Meeting Notes: 02.22.2010
Monday was our first meeting after GA Organics, and we had a lot to talk about – how the conference went, what we learned from the community, the people we spoke with. We also had a guest visitor – Barbara Stafford, who has a stint with us beginning in the fall. Lady Rogue brought a chevre brie – a gift from Decimal Place – for all of us to share. Delisha brought grapes and apples, and Dr. DiSalvo brought wheat thins. We all nibbled on these delicious snacks as we nibbled on our ideas….
Without further ado, the notes:
Introductions
Lady Rogue and Beth describe GA Organics, review wall o’ swag. Both give pitches, and Delisha gets it on video.
Question (DiSalvo): How do we structure/restructure our relationship with the public using design as a way to have the conversation?
Public act of creation vital
Room for improvement for growBots:
- Need to make the conversation more educational
- Need a better hook for the technologically savvy
- Draft media materials early
// Note: still need stamp
Question (DiSalvo): What would have appealed to engineers?
- Specs and prototypes (Stafford agrees)
Lady Rogue + Social Media
- Set up a hub at #goconf
- Set up growBot Brand
Question (Stafford): What is the next phase?
- Contacting people we met through conference. Next up: FAQ on our site (DiSalvo must review); link should be on next email
- Larger next stage: design and develop activity
Beth describes Food’s Role in the Built Environment and the individuals who gave the talk, all from UGA’s College of Environment and Design.
LR describes Virtual Farmer’s Market
- only harvesting enough to sell
- features like printable PDF abels
- farmer explained concepts instead of techy
Next Steps? Not sure.
- Perhaps have Anna research educational stuff?
- Maybe make mobile design kit + toolset (use a suitcase?)
Collect all contact info to follow up from #goconf
Need FAQ on website; DiSalvo to review
Create pages for describing program + meet the team
Diversionary note: GVU Brown Bag = we liked
LR met someone from Frito Lay who works in robotics and has utilized some of her knowledge in her own garden. // Frito Lay robot garden! Let’s go!
Who else was interested?
- UGA Folks
- Farmers with disabilities
Farming in the classr0om (a.k.a. what Anna learned)
- ways to work with the curriculum
- Farm to School – Gets kids excited about learning
Anna’s impression of #goconf:
- attendees surprised that Tech people were there
- had a conversation with someone who had specific interest in sweet corn
- someone interested in how to make large-scale farming sustainable
- people like robotic scarecrow idea
Ed classes
- people talking were educators; reThinkers (7-15 y/os) are kids in New Orleans
- dignity in schools
- leveraging passion can cultivate thinking
- give kids responsibility
Theory: Islands of Expertise // created by CoPI of CALL grant
- as youth, we develop
- we locate knowledge and filter learnings through them
- e.g. Fashion, developing and developing into rich learning experiences
What are technologies individuals are using? Where are they using them? Would be interesting to map.
Need to focus as we move forward; not quite there yet, but will be soon
- Document opportunities – may mean saying no
- Capture + Move On
Sometime in the next 2 weeks: spend an hour where we put up our ideas on the board. This way we can focus.
We are not going to divide tasks yet
At some point soon, we are going to pick a single idea and run with it. When this happens, we may split into teams to do certain things
Reason: everyone must participate; if not, then investment is not the same
Homework!
- Worksheet for design activity
- 3 sentences for 1-3
- what is this going to be LONG-TERM?
Who is participating in design event again?
April: just farmers
Later: farmers + roboticists
Challenge: step back, breathe deeply, not only what it could be, but what would you like it to be? What do you want to happen after the event??
February 25th, 2010Topic: Day in the Life, Research Log, Uncategorized, growbot Project Documentation Tags: None