Archive:2007-08-01


 * A meeting for those interested in volunteering with FreeCulture.org -- come if you want to help!
 * 1 August 2007 (Wednesday), 9 pm EDT (convert to your time zone)
 * in #freeculture (see IRC for help)
 * Volunteers mailing list: Join it!

RSVP
If you plan to attend this meeting, please RSVP here! Please list your chapter, and link to your userpage on the wiki if you like.

Administrative note

 * How to run meetings better
 * Start on time
 * Tools to better communicate meetings
 * Volunteers to remind people of meetings
 * Team or project contacts:
 * Be there (or send a representative)
 * Add your news to the agenda in advance
 * Prepare in advance
 * Attendees: Read the agenda in advance

Web Team

 * Progress on existing projects (see bugs on Launchpad)
 * Bugs closed since last meeting:
 * Progress made on bugs since last meeting:
 * Other accomplishments:
 * Help wanted
 * How to get involved
 * Meetings:
 * Next meeting is ___
 * Net architecture strategy meeting: Schedule TBD
 * Mailing list:
 * Launchpad:

Fundraising

 * Progress on existing projects
 * Help wanted
 * How to get involved
 * Mailing list:

Free Culture Labs

 * Progress on existing projects
 * Opensearch: public domain texts search for college students
 * Swapnotes: interactive open access repository of student e-prints and working papers
 * Help wanted
 * Contact Congress system
 * Package stet
 * Package Gobby for OS X
 * Maintain CULATOR
 * Maintain Free Your PC CD
 * Maintain Free Thesis Project
 * How to get involved
 * Mailing list:

Help wanted
Post requests for help (that are not specific to a team) and new proposals here

Old

 * Blog:
 * (upcoming) New York Times article about FreeCulture.org and open access to research (watch here)
 * This might not be "upcoming" very soon, or ever -- the Education Life supplement was released on 2007-07-29, sans the story on FC.o.
 * Campus concerts
 * With Future of Music Coalition, re: Net neutrality (Rock the Net)
 * With Digital Freedom Campaign re: p2p
 * Wiki cleanup
 * Hill visits

New

 * Blog:
 * (2007-07-25) Sparky Awards video contest for students on information sharing. FC.o board of directors member Karen Rustad is a judge for the contest
 * (2007-08-03) Complaint to Federal Trade Commission about deceptive copyright notices which FC.o signed
 * Outreach
 * Create an entry on Campus Activism
 * Add a mailing list
 * Add an event
 * Add a campaign
 * Add an issue
 * Update entry on idealist.org
 * Break the Inter.net (see iCommons node)
 * "Flex Your (Copy)Rights" (cf. Flex Your Rights)
 * Contest for student papers on access to government information (with Sunlight Foundation / grant)
 * Congressional pressure on universities re: p2p

Log
A log of the IRC chat is available at $log.

Attendance

 * Gavin Baker, University of Florida (alumnus)
 * Nick L., Swarthmore College
 * Asheesh Laroia, Web Team
 * (parially) Mark Sisley, University of Florida
 * (partially) Nelson Pavlosky, George Mason University Law / Swarthmore College (alumnus)

Next Meeting
The next volunteers meeting will be $next at $time (convert to your time zone) in #freeculture (see IRC for help).