The innovation part is over - time to get ready for the presentation and hopefully implementation.
We didn't say much this week because we wanted to see what you guys would do - and you did what we hoped to see - you started organizing yourself. That's exactly what is supposed to happen in this kind of creative innovative application. Some of the organization has been tentative, but at least it's starting. Everybody emailed that they were still in on the project. We need a lot of effort from everybody these next weeks. Sounds like you all are dividing up into teams - working on the model, on the presentation, fleshing out the idea. We still need someone to check with members/representatives of some of the youth groups to see if they think they're members could make use of it.
We're not going to have a phone call this week - you guys have a lot to do. The phone calls are for updates, not for planning. Don't wait till the phone call to bring up an idea you have - put it ont he blog NOW. Start working on it NOW. Since we're just starting this part of the process, not much to update. Is next week sunday night good for people? Say 8:30?
So - get a task - if you don't have one, ask. Look back thru the posts about the locker project and get reacquainted with it. Look for questions that haven't been answered yet. Ask questions, raise issues - - ON THE BLOG. Comment on things, add to the conversation. Don't wait for someone to ask what you want to do. Throw it out there. And be willing to do lots of stuff. Now is not the time to specialize. We have many tasks that need.
Folks from ithaca - the dean wants you to present the idea to the national advisory board when they're here the first week of October. Sounds like some of the other schools are organizing similar efforts. This is a great opportunity - it forces you to have your idea thought thru, the presentation started. You don't have to have the working demo prototype by then, but lots of still images. This way we're sure everyone is up to speed on the project as we talk about it to lots of professionals. Be sure to listen to everything they say. Now is not the time to argue with them or tell them they didn't understand (might be true, but don't say it) - take notes on every comment they make, every suggestion, and especially every criticism. Ask them if htey think it's feasible, how we might get people involved...
Let me know if you can't make the phone call NEXT sunday at 8:30pm eastern time.
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Whoa, national advisory board? How many people is that? How formal are we talking? Dave, we should talk about meeting up to go over this way before it happens.
Next Sunday sounds good, Kim.
are we going back to 8:30, then? I liked 8:00 better but it's no big deal either way.
so apparently I am covering a concert for the newspaper here on Sunday night--it doesn't start until 9:00 or a bit after though, so I should be there for the balance of the call, but I might have to duck out a bit early.
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