Meeting --> Refining Runway Project

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Hey Runway peeps!

Peter was here today to talk to Elliot Ronen (our next presenter) and got me and Fredrick talking while we were here.

We were talking about the ongoing challenges we've had both on our end and on the public's end wrapping our heads around what exactly Runway is, and we were thinking about how we needed to better define it to make it easier for us to organize and for participants to get involved in.

So what is the Runway Project anyway?

When it comes down to it, I think the closest model we can identify with is that of a school. We're basically administration who are finding teachers and students to stick in a room together. 

If we can start thinking of this as a more concrete, specific entity, even as a self-sustaining social enterprise, maybe we can make Runway Project more sustainable.

New Work City University

What if we thought about it as New Work City University, and Runway Project as freshman year. 

Instead of us looking for people to speak at one-off events, we can look for people to give ongoing classes. And maybe we could have classes with guest speakers, but it would be within a more cohesive framework. Attendees, too, could feel a greater continuity, as they could "sign up" for the classes they're most interested in (instead of us blasting all events to everyone).

And this could open us up to having both free and paid classes, depending on how advanced the classes would be.

There's precedent for this: http://www.indyhall.org/blog/category/indyhall-u/

We'd have to start simple, but there's an obvious possibility to build some really interesting software to support this as well.

What do you think?

How's this sound?? It feels like the right direction to go, but it's just an early thought right now. 

I'd love to get everybody together to help flesh things out. Can you all let me know when's good for you to meet? http://doodle.com/qt8xgpdhzwqqzbn9

Cheers!

Principal Tony

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Hey peeps,

Can you fill this out so we can set out next meeting? http://doodle.com/qt8xgpdhzwqqzbn9

T

[Fredrick Selby]

Are we having a meeting tonight? 5? 6?


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Fredrick Selby
mobile 561.289.7282

[Tony Bacigalupo]

I can meet at 5 but not 6. 

Todd, Matt, Peter, when works for you? I don't see your availability in the Doodle: http://doodle.com/qt8xgpdhzwqqzbn9

[Peter Chislett]

5p works best for me.

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[Charlene Jaszewski]

crap. I could only do 4. have client meeting at 5. but chance that may be rescheduled. 

[Fredrick Selby]

so its:
Peter
Tony
Fredrick
at 5pm yes?

[Sarah Cooley]

I may be able to make it after all 

-Sarah

[Peter Chislett]

I attended the WordCamp (WordPress) volunteer meeting last night, where I met Jane Wells from Automatic.  I told her what RWP was hoping to create using WP MU and she said, very emphatically, NOT to start the project until we heard what Matt Mullenweg announces at SF's WordCamp next week. She wouldn't offer up anymore details.

 

http://jane.wordpress.com/

http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/

 

--peter
http://li.chislett.me
@chislett

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Wow... awesome. I guess that's our time window to find something else anyway!

Headline: "Matt Mullenweg announces WordPress MU now able to be installed and used by human beings"

[Sarah Cooley]

lol, I will be on my tip toes :)

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Sarah Cooley

[Peter Chislett]

An example of an org with a university, using MU & wiki...

http://nyc.vizthink.com/
http://vizthink.com/
http://vizthink.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=435&Itemid=370

[Charlene Jaszewski]

damn. That Peter, he's got all the connections!!  ;)