P2PU - Virtual Office Berlin 2012
HipChat (invite link) -> https://www.hipchat.com/invite/1592/79fedbb5ca23f5a188837f3094c78d9d
HipChat (actual chat link) -> https://p2pu.hipchat.com/chat
Today's Info / 2 July 2012
- Dinner at Claerchen's Ballhaus
Contact
- Philipp -> (German Mobil) 0176 890 20023
- Bekka -> (German) 016 231 37341
- John -> (German Mobile) 0152 37935006
- @jessykate (german mobile) 0162 8604348
- Jane -> (German mobile) 01573-1406915
- Molly 01626306922
- Chris -> (German) 0 152 04695161
- Alex -> (German) 0 162 1672474
Notes & More:
Activities / Events
Peer Learning Exchanges
- Want to Learn
- German - Breakfast German Corner (Alan, Philipp)
- Peer Knitting Hour - (Gosia, Jane)
- Offers
- Lead Group Yoga?
- Lead Group Workouts - Jessy
- Research Workshop - Jessy, Vanessa, Piet
Participants
- Piet (July 13-29)
- Molly (July 13-29)
- Jane
- Joao (July 8/9-22)
- Alex (July 8/25
- Aleks
- Niels
- Alan
- Jessy
- Chloe (last week of July)
- Bekka
- John
- Vanessa
- Dirk
- Philipp
- Chris
(part-time / maybe)
- Paul
- Brian
- Rob
- Laura / Rufus (OKFN)
Visitors / Drop-ins
- Jess Rimington - One World Youth Project - July 2-6 (f/o Alan)
- Lucy Burnett - Knowledge Commons DC - mid-June - July 6 (f/o Alan)
- Martin Cadee - Knowmads - June 25 - ?? (f/o Alan)
- Trebor Scholz - New School - ?? (f/o Lucy, Alan)
- Larissa Pahomov, Educator @ Science Leadership Academy (f/o Vanessa)
- Sam Allingham, Badass Author http://samallingham.wordpress.com/about/ (f/o Vanessa)
- Elena Yesner, Counselor, Bard Early College Queens (f/o Vanessa)
- John Wepking, Founder, Greene Hill Food Coop (f/o Vanessa)
- Robbie Schingler (probably one night on eiher end of Jessy and Robbie's trip 2nd week of july)
- Rosana Ardila, http://bit.ly/ITIkLv Community Program Manager at mozilla (July) (f/o dany)
- Michelle Thorne, Mozilla Foundation (f/o jane)
- Chloe Varelidi, Mozilla Foundation (f/o P2PU staff + jane)
- Spencer Young, Fabricatorz (f/o jane)
Message
P2PU is going back to Berlin! Since we like this city so much, and seem to get good work done there, we've decided to set up a temporary office in Berlin in July 2012. Isn't that just the most exciting thing you've heard all week? Thought so.
Why are we doing this?
- When you put smart and committed people into a room with each other great things will happen
- We are an extremely virtual organization - but some things are easier, faster, more fun in the real world
- We can't afford to hire dozens of people, but we can provide a space for the community to come together and build the future of education together
- We have lots of projects, ideas, plans - we want to move faster
How will it work?
- The core P2PU office time will be July 2012, in a location still to be confirmed. Core staff will be there during this time, some will be there for a few days on either side.
- We have an open door policy - anyone can come and work on P2PU!
- For those who need help getting to Berlin or a place to stay, we're offering a limited number of Berlin Fellowships.
Berlin Fellowship
What is included?
- A place to work and free meals.
- Shared accommodation for free. If you can't stay in shared accommodation, let's figure something out that could work for you.
- Help with (economy class) travel for those who need it.
- In some cases, the fellowship may not cover 100% of your costs, but we'll try to make it work on a case by case basis.
Who can come?
- Anyone committed to working on P2PU (but if we have too many applications - we may not be able to bring everyone).
- Minimum time in Berlin to qualify for the fellowship is 2 weeks.
- For those who need travel support, a longer commitment will justify a larger fellowship grant.
How can you apply?
- Pick a project you want to work on!
- There are some ideas on this etherpad, but you are totally free to come up with your own project: http://pad.p2pu.org/p/summer-projects
- Discuss your project idea with a P2PU community member and ask them to write you a reference.
- Send your application to (bekka@P2PU.org) which includes:
- Your name
- What has been your involvement in P2PU in the past?
- What is your project? What will you be working on in Berlin?
- What will you achieve / complete during your time in Berlin?
- What skills can you offer?
- How long you will stay (dates)?
- Will you stay in shared accommodation, or provide your own?
- Where are you traveling from?
- (Include the reference)
How do we choose who gets the fellowship?
- A review group made up of 2 staff members and 2 volunteer members makes recommendations (and our Executive Director makes the final call) on the basis of the following:
- Track record in the community
- Quality of the proposal
- Skills and expertise
- Length of stay
What's the deadline and general timeline?
- 1 April - application deadline (no joke!)
- 1 April - 15 April: Review applications
- 15 April - 1 May: Confirm attendance
- 1 May: Travel booked
- 3 June - Kick off
- 31 August - Shut down
Logistics
- Total max budget: 15,000 USD (we don't have to spend it all of it on Berlin)
Who is interested in coming?
- Bekka (VISA issues pending)
- Philipp
- John
- Alison (could come for 2 weeks max, after 5 July)
- Chloe (VISA issues pending)
- Alan
- Jane
- Aleks (maybe)
- Jessy
- Piet K (interested in working on Lernanta and School of Open, two weeks in mid-late July)
- Vanessa
- Brylie (courses, django, jQuery)
- Matt D. (interested in running courses, two weeks or more, flexible schedule)
- Charlie @danoff / htricker@yahoo.com / Organizer of Collaborative Lesson Planning
- Molly K (School of Open, mid-late July), @mollyali
- Thieme @hennis - Part of the ALFA III project - interested in hosting a separate p2pu platform focused on mathematics in Spanish - targeting vulnerable groups in Latin America.
- Jonathan Leung (University of Pennsylvania, @JonathanJLeung)
- Dany @danyjavierb (Ambassador r)
- ... add your name and twitter or email .
Special Events
- Cookies & Cream Thank you Dinner - also invite friends and supporters from Berlin
- Mac Mueller (Google AdWords)
- Supermarkt
- Freenerd - Johan
Venues (work)
Venues (sleep)
General Comments / Discussion
- Framing: Try to clarify offering to make this repeatable in the future
- Jos: I see in the description that you want people to choose from a list of projects but cannot find the list... probably to be discussed at the call or 'coming soon' kinda thing?
- PS: Yes, there i no list yet ;-)
- Jos: Does the application process apply to everyone, or only those looking for a bit of financial help?
- PS: not sure. definitely for those who need the "fellowship" ... do you think we should do it for all participants? money should not really play a role in deciding if you can come or not.
- Jessy: IMHO people value things more and put more into them if they are challenged to identify goals and they have something invested (whether money, reputation, etc.)
- Jos; Regarding the application process for all participants; it might give people a chance to go through the list more thoroughly and have a think about what they really want to do/achieve during the time specified. It should definitely be a more formal process for fellowships (including deadlines), but it could be beneficial to all. Wouldn't be set in stone either, somewhere in between!
- Jos: Are you guys thinking on a deadline for applications or leaving it a bit more open?
- PS: we'll set a deadline so that we have a sense of who is coming. if we have money left over we can be flexible with late applications - but we may be out of funds by then.
Plan
Discuss draft with staff on Thursday - 2nd Feb doneDiscuss with community / email and call - 9th FebSanity check - Are we missing something big? Does this seem "fair"?Who is up for spending at least 2 weeks in Berlin? (assuming money is not an issue)
15 March: List of projectsProjects we want people to help withTemplate to suggest additional / new projects
15 March: Get the word out- 1 April - 15 April: Review applications
- 15 April - 1 May: Confirm attendance
- 15 May: Venues secured
- Work (see list below)
- Sleep (depends on work space situation)
- 15 May: Travel booked
- Authorize individual travel budgets
- People book their own travel
- Reimbursement from P2PU
- July - Berlin