Just a reminder to you all that we're having a meeting on Sunday at my house (403 Helendale Road, 14609, 585-368-5636). For the first meeting we'll focus on figuring out what we should be doing and what we have the resources to do.
If you can give me a heads up to know you're coming, that would be great. I'll have an agenda out by midday tomorrow. On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > We're going to try something new to help us move R-SPEC forward: Mid-month > working meetings, in addition to the monthly meetings at Barnes & > Noble. They'll be open to anyone who wants to participate in running > R-SPEC. The first working meeting will be Sunday May 22 from 1pm to 3pm > (read on for more info). > > The regular first Tuesday night meetings at Barnes & Noble will continue to > cover the kinds of topics we've covered in the past. We'll be working on > developing a more attractive list of speakers and promoting them better. > > The new meetings (which will normally be on the 3rd Sunday of the month, in > the afternoon) will be a working meeting where people who are taking part in > various R-SPEC projects (like organizing groups to attend a Con, developing > ideas for marketing, and so on) can meet and work together. Right now, we're > planning to have these meetings every month. > > We decided to do this as a way of dealing with the fact that we have a lot > of things we want to get done and finite time & resources to do them. Here's > a partial list of the stuff we'd like to be able to accomplish as a group: > > - Get more people interested, and increase group membership. > - Focus our mission -- agree on what we're about and how to promote > that. > - Beef up our marketing strategy and execution. (Better promotion of > upcoming talks, books, any other activities we engage in.) > - Get the next book out and figure out at what level the Press is going > to function, and how to get there. > - Plan & execute more group stuff (picnics, workshops, retreats, > classes, Con excursions, etc.) > - R-SPEC SF/F writing classes or workshops. > - Liaison with other writing groups, not just SF/F groups, and with > "futurist" groups. > > Obviously that's a lot for part timers to accomplish; we're hoping that by > giving people a set time & place to meet, we can remove one of the big > impediments (finding a time and place to meet), as well as getting people > together in one place so we can more easily work across small teams or share > knowledge about the R-SPEC projects we're working on. > > The first working meeting will be Sunday May 22 1pm to 3pm (exception to > the 3rd sunday rule for the first meeting). We haven't settled on a specific > location -- the meeting might move around. We will probably have the first > meeting at Janice's & my house (403 Helendale Road, 14609) -- I'll make sure > a note gets out if that's not the case. > > I'll have an agenda and confirm the location by next Monday. You can use > the attached meeting invitation to RSVP, or just RSVP personally if you > don't use an electronic calendar. > > > First Monthly R-SPEC Working Meeting > This is the first in a series of monthly working meetings. See the note on > the R-SPEC mailing list (5/9/2011) and any follow-ups for more details. > *When* > Sun, May 22, 1pm – 3pm GMT-04:00 > *Where* > 403 Helendale Road, Rochester ny 14609 [tentative] > *Who* > (Guest list has been hidden at organizer's request) > > > > -- > -- > eric scoles | [email protected] > > -- -- eric scoles | [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
