12-10-09 Compass Meeting at CURE Bar and Bistro

[Redante]

In attendance:
Wayne Moses Burke
Redante Asuncion-Reed
Noel Dickover
Elias Shams
Christiana Aretta
Katie Filbert

Compass [http://congresscamp.org/compass/Main_Page]
A tool/wiki that compiles information on social media for use by
Congressional staffers. Previous discussion called for five main
elements:

1. What's new: overview of what's up and coming in the field.

2. Big Grid: List of Congressional offices and what social media
tools they are using.

3. Beginner's section: for Congressional staffers to learn the
basics of social media, how to create a strategy, and how to use
specific tools
Example: Where to Start [http://congresscamp.org/compass/
Where_to_Start]


4. Case studies: samples of social media best practices and models
being used effectively by Congressional offices
Example: Senate Doctors Show [http://congresscamp.org/compass/
Senate_Doctors_Show]

5. Q & A section: where Hill staffers can post questions and
social media experts from the Govt. 2.0 community answer them
Example: Social Media Widgets [http://congresscamp.org/compass/
Social_media_widgets]


Decisions Made:
* Continue working on
- Case studies
- Q & A
- Beginners Section

* Keep "What's New" on the table for right now. Development
won't start until the project is more established

* Do away with Big Grid - this could be very difficult to bring
together and is already being created elsewhere, we can just link to
it

For next meeting (projected for January)

* Design/Information Architecture/Branding - Chris and Noel will
collaborate on information architecture and a wireframe for the wiki.
Navigation and categories for content. Chris will focus on branding
and design.

* Functionality of the site - Katie will create and setup a mobile
interface for the wiki

Areas of importance:

* Community engagement - build a community of Congressional staffers
and social media experts who will populate the Compass with content.

* Funding - in conjunction with community engagement, but also from
separate sources.

* Publicity - When we're ready, how do we inform Congressional offices
of the Compass? Launch party in March? Maybe in conjunction with the
next CongressCamp??

* Content creation - This is ultimate goal of the entire project.