Don’t forget to come to the next SPARKcon General Meeting, Monday April 18th @ designbox, 6:30pm.
There is so much to talk about!
Thanks to Sarah Powers for taking notes at the last general meeting, which you can read more about here!!
We had an amazing meeting for July! All of the SPARKS are working hard and pulling together some great events for SPARKcon 2010. Take a look at the meeting minutes: General Meeting 7_19_2010
The next general meeting will be August 16th, 6:30-8:00 @ Designbox!
Hey SPARK organizers! We have a New Print Promotion Promotion Guide! You can find it in the Organizer’s Corner, Branding section. Or you can download it right here! Keep up the good work everyone! You are all doing an awesome job.
Just a reminder that tonight is the next General Organizer’s Meeting tonight Monday, June 21, 2010 at 6:30 at Designbox (323 W Martin Street, Downtown Raleigh). See you all tonight!
Monday, April 19th was our Second General Meeting at Designbox.
Aly Khalifa went over some basic information about how to run a SPARK—and let everyone know about all the new resources available on the SPARKcon.com Organizer’s Corner. Also, he went over how each SPARK will have access to its own page and calendar on the Web-site. Full instructions are posted on the Organizers Corner (of course, that is where all the good stuff is found) Britt Hayes will be the main contact for web access: britt@sparkcon.com
Sarah Powers announced SPARKcon and VAE are finalists for the What Matters Award, a $5,000 award given by the Triangle Community Foundation. All SPARKers should vote so we can win! http://www.trianglecf.org/news_events/vote_choose_the_what_matters_award_winner/
There will be training in May for those who missed the other training.
April 19 – Leadership
May 17 – Call for Talent
June 21 – Plans and budgets
July 19 – Final Talent – Calls due
August 16 – Programs complete
September 13 – Final Touches
fashionSPARK: Planning another great fashion show, and adding a pre-party at the Mahler. Lots of collaboration with other SPARKS
poetrySPARK: Adding middle school and high school students to their busy poetry reading schedule, also a poetry slam.
stageSPARK: creating an online application to use the stage. Meeting the third Thursday of every month.
musicSPARK: 90 bands have already applied, the committee is meeting every other Wednesday at Humble Pie to coordinate venues. Looking for a larger range of music (lots of rock entries) so spread the word. May 1 deadline for submissions
ideaSPARK: Planning a pecha kucha session and researching venues. Asked for celebrities to talk. Kings has agreed to host the after party!
interactiveSPARK: Still in a brainstorming phase….games, interactive kiosk, web, twitter fountain, game jam.
filmSPARK: Planning a big screening of short films, film jam and a panel discussion. The call for talent will be released at the next social of the Triangle Film Society. Looking forward to a collaboration with fashionSPARK.
graffitiSPARK: Planners are working on a mix up. Keep posted for details.
greenSPARK: Looking into ways to work with the food vendors to eliminate food waste, bike rides, power generating bikes, CAT bus partnership, gardens. Meeting everyone other Tuesday at Player’s Retreat. Also thinking about a giggleSPARK?
designSPARK: Planning a showcase, just getting started, stay tuned.
artSPARK: Planning street painting, paint-out, kidSPARK art activities, PODS installations, photoSPARK.
bazaarSPARK: Working on creating another awesome bazaar for Saturday and possible Sunday.
circusSPARK: Planning workshops, circus JAM, parade, late night after dark showcase, and is worrying about insurance. They are looking for volunteers and a crane.
danceSPARK: No representative, but they are always up to good stuff.
tastySPARK: Expand beyond sip, more street vendors and a tailgate competition. Sip at Marriott? Chef challenge on Saturday? Sunday brunch and farmers market.
We are working on getting everyone’s SPARK committees on a list so we can get more collaborations going and encourage new folks to help.
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