April 2024 Organizer Meeting

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

Other ideas

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

Lead: Emily

To Do

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?

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"

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

Leads: Wes, Boris

Dates:

Venues:

Materials:

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.

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