by Mark Kuznicki at 2/18/2010 6:32:27 PM
What gifts do you bring to this gathering?
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:07:57 AM
Social entrepreneur runs grassroots org in an arts space... for sake of community engagement.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:08:29 AM
Another social entrepreneur, magazine publisher & mayoral candidate - believes we need to get ideas flowing between social entrepreneurs and politicians.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:09:22 AM
Library employee believes in providing a place to gather.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:10:05 AM
Someone else worked in other cities, brings comparative perspective.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:10:34 AM
Attendee from first ChangeCamp and ChangeLab with design background contributes to creation of web dashboard to track & facilitate engagement in bite-sizes.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:12:54 AM
Participant did not vote in previous bi-election because he felt politics has become too party-driven, believes his party demonstrated a betrayal of trust by overruling local candidate choices.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:14:45 AM
How valuable an experience do you want this to be?
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:16:05 AM
Hoping to get more people involved and engaged in the issues.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:16:35 AM
Hoping to gain more ideas here and bring them more into the campaign discussions in the city.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:17:27 AM
Different Time | Same Place
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:23:20 AM
Focus on low-tech to broaden community.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:24:00 AM
Fire-Pits » free space that kids etc can use, but there's also a schedule and regular use at specific times.
Concept is that it's an actual fire, appeals to primal nature.
- adaptable seating, free to use
- other towns have them and park in Dufferin Grove has one
- people who bring wood get a loaf of bread bread
- another example is ski villages
- library also has flexible seating areas
- different kinds of conversations may become regular at certain times, people know when to show up for certain topics.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:29:52 AM
How do we take information away from that? Or store it?
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:30:11 AM
Idea of time capsules is raised -- doesn't have to be major.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:30:25 AM
Community billboard.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:31:06 AM
Administrative/legal barriers (e.g. for fires) can be overcome once you get community ownership.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:31:48 AM
Use of geotagging, camera phones, etc.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:33:05 AM
Something as simple as a fencepost and light to mark a spot, QR codes.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:33:31 AM
How is there management/oversight?
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:34:50 AM
Conversations may spawn new conversations etc before the leadership questions come up.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:36:51 AM
Benefits of camera phones -- photos can be uploaded and preserved and tagged to a spot for later reference.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:39:17 AM
Graffiti & street art.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:40:09 AM
Coffee shops, someone meets regularly for a 'coffee club.'
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:44:45 AM
Talking about how to engage more diverse groups -- how to break down the silos between the different conversations that are already occurring?
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:48:29 AM
Open arts space participant runs has a lot of cultural diversity, has found art is a great way to make connections and dialog.
Turns into storytelling and sharing the ideas & experiences behind the art, e.g. coping and assisting with homelessness, curating those experiences.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:49:50 AM
Library at St. James Town held up repeatedly as excellent example of a space.
Gathering places exist within the library but the dialog does not occur as well as it could.
Neighbourhood has groups stacked on top of each other but they are not connecting as effectively as they could.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:53:25 AM
Arts space brings a lot of different people through the door -- many who expected it to still be occupied by previous business but they get engaged and end up coming back.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:56:34 AM
People engage because of the process, not just the product.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:56:49 AM
Karaoke brought up as an example of people wanting to share their voice.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:57:20 AM
Moth Project [online]: sharing stories online.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:57:50 AM
Wheelchair access.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 12:58:46 AM
Playgrounds mentioned.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 1:00:23 AM
Refurbished hydro/fence poles placed around a common space for multi-lingual bulletin board display where anyone can post, at different heights.
Helps identify people who speak the same language by where they stand, congregate and interact.
Collaborative translation and multi-lingual discussions spillover into each other.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 1:01:32 AM
Engage community centres and schools to go beyond hosting a bulletin board to facilitate actual reporting -- to take the content off the boards, condense into a wiki, and distribute and report it for greater consumption.
"The people are the algorithm."
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 1:07:43 AM
Distinguish interior and exterior of a building: regulate the interior and let the exterior be more free to use.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 1:09:33 AM
The "Living Library": interesting individuals and experts make themselves available for questions and conversations.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 1:10:11 AM
"People want to have dialog in different ways" -- have to accommodate the different ways people prefer to engage.
by brian_frank at 2/17/2010 1:11:16 AM
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