NOTES FROM MEETING 2.0
Date: 10-9-11
Featuring the creative talents of Alessa, Scott and Amy!
1. About the Waldo project: Might be fun but there isn’t really a “cause” we are addressing. We like that it is whimsical and fun and multidimensional, but we thought it might be more about fun than anything else. Also we do not want to have copyright infringement on our hands!!
2. Moveable Signs: The point would be: Helping people identify and love EMU more. Showing their home-away-from-home spirit, if you will. Examples of what could be written on the boards:
· This is where I studied for an exam
· This is where I fell in love
· This needs renovating
· This is my favorite spot on campus
3. Walking White Board: The white board sign idea would be fun. How many would we need? Scott says we might be able to borrow one from his church. It is REALLY big he said. Scott suggested every day we could write a new question at the top of the board (or in another medium so it cannot be erased.) This way we can ask many questions. Our questions should have a theme! All open ended questions. Or even fill in the blanks. My suggestion is that we have all questions/statements having to do with positivity. Scott suggested also maybe a mad lib type deal.
a. Different locations – indoors and outdoors (pay attention to weather.)
b. Contact the building people to get the OK
c. Need multiple big boards and many colorful markers!
d. Move to a new spot every week?
4. Back to the signs – Scott said we could post bits of poetry on campus and have people fill in the blank spots where we take out the words.
5. For the checklist idea – possibly posting the SAME to-do list all over campus for people to take. Possibly a To-Do list of things we always mean to do but forget to do: (Call mom. Pay bills. Tell someone you love them. Do laundry. Clean your room. Wash your car.) Fun and serious things to remind busy students about. Encouragement to get small important things done. This ghost voice reminds them of responsibility, productivity, accountability.
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Our favorite is the Check List Idea. We could do another “research” period by asking friends and loved ones about things they forget to do and wish they did. It can be daily chores or lifelong duties. For example, keeping in contact with a friend whom they haven’t talked to in a long time. Our supplies would be big pads of paper the checklist is printed on. (Candy Chang’s bathroom guide to NY: http://candychang.com/restroom-map-notepad/). We could Tear one off to take as a reminder. Could go either way in printing it to look official or handwriting it (each one of us help!) so it is more human and personal. Depending on the “Authority” of the List, it can be flowy, all over and fun or strictly left-to-right bullet point style.
Now the medium of this is still up in the air. We have: tear sheets, freedom wall, flyers with one check or the whole list, a stencil, “a friendly reminder”, big posters, etc. So the execution of this is now the only thing we are unsure of!
Alessa is going to ask her friend if she could get a discount on a pad. You can see some prices listed below:
Can we please have your feedback for this idea?
Although the "Waldo" project was an awesome idea, the moving sign concept is beginning to seem to carry some depth as well. I especially enjoy the phrase "This needs renovating" as it is targeting the university, and is drawing the attention of anyone who sees it as well.
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