Archive:2005-09-04

4 September 2005, 7 p.m. EST

Agenda
Issues/concerns/suggestions about starting groups -- finding the time, coordinating efforts, flyering, and establishing leadership

Attendance
Nelson, Sid, Nick, Karen, Cameron, Matt Price, Eldo


 * Downhill Battle has offered to provide the physical backend for selling t-shirts, but Battle Cart needs to be installed first on our end.
 * Web team members are needed, as well as any people who can help with our web backend.
 * Nelson successfully recruited around 50-60 people at his events fair.
 * Nelson wrote an editorial on the problems that copyright poses for theater, which drew a lot of interest from the theater department
 * T-shirts have been sold, but not shipped.
 * Currently there are no plans for a national campaign, but ideas for projects done at local chapters could be used by all the chapters.
 * Jimbo Wales is touring around, and we could help him stop around campuses during Spring 2006.
 * Free your PC event at University of Florida was successful.

Ideas and activities

 * Collaborate with groups that deal with fine arts, music, cinema, etc.
 * Approach school publications (creative and news), radio stations.
 * Use media resources (on-campus radio and TV stations, etc.).
 * For campuses that have music subscription services, take a look at EFF's DRM guide.

Other

 * Eldo needs a windows box with NetMeeting.