WG/Media/Minutes/11022019

Occupy Boston Media Working Group Meeting Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 7pm-9:30pm - Encuentro 5  'Present: Deborah (facilitating), Dan (notetaker), Michael (1st media mtg), Deborah (1st media mtg), John, Matthew, Jess, Josh, Linda, Katie, Bil, Joshua, David (1st media mtg), Mike, Liam, Eli, Rachel, Devin   ^During introductions, if folks volunteered that it was their first media meeting, I made note of that    -Agenda: In addition to the agenda items that were published, we also added to the agenda that we would talk about Twitter, the joint Media/OBIT meeting, the Citizen Journalism Initiative, independent funding source of media, an OBTV update, and what we need to write about    'I Introductions '''  II Twitter Meeting - Joshua   III OBIT/Tech Meeting - John and Eli   IV: OBTV - Matthew  <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">V: Social Media Branding - Joshua  <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">VI: Listservs  <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">VII: Coverage this week  <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">VIII Questions from Jess about Media Structure, Funding, etc. 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We've started out by going around, introducing ourselves, what we do, and sharing about what we see the role of media as 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The password was changed for the main twitter account, which prompted a meeting to discuss the use of the twitter 
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">A few people now act as admins 
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">If people are not an admin and would like to be, they should talk to someone who is an admin 
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">There's also an email-to-twitter system 
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">There's also a twitter-to-twitter system being worked on that will create greater accountability 
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We also held a twitter training program for folks to use the email-to-twitter system 
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We also discussed best practices for using the @occupy_boston twitter account 
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">No livetweeting, unless there's an emergency. Instead, the account can be used to redirect to others who are livestreaming or retweeting 
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Use for retweeting working groups 
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Use for occasional "personality" tweets 
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Discussion about twitter use: 
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Q: Can't twitter use just be automated - can't all WGs have access to the twitter? 
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">A: No, not with the current system. Not everything should be RT'd, because there will be lots of followers lost. We need to be strategic about our use of social media. 
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Q: So there will be instructions mailed out about accessing twitter? 
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">A: Yes; they'll be mailed out to the media list, and could be posted on the wiki 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Website issues - site has failed over past 6 weeks 
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">OBIT demonstrated that they're making deliberate systems choices 
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">They still need to work out bugs 
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Better procedure for reporting bugs 
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">A ticketing system has been developed! (support.occupyboston.org) 
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We have a few people who are direct liaisons between the two groups 
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We learned that there are political implications of tech decisions 
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">And now there are no more crashes! (?) 
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We may discuss moving our own meetings so people are able to attend both Media and OBIT meetings 
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">POI, a Doodle was sent to figure out a good day for new meetings 
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">It will be sent again tonight 
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">OBIT is also getting more involved in twitter 
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">OBIT and Media may host a joint community gathering in late March about political implications of tech and how our tech reflects our values 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Three tapings 
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Traditional interview (20 minutes) 
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Interviewees have included members of MA legislature, homeless occupiers 
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Listed on pegmedia! 
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Will also start doing investigative journalism in conjunction with Occupier 
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Another initiative: Arts for the 99% 
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Occupy News Network is another “TV” group associated with OB 
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">They’ll be meeting later on to coordinate a bit more 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We should have more consistency across twitter, Facebook, website in terms of appearance 
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">For example, we should have consistent "taglines," like "we are the wicked pissah 99%" 
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The person who made the website header may also be able to make a twitter and Facebook template / icons so we're consistency 
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Discussion: 
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Consistency: 
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Mixed feelings 
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Perhaps should invoke regionalism? 
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Wicked pissah 
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Not family friendly 
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Doesn't appeal to some readers, such as blog readers 
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We should: Look at what other occupations are doing 
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Mainly have consistency across design and appearance, though, except for special cases (such as Sink, SOPA, etc.) 
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">While there's no consensus, we'll start to develop 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">People are having trouble joining listservs such as community forum 
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Not user friendly 
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We can work with OBIT on how to make it more accessible 
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Dan will add community forum info on wiki 
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Joshua will clean up WGs page on site 
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We'll try to work on making the site easier to navigate in general 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Underwater march CL/VU, MU, OWS, Monday, 12:00-1:30!!! 
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Need to really push to get OB and greater Boston to participate 
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Media advisory 
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">It would be great to have press there! 
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Blog posts 
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Facebook and twitter 
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Livestream 
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Good video footage! 
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">OWS is coming into town 
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Blog post afterward? 
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Canvassing in Revere (Sat) 
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Organizer training for OWS / OB (Sun) 
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">TALK TO INTEROCCUPY - Rachel will talk to Ben 
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Community gathering 
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">CASA 
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Blog post 
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Use press release that had been sent out 
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Facebook and twitter 
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">MU March to Collect (1/26!) 
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Livestreaming (Ryan) 
 * 21) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Photos 
 * 22) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Twitter 
 * 23) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">On coverage: 
 * 24) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">There's a form that's been created to allow working groups to request coverage… we'll be pushing this a lot more 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Media has independent funder - can we talk about that? 
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Earmarked funding is possible according to the way we've structured things from FAWG 
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">David came directly to Media who wanted to work with us and directly fund us to be able to do coordinated campaigns 
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">David also joined the group, but wants to now step back 
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Has agreed to spend $24,000 over the course of a year 
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">FAWG has total oversight 
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Joshua is the direct liaison between FAWG and Media 
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">David mails check to CU, and it's earmarked for Media. 
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Decisions on how to spend money require quorum of 12 at a regularly scheduled Media meeting 
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">FAWG gets receipts, David gets copies of receipts 
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Media and FAWG have access to Google Doc 
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">He is NOT telling us what to focus on 
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">He had said he was interested on CL/VU, but we said that we wouldn't be able to participate in having funding AND direction 
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">$400 rent to E5 is from general fund, not from Media earmarks 
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Campaigns haven't been developed yet 
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">One of the things that's been discussed is the citizen journalism project 
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We need lots of people filming all over the place, live! 
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">$1500 on computer for video editing (postproduction), $500 rolled over 
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">For Citizen Journalism initiative, Jess strongly recommends that we encourage others to learn more about public access television (including folks in the Media WG!) 
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">(meeting, next Wednesday) 
 * 21) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Appeal to be frugal with this 
 * 22) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">OBTV + Media 
 * 23) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Occupier relationship or part of the umbrella? 
 * 24) <span style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We should meet to discuss in two weeks