Portland 2008

De-brief Online

 * Please submit your comments here - what worked and what could be improved for next year's event!

What worked - sun, speakers, booths, music (except the last musician), interviews, T-shirts, banner, location

Could be improved - do a video shoot demo of a person learning at each booth, need more people, need more publicity, involve KGW since their studio will be on the square, covers for the tables

Observations from Russell

 * I was perhaps not surprised, but a little disappointed by the turnout, and without a lot more expensive publicity I am not sure next year would be substantially different being, as we are, somewhat dependent on people walking past. Which makes me wonder if the expensive parts are worth the expense.  Are we getting bang for the buck?


 * I noticed during the event that we had the speakers speaking to the camera. That made me wonder if the bigger part of the audience we had for the event was on television.  Maybe next year we should just shoot video in advance and broadcast it that day or something.  Then either not have the live-in-person event, or make it more a party thing and less a teach-in.


 * The music should have been louder at the beginning and then softer at the end. Part of the idea was that music would attract people to the square.  The very nice guitar music was too quiet to serve that purpose very well.


 * Oh. I had another random idea: A poem contest on the virtues of the Internet or something.  People vote for the ones they like best.


 * On a positive note, the network seemed to work well. I didn't hear any complaints anyway.  City of Portland IT guy (Adam?) and his precut precrimped cat5 lengths made for a much less painful setup than I had imagined.  If we do the Pioneer Courthouse Square again, a reprise of the DSL service would be recommended.


 * For participants, one other lead I had that I didn't have time to followup this year was OHSU, which apparently has some kind of grant for developing online health information resources. Again, I didn't follow up on it, but I have a name somewhere on my desk or ???.


 * --RussellSenior 19:06, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Observations from Karen K

 * I think if we have more time to promote the event we will have better attendance in 2009. (The tactics were good, but the timing couldn't be helped this year.) I really enjoyed working with everyone and think we got a lot accomplished for our first OneWebDay PDX efforts!

Coordination meetings

 * Location One-Economy Office, 920 SW Third Avenue, Suite 400, 97204
 * btw salmon and taylor

The meeting on 9/11 will take place via conference call from noon to 1:15; The number is 503-823-9322 Conference participants call the above number and they are automatically connected on the conference call.
 * Sept 11th (Thursday) Noon


 * Sept 18th (Thursday) Noon (Invite Booth Volunteers)

Pioneer Square

 * Downpayment made $1000 - Carol
 * Reserved from 8AM to 7PM Sept 22nd (actually doing the event from 10AM-2PM not including set up and break down)
 * Power to booths to be provided by Pioneer Square folks
 * Branding, Banner, Signage for Booths and Tables - Cobi working on
 * Tables / Chairs / Awnings - Carol Justice working on this
 * Monitors - Karen Karger - Confirmed price and availability from Maland Presentations.

Connectivity

 * 1) Getting a temporary DSL line through Qwest and Easystreet, 7Mbps down/?? up. Should be installed and working on Sep 19.
 * 2) Personal Telco wifi node, Russell tested the bandwidth and it appears to be 1.5Mbps down (upstream speed is unknown).
 * 3) Cricket Wireless USB cell phone connections (24, 2 per booth)
 * 4) other fiber connection?

Music/Entertainment

 * Taylor Dixon


 * 1) musician, guitar and vocals, with the possibility for live streaming.
 * 2) Option 2: DJ, can live stream
 * 3) Option 3: a music producer, can demo the process.

Other

 * Suggestion (from Russell): Hey I thought of something else we could spend money on: TeeShirts?  Maybe volunteers should wear some matching tee shirt or polo or something with a OneWebDay logo thingie, and then have name tags that identify them and their organization (if any).
 * There are umpteeump t-shirts and hats and mugs available at cost at CafePress. Go for it.
 * Sponsor table for all the sponsors and their giveaways

Schedule

 * Booths: 10AM - 2PM
 * Speaking: Noon to 1PM
 * Music 11-12, and then again 1-2PM

Sponsorship & Budget

 * Follow-up - Ray King, Steven Walling, Karen
 * AboutUs to handle funds, have folks write check to "AboutUs, Inc."

Benefits

 * 1) Acknowledgement in press
 * 2) press release
 * 3) TV event - Portland Community Media's Face to Face:Community Matters with Mary Beth Henry and Ray King will air on the following schedule:
 * 4) 9/13/08 8:00am  Sat    Channel 30
 * 5) 9/15/08 6:30pm  Mon   Channel 23
 * 6) 9/16/08 7:30pm  Tue    Channel 22
 * 7) 9/20/08 8:00am  Sat     Channel 30
 * 8) 9/21/08 1:30pm Sun     Channel 11
 * 9) 9/22/08 6:30pm  Mon   Channel  23
 * 10) Event signage
 * 11) Sponsor booth - to provide giveaways and literature
 * 12) Verbal acknowledgement during presentation
 * 13) 100% non-profit
 * 14) Helping to bring an international event to Portland

Confirmed

 * AboutUs, Inc.  $800
 * Easy Street   $800
 * One Economy $800
 * City of Portland $800
 * ISITE Design $500

In Kind

 * Live Streaming and video coverage provided by PCM
 * Monitors provided by Maland Presentations (Confirmed)

Possible, need to contact

 * Jive
 * Jobdango
 * Janrain
 * Silicon Florist
 * Color Lines
 * Vidoop (rk)
 * First Tech
 * KGW
 * HotPepper

Speakers

 * 1) Dan Saltzman
 * 2) Rich Bader
 * 3) Ward Cunningham - Wikipedia bio, On AboutUs
 * 4) MichaelWeinberg (president of PersonalTelco) can, if desirable, speak about a broadband bill of rights, or something similar
 * 5) Rob Bole - closer

Booths
people manning booths to bring their own laptops
 * Banking: How to Pay Bills Online or How to Bank Online - One Economy
 * Jobs: How to Search for a Job Online and/or How to Apply for a Job Online - Ray/One Economy
 * Health: How to Find a Doctor - One Economy
 * Education: How to Look for a Scholarship Online - One Economy
 * Internet Safety - One Economy
 * Blogging - Steven
 * Microblogging - Steven
 * Wiki - Kristina
 * Mobile Web - Steven
 * Social Networks: Facebook, MySpace etc. - PCM
 * How to share your internet connection with wifi - PTP

Suggested Partners

 * Banking - First Tech or Umpqua Bank
 * Jobs - Jobdango and/or Worksystems
 * Health - Kaiser or Legacy
 * Education - PSU (financial aid)

Topics
* Digital Inclusion Success Looks Like: Individuals that are either truly disconnectedor unfamiliar with the Internet as a tool to accomplish important life tasks.

Next Steps:
I will start to call contacts at each organization in the coming days to get their participation.


 * Online Collaboration / building community online
 * Last Mile Fiber
 * ... add your topic here

== Ambassadors ==
 * Rob Bole -  One Economy  -  503 282 2824 - rbole [at] one-economy.com
 * Russell Senior -  Personal Telco Project  -  503 804 2368  -  russell [at] personaltelco.net
 * Christopher Ley -  Portland Community Media  -  971 255 5758  -  christo [at] pcmtv.org
 * Steven Walling -  About Us, Inc -   360 606 2930 -  steven [at] aboutus.org
 * Ray King -  About Us, Inc  -   503 888 8808  -  ray [at] aboutus.org
 * Karen Karger -  Easystreet online svc.  -  503 601 2608  -  kkarger [at] easystreet.com
 * Mary Beth Henry - City of Portland/MHCRC/NATOA President-Elect - mbhenry [at] ci.portland.or.us - 503 823-5414
 * Sebastian Rodrigues - srodrigues [at] ci.portland.or.us
 * Cobi Jackson - cjackson [at] one-economy.com
 * Taylor Dixon - tdixon [at] one-economy.com
 * AJ McCreary
 * Carol Justice - cjustice [at] ci.portland.or.us - 503-823-2005
 * Raul Torres - raul.torres [at] ci.portland.or.us
 * Jacob Ostrum
 * Bobby Jones
 * Irina Boboia
 * ... add your name here

Attendees

 * Julie Omelchuck
 * Jacob Ostrum
 * Irina Boboia
 * ...add your name here