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!
Wednesday’s Meeting Minutes 5/5/10:
The most pressing thing is to really finish up getting the venues to commit, and then start really going through the bands and listening.
Ann Marie suggested that we divide up the bands, w/ some overlap, and have everyone listen to theirs (and as many more as they want). If you want to be involved in that process, email back.
From there, we’re thinking of offering packages for different venues, tailored to what they would like/would appeal to their audiences. So keep in mind groupings of bands/genres while listening. This way, even if the venue wants to “plan their own” they’ll have a good smattering of bands to choose from, that aren’t all over the map and overwhelming in number.
We also discussed when we’d have an idea how many spots/when those spots would be for the stage. We’ll follow up with Art and Josh to find out what kind of timeline they’re looking at.
Attending: Britt Foxworth, Mark Daumen, Xopher Thurston, Aly Khalifa, Beth Khalifa, Mica Khalifa, Ann Marie Baum, Mary Ellis
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.
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.
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