Drumbeat/WeeklyUpdates/August-16-2010

Aug 16, 2010 Meeting Agenda

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Agenda

• Call for agenda items

• CrisisCamp Pakistan (Heather Leson)
  
  • BBC: Pakistan floods a "disaster of mind-blowing proportions"
  • CrisisCommons.org
  • Recent Washington Post coverage
  • Last week's Red Cross Emergency Data Summit
  • CrisisCommons Day, Sep 25
    

QUESTIONS:

• • • Is emergency social data a good fit for Drumbeat?
    • If so, what's the best way for Drumbeat to help?
    • Next steps?

• WebMadeMovies (Brett)
  • The demo is live! http://webmademovies.etherworks.ca/popcorndemo
    
  • Next steps: Update Drumbeat page (Monday aft)
  • Questions: What are next steps around spreading the word / next steps around innovation challenge?

• Universal Subtitles (Nicholas / Dean) [pending confirmation]
  
  • Update & calls for help on community site and next steps
    

Events

• Any events-related items this week?
  

• "The Drumbeat Awesome Awards" (follow-up from last week's call)
  • Matt has created some analysis and suggestions in this blog post: http://bit.ly/cXIIfM

• • QUESTION: What are our next steps here? Can we issue first award(s) in Sep?

• Web site (Paul Osman)
  • Update on "Batucada"
    
  • https://wiki.mozilla.org/Drumbeat/Batucada

Notes

WebMadeMovies

• Mozilla Labs re-designing design challenge process -- good for us to learn from

CrisisCommons Day:

• need some help in terms of marketing and outreach
• technical support: getting streaming set up
• project management help
  • looking for doers, new media, researchers
  • less about development, more of a learning event

"Drumbeat Awesome Awards" (working title)

• Gather feedback and take another pass