02.10.08 – Group Meeting Minutes

Present: Tilly/ Jen/ Hoi Sun/ Tori/Julie/ Pol/ Kris/ Jonny/ Hayley/ Helen

Points discussed
- Sixth years ran through last years lives projects to the rest of the group.
- Last years blogs are available via http://05liveproject07.wordpress.com/ this will connect to all the live projects on the blogroll on the right of the screen

How we should run meetings
- It is necessary to keep clear routes of communication to the client and internally within the group.
- Everybody is to contribute to blog.
- Delegate one person at each meeting to transcribe and upload to the blog. If anyone has any ideas or responses feel free to add these in the comment boxes.
- Rotate who chairs the meetings.
- Make such we have a clear agenda for each meeting and produce actions lists.

Initial ideas
- We discussed ways in which we could express our initial ideas of the live project after meeting clients, Simon and Trish. The activities that we were involved in were personal to the individuals so we decided that we should all write a short diary of our feelings and reactions of the day in order to bring ideas together next Monday.
- Possible funding sources? Not clear yet we need to establish what direction we want to take the project. Establish the possible participants and groups who are interested in the project.

Our next steps
- Collect images, texts, websites, any information which is relevant to pin up in the ‘nerve centre’ for future reference.
- Next week maybe of making things. Put them out into the public to test ideas and challenge the public.
- Make sure we give ideas their own identity. Find ways of connecting ideas through choreography, movement, fluidity. Keep individuality.
- Maybe place an obstacle in the entrance of the arts tower and see peoples reactions. Looking at peoples movements for example getting off a curb.

Documenting work
- Keeping a personal diary of our experiences, postcards throughout the process, BLOGGING, photographing, sketching….. Observing and filming our activities and peoples reactions and responses.

The aim for next Monday is to collate all our individual ideas. Arrive at possible ideas of participation. Challenging space and observing how the public react. Making and testing ideas. Write our statement of intent for the project

Actions
- Produce postcards with an image/ photo/ quote/ sketch of initial ideas – Everyone for Monday
- Write down our own reflections about the start of the project and initial client meeting – Everyone for Monday
- Any key words / context ideas/ general information/ precedents – for the nerve centre - Everyone for Monday
- Get a group email address sorted and get a contact list of possible participant groups from Trish. Tell clients about the blog and how to log in (is that alright?) – Jonny
- Get blogging – get on the system if any problems talk to Jen or Jay
- Type up initial client meeting on the blog - Jen
- Any photos / information put on Arch stud

Other Information
Dance performance – Uprising/ in your rooms Tuesday 7th October 7.30pm at the Lyceum Theatre. £7.50 Get your money to Julie if you haven’t done so already.

Next Meeting - 9.30am Monday 6th October