NPC PMC meeting, May 22, 2010
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Send out call for orgs: what are you doing, what do you need, can you provide volunteers, what equipment are you brining (can others use your stuff)?
Recruit Volunteers and Point People (4-5 hour shifts starting on Tuesday) Possible Shifts (this is totally off the top of my head…):
- 6 am-9am (just folks doing briefings—open up)
- 9am -2 pm (first point person starts—goes to 3pm; needs lunch)
- 4-5 volunteers (half info/problem solving; tech support)
- 2 pm – 7 pm (second person starts goes to 8 pm; needs dinner)
- 4-5 volunteers (half info/problem solving; tech support)
- 7pm – 2 am (late night person—closes up)
- 2-3 volunteers (tech support and problem solving)
Space/Floor Plan:
- Spaces (briefings, training, workshops, skill shares)
- Stations (radio/audio, video/TV, tech/skill-shares, Doc/Eval, Newspaper)
- Office/storage space; info table should be near here (can also check out equipment)
- Scott: forgot to add this but would like to have a “news stand” were folks can distribute their media
- Chill space (something was talked about earlier—like a small café/networking space)
- Need to secure more dividers for the office space and trainings (Adele)
PMC Basic Needs/Budget
- HDs and Media Server $3000
- Switches, cables, other tech stuff $2000
- Signage, meeting supplies, etc $1000
- USSF TV Station (3 cams, computer) $5-10,000
- Newspaper (at least two issues) $1500
- Backup dedicated DSL line $300
See different, but related ICT budget
Orgs we know are coming (please add more!):
- May First/People Link
- On the Commons
- Progressive tech project (Josue)
- Prometheus Radio Project
- the Media Consortium
