May 10th, 2014 Meeting

Portland Contingent

 * 9 - 11am
 * World Cup Coffee
 * 1740 NW Glisan St.
 * Portland, OR 97209
 * (503) 228-5503

New York Contingent

 * Noon - 2PM

Suggested Agenda Items (some meeting notes interspersed)

 * Discuss OpenSpace topic ideas
 * Determine competing and complementary events and dates
 * Work on the invitation.
 * We're not just about talk, we're about something actually growing out of it
 * Decide if we want to start inviting more people to the meetings now, or keep the group small and then invite everyone to the big event this summer.
 * Organic growth
 * Upsides
 * Slow is fast
 * More sustainable over time
 * greater buy-in
 * Downsides
 * don't get the satisfaction of a big bang
 * Start gathering email addresses for those on our invite list.
 * Purpose
 * invite to next:
 * Kate Wildrick owner ingenuity innovation
 * Aaron, her husband
 * John Garner Zeitgeist Movement
 * John Tree Life Energy startup at PSU
 * Ward Cunningham
 * Julia Whelan
 * thoughts about May 24, 2014
 * we could start doing our planning meetings in OpenSpace, so we're doing and planning at the same time
 * Ted will facilitate.
 * Possible we'll be ready for a half-day two or four weeks after that meeting.
 * Just keep going in OpenSpace and see what emerges.
 * Perry suggests Nedspace, will talk with Summer

Who's Here

 * Perry Gruber
 * Ted Sarvata
 * Lennon Richardson
 * Janet (Lennon's mom)
 * Ray King via the Intenets