya, Christina>GWU)
 * Message: Welcome, schedule a call for general QA


 * Christina to reach out to web team to get in sync with web team on their workflow

What would the ideal process look like?

 * Draft a form letter


 * Then we speak with them on the phone


 * Then we send them "Year Zero" - (launch September 1st) wiki.freeculture.org/Year_one


 * Christina to create 11x17 posters for events


 * Get group to come up with a list of people who we could reach out to in advance to ask if they would be willing to speak at chapter events - break out the list by region. have bios in advance - 200 words. also have their availability.

Reaching out to existing chapters

 * One time early in the year to let them know what we are doing (September)
 * After the first call, create internal announce list for "all-org" communications that should not go to the public. "In order to be eligible for travel grants for the next conference your chapter needs to be on the internal announce list"


 * One time mid-semester for news (October)


 * Update contact information for each chapter following calls / review or remove dead chapters

Procedural Notes

 * Grant proposal: could we get sponsored by a Linux provider for the OU project. Re-open the list and add people.


 * Capacity: Research assistants, web developer to do open university,


 * 501c3: mystery bank account - Driscoll will initiate bank account and fill out paperwork in CA.


 * Bad processes/workflows/things to kill -- make a note and break out later


 * Good processes/workflows/things to revive -- compile list of old campaigns, after, review for ones to redo

OU Campaign

 * Ben to go through the list of partners and call for them to sign off on it / get their involvement as advisors


 * Need separate meetings for OU (including the people on the OU list)


 * Put a call for help on the blog and circulate to get as many hands on deck as possible: statistician, point system expert, etc.


 * OU Call at 1PM tomorrow