General Meeting Notes March 22
Monday, March 22nd was our First General Meeting for getting our community together to think on what we want to do with SPARKcon this year.
Overview
SPARKcon is the Triangle’s conference and showcase for local talent.
We are dedicated to connecting the local creative community, to show our stuff, and have a say in our future.We use open minds and open-source methods to embrace all we can in a potluck-style event.
Organization
bobbleheads
Sarah Powers
Rachel Berry
Gab Smith
Mary Ellis
Aly Khalifa
fireSTARTERS
Beth Khalifa
Britt Hayes
Art Stone
Josh Frank
Matt Tendam
Structure
new for 2010
New blood – many new organizers and lots of new talent through open calls and open meetings
City Plaza – SPARKcon helped design Raleigh’s new City Plaza through the first ideaSPARK and a series of design charettes. We will move SPARKcon to its home in 2010!
VAE will now be the umbrella organization for SPARKcon.
VAE’s Mission is to o foster the advancement of and provide opportunities for all visual artists, particularly emerging, and to increase community awareness, appreciation, and support of North Carolina artists. This new role will help the event grow, create a year round presence and provide better support and resources for organizers.
Event Schedule
Thurs 16
7p kickoff / ideaSPARK
Fri 17
7a Fayetteville St closed
3p Streetpainting
8p fashionSPARK @ main stage
Sat 18
7a Davie St closed
10a bazaarSPARK
8p multi-SPARKS @ main stage
Sun 19
12p programming @ main stage
Planning Schedule
Apr 19 Leadership/Vision
May 17 Call for Talent out
Jun 21 Plans / Budgets
Jul 19 Final talent lineups announced
Aug 16 Programs complete
Sep 13 Final touches
Group discussion – introductions and SPARKS for 2010?
Back for 2010
Fashion, music, art, graffiti, gaming/interactive, poetry, idea, dance, film, bazaar, tasty and sip
New for 2010 (with leadership, vision and a committee established)
Circus, giggle
Great ideas that need leadership, vision and a committee to move forward
Garden, design, grey, play/theatre, might be more out there!
How do we define success?
More definitions of creativity are established, Continue past successes, testimonials, grab feedback from twitter, cross pollination between SPARKS.
Best Practices – communication
Each SPARK will be able to update their own web-page and keep accurate meeting dates and minutes on the site
If you are going to make a new Facebook site – make it a fan page
Give access to twitter, facebook, etc accounts to bobbleheads for future continuity.
Organizer’s corner
On SPARKcon.com there is a link to a resource page at the bottom left corner. This page will have branding information, best practices, general meeting notes, information about how to update the site and more.
8pm: General meeting adjourned and Small Group meetings ensued.
