0914 Conference Call

When: 1pm Eastern

Duration: 1 hour

Friday September 14th

Conference call generously hosted by Unicon, Inc..

Call in: (800) 981-8084 Guest code 8861483

Please update this page with your intent to participate if you plan to dial in.

Newsletter will announce the time and place on Monday using announcement on the wiki
- We need to do more outreach / buzz - those who plan to attend should reply to announcement with intentions to attend
- Andrew will pester folks who expect to participate to do lightning talks
meetup site currently is little disorganized - dates are incorrect in some places - Will go out in newsletter anyway and wait for Bill to return to update meetup site
- expand meetup updaters
participants - has some activity but still mostly us until publicized
- add yourself if you can attend
- formal registration will be in meetup
getting registration fee figured out

Make the purpose of the activity ideas page clearer
- encourage brainstorming - Jonathan will handle

marketing
- announcements and buzz
- updates to websites - JA-SIG, uPortal and CAS
- ask FLUID and Sakai to put announcements on their sites
- Unicon web presence - news item, blogs etc and directed to subscribers
logistics / management / administration - Bill and Jonathan
- registration and collecting fees - Bill
- facilitating the event with the venue
  - name tags
  - snacks / food
  - work with venue on rooms and all logistics
  - internet availability
  - hotel rooms
  - projectors, white boards, flip charts
  - power for laptops
- travel arrangements
  - web information
video conferencing
capturing screen shots and screen casts for future use - Jason
- Does a dedicated or communal computer help? easy?
- need to keep costs down to keep fees down