Salon
The CC Salon is a monthly San Francisco based event focused on building a community of artists and developers around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology.
The format for each event is to encourage loose networking amongst participants with 2-3 brief presentations from individuals and groups developing interesting projects that relate to the Creative Commons.
Contents
- 1 The First CC Salon
- 2 Announcement List
- 3 How to Participate?
- 4 Communication
- 5 Future Events (Monthly on 2nd Wednesday)
- 6 Future Presenters (To Be Setup)
- 7 Ideas
- 8 Background
- 9 External Links
The First CC Salon
Who
People interested in Creative Commons, copyright, Free Culture, Open Source, Art, Media, and Music
What
A local informal gathering of individuals around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology.
When
March 8, 2006, 6-9 PM
Where
Shine
1337 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
Google Map/Directions
http://www.shinesf.com/
Why
To connect with and build a community of artists and developers who are working with Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology.
Theme
Content Distribution
Format
- During Event
- Chat on #cc on irc.freenode.net
- Geekentertainment.tv interviews and video
- music?
- wifi provided free
- 6:00-7:00 - Drinks, conversation, and music
- 7:00-7:15 - First presentation: Joshua Kinberg on FireAnt
- 7:15-7:30 - Second presentation: Eddie Codel on Geek Entertainment TV
- 7:30-7:45 - Third presentation: Wagner James Au on Second Life
- 7:45-8:00 - Wrap-up, questions, etc.
- 8:00-9:00 - More drinks, conversation, and music (provided by Minus Kelvin)
Planning
- extra projector (Raines can bring one as a backup)
- basic G4 laptop for misc. presentation/slideshow
- (PROVIDED) wifi station?
- extra network cable (ethernet)
- long VGA cable
- shirts + cc media
- bring like 4 extra multi-plugs for power
Press Release
Announcement List
How to Participate?
- Attend the Event
- Present at Future Event
- Add/Edit this wiki with your ideas
- Spread Creative Commons (by licensing and using CC Technology)
- Join Creative Commons Discussion Lists
- Join #cc chat channel on irc.freenode.net (live during event)
Communication
- Join Creative Commons community mailing list
- Join #cc chat channel on irc.freenode.net (live during event)
- Wiki: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/edit/Salon (Bookmark it!)
- upcoming.org: http://upcoming.org/event/61233/ (RSVP/comment)
Future Events (Monthly on 2nd Wednesday)
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Theme
TBD
Presenters
- Lucas Gonze, http://webjay.org/, http://gonze.com/weblog/ (45 min), "How the Net is Changing Music"
A structured conversation about the unique features of net-native music.
Location
TBD
Format
6-8:30 PM
Press Release
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Theme
TBD
Presenters
- Chris DiBona, Open Source Programs Manager, http://www.google.com/
- Ken Goldberg (Professor of IEOR and EECS, UC Berkeley, http://goldberg.berkeley.edu) and Tiffany Schlain (Founder of Webby Awards, http://www.webbyawards.com/), Presenting Film
Location
TBD
Format
6-8:30 PM
Press Release
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Theme
TBD
Presenters
Location
TBD
Format
6-8:30 PM
Press Release
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Theme
TBD
Presenters
TBD
Location
TBD
Format
6-8:30 PM
Press Release
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Theme
TBD
Presenters
TBD
Location
TBD
Format
6-8:30 PM
Press Release
Wednesday, Sept 13, 2006
Theme
TBD
Presenters
TBD
Location
TBD
Format
6-8:30 PM
Press Release
Future Presenters (To Be Setup)
Please place your name and topic here for possibly presenting in the future.
- Rick Prelinger, http://www.archive.org/
- James Polanco, http://www.fakescience.com
- Marc Powell, CC-licensing Recipes
- Rob Lord, Songbird
- Bram Cohen, bittorrent.com
- Jacob Appelbaum
- Victor Stone, ccmixter.org
Ideas
What ideas would be good to try out at the CC Salon? This is a good place to brainstorm and place up thoughts about small segments at the CC Salon such as mix-offs, live code workshops, demonstration of new projects, etc.
Podcast
What about a podcast of the event? Could someone record the first event live so that we can podcast the content of the event?
Streaming
Should the event be streamed for those who can't attend? Also, to go along with, a chat channel would work out nicely as well.
Chat
The #cc chat channel on irc.freenode.net should be used for online communication during the event. Also, it is a useful space for communication before and after the event.
Performances
Would anyone want to perform live at the event? DJs and musicians, that means you! Also, anyone doing live dance, acting, etc, that means you as well!
Open Salon Time
Similar to Dorkbot and others, it would be good to have 10-15 minutes at the end dedicated to an open mic session where people can come up to the mic and talk about their ideas/involvements.
Film Screening
Maybe rather than just have presenters, there could be some informal screening of CC licensed films along with the film makers.
Live Visuals
During the event someone or something should produce the visuals during the event through a secondary projector. More likely than not, there will be a projector in use by the presenters, so any visuals will have to be before and after the presentations.
Kiosk
Kiosk for adding names/emails to the wiki page and discussion lists. Also, another idea would be a kiosk for having paypal donate to artists, cc, and other nonprofits.
Burn Station
It could be easily done with some PCs with a database of CC licensed works. And visitors can get a "souvenir" of the Salon.
Brainstorm Session
A basic session to brainstorm about projects that support Creative Commons licenses and standards.
Speaker Challenges
Speakers who have well known topics could be challenged to speak about new and different topics, or have to rapidly develop some topic on the spot.
Background
The Creative Commons Salon is modelled after such successful endeavours as Remix Reading and Dorkbot which have helped to bring artists and developers together in the post-digital era, face-to-face.
While online meeting and creation are "par for the course" these days, nothing replaces face-to-face interaction and the rate of exchange that takes places from a good monthly event.
Also, the Salon model, which harkens back to 17th Century France is an apt model for this type of gathering which is half social and half intellectual.
