[nodel-discuss] meeting comments 6th July

[Saul Albert]

Hi All,

Really sorry I missed the meeting. I had weird network issues and Skype
just wasn't working for me.

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 01:19:44PM +0100, julie freeman wrote:
> I had a couple of thoughts on the web dev - I agree with Ilze that it  
> shouldn't be launched unless it's skinned properly. If NODE.London is  
> a focus point for media arts I would think that we need to set an  
> example which means having a highly usable, easy to understand (text  
> wise) site that non media arts people can understand. So limited  
> jargon, and easy access to the important bits (I guess events will be  
> pretty high priority).

Cool - I think I can volunteer some time and effort into skinning it,
which I have some experience of, if someone else will design it.

> It would also be good if the launch coincided with a call to action,  
> to get involved, place a vote, register your interest or something a  
> bit motivating (sorry if this is what you were saying). i.e.

+1

> 	"Bored of the economy? Us too. Let's take the lead with OurCash  
> Node.London's currency. The 2010 Season of Media Arts in London is  
> saying f*ck you to the Bank of England. Sign up here."

I investigated the suitability of OpenCoin for this - and it doesn't
make sense. Launching an event currency only really works for an event,
not as a pump-primer for a longer-term investment. 

I think the gimmick value may be limited, but effective enough, and will
mostly depend on how many shops/galleries/drug dealers we can convince
to accept 'nodes' for the season. Someone also needs to be the bank.

> In fact I think there will be two launches - the populating launch  
> getting people involved and then the publicity launch getting people  
> to attend.

Sounds like a call for nodes and a call for peeps. David already wrote
the call for nodes, which I think is pretty much ready to go out:
http://wiki.nodel.org/index.php/NODE.London_2010_call_for_nodes

> Designers wise - I've seen a few sites done by these people http:// 
> www.jaggeree.com/ they seem super new ( I don't know them ), but it  
> could be an option. They did http://www.rebootbritain.com/ and  
> another, better, young people's conference one but I lost the URL.

They did a great job on rebootbritain - maybe they'd be up for doing
some usability design/html/css... shall I ask them?

Cheers,

Saul.

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