Mesh/UserResearch/19 Feb 2013

Attendees

Tony, Sheila, Arly, Larry, Ivan, Marina, Tonya, Dennis

Report-backs

• Get Connected! Oakland - defunct (pretty much a fake tech outreach promo sponsored by the city)

• Youth Radio - classes for technology learning, including social media etc;
  • Richard Reya
  • design / build / launch apps
  • participated in OpenOakland projects in the past

• LOLspace
  • Jen-Mei Wu
  • community/activist-oriented makerspace in the San Antonio neighborhood of East Oakland
  • not currently doing much with tech-specific outreach/classes, but ramping up to it!
  • more notes here: Ethnography/Interviews/Jen-Mei

East Oakland community orgs to reach out to

• Unity Council
• Lao's Community Center
• Spanish Speaking Citizen Foundation
• East Oakland Youth Dev't Center
• Boxing Center

Potential Projects

• Mapping Free Wireless Hotspots

Action Items

• Solidify entrance pitch
• Discussion of incorporating community groups generally
• Continue forward with outreach to groups/orgs