2007-01-25

=Agenda=


 * Decide day for biweekly business meetings
 * Tuesdays?
 * Discuss launch of Free Culture Labs
 * should be paired with incubator project
 * recruitment through CS department (started by Nick)
 * early bio-based project, recruitment through bio dept.
 * recruitment outside of departments
 * Organizing launch of weekly creative meetings
 * proposed name: Free Culture Incubator
 * confirm dates - Thursdays?
 * Cory Doctorow

=Minutes= In attendance: Alex, Mukethe, Eric A,, Eric C., Nick, Herbert, Gwen

Meeting times for the semester

 * Thursdays at 9pm for the "Incubator" meetings
 * Thursdays at 10pm biweekly for business meetings

Free Culture Labs

 * Free Culture Labs is a national Free Culture project for the recruitment of open source software hackers
 * We want to recruit through the CS and Biology departments - in lieu of hackers, perhaps we can connect with Language departments in order to internationalize software?
 * Nick has spoken to Keleman
 * We'll know more once the Science Commons code has actually been released

Working with Activist groups

 * This is tied to a great deal of outreach that we also need to do

Cory Doctorow

 * Mukethe will email Eliza for more information before approaching Doctorow
 * omfg j00 guyz

Free Culture LAN Party

 * Set for last weekend in February, 24 Saturday night until 25 Sunday morning - about 7pm to 3am?
 * Sci 199 - Alex will reserve the space
 * As the date gets closer, we'll find consoles, DDR mats, etcetera

Music Stuff

 * WSRN recording studio
 * Nick will speak to Wren about the studio's plans
 * At the moment, the planned studio does not have space for a drum kit
 * Perhaps work with WSRN to get more money? Find a different space with more room?
 * Once established, perhaps we could act as a liason between the studio to record under CC licenses
 * Outreach to Antenna Alliance as well?
 * The $400 Box!
 * Two-track recorder; we could set up in Olde Club in order to record live shows
 * Ben will write the proposal once Eric sends him the relevant information
 * Free Culture DC++ server?
 * Both Eric and Nick have spare computers that could be dedicated to this
 * See also Music Campaign Spring 06