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Permalink Reply by Greg Jaeger on September 28, 2010 at 4:13pm

Nick - are you planning on using the "Users Viewing Now" with message chat window just above the spreadsheet on the right? This is the only thing I can find that has a chat window.

Cheers,
Greg

Permalink Reply by Nick Strocchia on September 28, 2010 at 7:42pm

Greg, you got it.

Permalink Reply by Nick Strocchia on September 29, 2010 at 7:30pm

Here's a transcript of our conversation tonight.

me: hey!
who's 217?
Anonymous user 217: I'm here
me: great!
Anonymous user 217: Andy
me: clark?
Anonymous user 217: yep
me: excellent
we can get started
nice thing about chat
do you have anything to report
have you seen the task list?
Anonymous user 217: I'm looking at the planning document now
I need to get with Gina and Chris and see what we need to do for the communications
who's user 200
220
me: ok, we'll hopefully they'll come up and we can get cracking
hey nick!
Anonymous user 221: hey Nick
Anonymous user 217: Hey Nick Sil, Andrew here
me: also, andrew, I added you as an original hey, who's 221?
nicksil: This is going to get confusing
me: and how
nicksil: What's my name showing up as?
Anonymous user 217: Nicksil
nicksil: Ah. Fantastic.
me: if you're an anonymous user, preface your message with your name each time. ie anonymous user 217 - Andrew message...
Anonymous user 217: Andrew message- If I could add my name so it would show I would
me: if you're just logging on, can you see the earlier chat conversation?
dressel
good to have you man
rond27: yo
i just finished dinner and sa the email
saw*
me: if you're just logging on, can you see the earlier chat conversation?
rond27: no
me: OK
take a look at the task list and org chart when you have a chance
going to give it a few more mins for folks to log on
Anonymous user 229: Alright, im here
me: give me a quick roll call please
w/name
nicksil: Nick Silvester
Anonymous user 227: Brad Anthony
Anonymous user 217: Andrew here
rond27: Ron
photographer: Tammy
Anonymous user 229: Strocchia, the PW you gave me, was there supposed to be a space between the word and the numbers?
i couldnt get it to authenticate
me: there should be no PW
this is an open doc
Anonymous user 229: the gmail acct
me: is this chris
Anonymous user 229: yup
me: if so no, there is no space
Anonymous user 229: what am i showing up as?
me: gotta click on the link i just sent out a moment ago
nicksil: Anonymous user 229
Anonymous user 229: ok, brb
me: ok, we'll im going to get started and send out a copy of this once we're through
just want to follow up to see where folks are at and if they have any updates or questions to air out to the group
Anonymous user 232: this is Kim i'm I showing up,
chrisdscott: notyet, kim
me: the task list is pretty robust right now, and I'm going to set some deadlines in the next couple of weeks
also, Gina and Chris need to start populating the Participant list "action on" columns to task out folks to dtermine players
chrisdscott: can i go first on the status report for my area then?
me: yeah
fire away
we can have multiple conversations too
Ron and Tammy, do you guys want to meet sometime either this week or next at the haven to determine the studio setup?
chrisdscott: thx Nick. Now that we have secured a location, the RFP will be written up for the media outlets and I will start approaching them next week to secure radio, TV, and print spots
me: excellent
where is gina in the process
are you running solo, or have you two delineated responsibilities?
rond27: This week will be really tough for me
next week sometime would be better
Anonymous user 217: Andrew here- Chris I sent Gina an email about getting together or talking about the comm work ahead
chrisdscott: I am handling the vendor sponsorship end while Gina is handling non-prof
me: Nick Sil - I'm going to head over to Richmond Camera to determine photo support, Pro Camera is off the table, so we should start considering internal print options
photographer: Tammy here - I'm available Tuesday and Wednesday
chrisdscott: Andrew, I'll follow up with Gina on that message
me: Ron - when next week? We have to get the POC from Eric Kelley and setup a time
rond27: Next Tues or Wed should work for me
me: Comm - When are you going to get together
Anonymous user 217: Andrew here- Chris, let me know what I can do, radio, tv, whatever
me: Ron Tammy - Tuesday it is, time?
photographer: Tammy - Oh, and I will be unavailable between 3-7pm
rond27: I am not available until after 4:30pm
me: ron, does 3 work for...ok 4:30 it is
photographer: Jason will accompany you then.
rond27: sounds good
me: anyone else, you're more than welcome to join us on Tuesday, oct 5 at 430 to check out the facilities
photographer: by the way, we are both logged in.
chrisdscott: Andrew, my action plan is outlined in the PR Action Plan tab. If there's any part you want a piece of, let me know so we dont overlap. I dont have a problem handling this part on my end. I've got all the POCs for the media that I need and the RFP for spots will be all written up and ready to present
rond27: where is the location?
chrisdscott: Haven
rond27: which is...
im sorry, I am not quite sure where the Haven is
me: ALL - Head over to the Recall Roster tab and please fill in your info
chrisdscott: easily found by Google search, heh
photographer: http://www.thehavenatfirstandmarket.org/contact-us/
Anonymous user 217: (Andrew) Chris, I'll contact about the PR Plan
me: Chris S - Can you clean up that PR plan sometime this week
photographer: 112 West Market Street Charlottesville, VA 22902
me: it's a little tough to follow
rond27: ohh ok
easy enough since I work on the mall
me: Greg and Brad, is there an area on the org chart you'd like to vol?
chrisdscott: Nick, yeah, its tough to outline on sprdsht format, doc would be easier, but I'll see what i can do
Anonymous user 233: This is Greg - Post Production
me: You got it greg
Anonymous user 233: ok
me: ALL any questions or inputs on the task list
anyone tagged with something and has anything to report?
Anonymous user 227: This is Brad - either Studio or Post Production whichever maybe more needed
me: Great Brad, thanks
rond27: Amie Dressel is going to check with the DSS on how we can be assistance to them
me: Great Ron
ALL - Please be sure to enter your info on the Recall Roster tab
Anonymous user 227: Np Glad to help!
chrisdscott: Are we still gonna try to get a music gig?
Anonymous user 217: (Andrew)-Question?
me: Chris - yeah, let's line someone up for now
chrisdscott: or are we making the music an optional task
me: anyone have an idea?
chrisdscott: ok
me: it's optional, but would be nice
maybe just an acoustic guitar
anyone want to take that on?
chrisdscott: yeah, good idea, let me take that on
me: it's line 8 on our task list
you got it
chrisdscott: gah, i was just about to do that
me: andrew, did you have a question?
Anonymous user 217: (Andrew) who do we have working on the participant list, rounding people up
me: Gina is the head
chris is the deputy
their working a plan now
you guys are hopefully going to meet or discuss soon
Anonymous user 217: (Andrew) I thought that was under comm, We'll get together
nicksil: Just a heads up; I'll be attending the walk-through on Tuesday. I'd like to get an idea of the layout
me: it is under comm, listed in the duties section
great nick, look forward to seeing you there
comm, can you send out a message about the walk through
scratch taht
need confirmation first, then will contact comm with permissions
chrisdscott: ok, ill stand by for that
me: Also, make sure you are all sign up here
http://community.help-portrait.com/group/charlottesvilleva?xg_sourc...
i'd like to channel all the comm through there rather than going through a ton of channels
i know its annoying to have another site to check, but if we're going to ask all these other orgs to play, we can require them to become CPMG members
ok guys, this was a great first swing at the VCON
THANK YOU for your time and willingness to volunteer
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nicksil: Right on
me: 'll be in touch about a future meeting, and hopefully we can get more folks here next time
Anonymous user 227: certainly
Anonymous user 217: For sure