Rachel: Call Detroit Public Access station this week to do cover's for the forum and do local distributors for orther public access stations. [Contaced Adele Nieves]
Scott: Needs significant media to cover the forum. Get peices out there before the forum actually happens.
Find out what you're going to be doing at the social forum. There are a lot of volunteer opportunities. There is also going to be a newspaper for the social forum that you can work on.
There is a list of potential workshop on the wiki page that you can work on, just put your name next to it.
Need for help with the printed program to help with all of the workshops. [Contact Veronica]
Veronica Hill <veronicahill@gmail.com>
Sylvia: Need someone to develop a blog. We have followers on Twitter and Facebook. Would like if bloggers, and writers come in and blog about what's happening at the USSF.
Sista Otis might be a good person/ artist to contact to talk about the forum. (Feature story)
Sylvia: We're not highlighting anyone or celebrity regarding the forum because this is supposed to be about "the people."
Scott: if you know artists or celebrities, contact them.
Norma: Phone: 219-614-7683 Email: thesoundlighthouse@gmail.com
Scott: Need 30-40 people on a rotating basis to attend to the information desk and ont he computers.
On Call: Rachel, Scott, Norma, Charnika Jett, Sylvia, Dawn, David M
Agenda:
- Introductions
- Check-in on past assignments
- New assignments
- Quick announcements and scheduling
- Proposals for next steps
- Website: timelines, volunteers, next steps
Scott: Help with Printed Program! (veronica)
Volunteer for the People's Media Center (4-5 hour shifts) http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Media_Center
Also, propose a workshop or skill-share (just add to the wiki with name beside)
PMC Appeal's Letter: http://wiki.ussf2010.org/images/d/d6/PMCappealsletter.pdf
Focus for next 5 weeks: Getting articles out in traditional and new media (including blogs, etc.). Updating content to website. Look into media outlets to place ads.
Press Kit and Overview:
* USSF 2010 Overview: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Overview_USSF2010.doc
* USSF 2010 Press Kit: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/USSFpresskit.pdf or http://www.ussf2010.org/pressroom
* Zero Waste Press Kit: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/ZeroWaste_presskit.pdf
* Q&A on Labor and the USSF: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3864881/Q%26A_Labor%26USSF-2010.pdf
People's Media Center
http://www.ussf2010.org/pmc
action items: call detroit public access