April 2024 Organizer Meeting

IETF Summer Week

Timeframe:

Backcasting from a mid-May registration

To Do!

• Name & frame the week (Ideally DONE by May 6!) (Brainstorm in This GDoc)
  • Naming - Boris has a handwritten list, highlights of which have been transcribed into the GDoc linked above. T
  • Framing - unearthing the intersections of tech / arts / media / research, leveraging the presence of IETF being in town!
• Plan location/vibe for afterparty Sat, July 27
• Create a consolidated lu.ma calendar where people can add their events
  • Set up a subdomain at dwebyvr.org
• Extend invitation to the network
  • Internet Access

What's confirmed:

• Our Networks in 312 Main on Sat, July 27
• The whole IETF event series; the conference is quite expensive, but the first Sat/Sun (codesprint) is quite open.

Other audiences

• Interdisciplinary arts / tech / media / research

Other ideas

• Get a (physical) badge for attending the week!

Event Ideas

• Film screening:
  • Machine in Flames https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?q=the+machine+in+flames&cat=web&language=english
  • Ninth Floor https://www.nfb.ca/film/ninth_floor/
• Sun Jul 27 - Hack Day (Boris to host, potential)
• Wed Jul 24 - Improv or Standup, e.g. there's a weekly standup sesh at City Centre Motel (Wes' connection)
• Powerpoint Karaoke
• Anything with William Gibson
• Reach out to VPL to do anything that week related to sci-fi, speculative fiction
• Coworking

coFood Collaborative Garden Dinners

Lead: Emily

To Do

• Figure out a budget for snacks / hosting
• Add dates to lu.ma for:
  • Sun, May
  • Sun, June 23
  • Sun, July 21 Kickoff the IETF Week
  • August OFF
  • Sun, Sept 15

Coworking

• Retrospective on past events:
  • The coworking morning sessions at The Permanent were not highly effective and are discontinued.
  • The afternoon sessions dovetailing into Tech Socials will continue.
• Some interest in trying different spaces? Looking for at least one coworking lead
  • Need feedback from people! Run a poll to see if coworking is in demand
• Maybe: look for a paid space to share?

Tech Socials

Lead: Boris

To Do

• Book ahead with The Permanent
  • May 9, 16 or 23
  • June 13, 20
  • July 24 or 25
  • August OFF
• Call for content - e.g. another TFT (Tools for Thought)? (Powerpoint karaoke at Z Space?)

Considerations going forward:

• Charge for tickets and include food / drink?
• Arrange around 'themes' to bring out people interested in specific content that's more specifically DWeb aligned than generic 'tech'?
• Use a name which helps self-select more DWeb folks - "DWeb Socials" instead of "Tech Socials"

Vancouver Hack Days

Recurring monthly rhythm, or every-other-month, would be awesome!

Leads: Wes, Boris

Dates:

• May 19
• June 23 (maybe, date exact TBD)
• July 28 Hack Day at 312 Main

Venues:

• Z Space
• BCIT
• Northeastern University

Materials:

• Tables, chairs, projector, extension cords

DWeb Camp 2024

DWeb Camp planning on - DWeb Camp 2024 Vancouver Cohort

• Idea - people who are planning to go, could collaboratively rent AirBnBs in San Francisco to network after
• A followup event in Vancouver would be fun for people who went, to come back and share what they took away.

Misc Orga Topics

• Logo creation
  • Get a favicon hooked up for the wiki.
• Communications channels:
  • Signal - asynch comms
  • Calendar - events
  • Ghost - to function as a DWebYVR newsletter
  • Discord - connection with wider DWeb network / connect region / threaded chat