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storySPARK meeting notes (7/15)

storySPARK Meeting 2
July 15, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Landmark Tavern
 
In attendance:
Greg Behr, co-organizer
Billy Warden, co-organizer
Gab Smith, Bobblehead
Allison Beale, Bobblehead
Cal Nordt, organizer, poetrySPARK
Jamie Le Jeal, volunteer
 
Notes:

Discussion about venues
Chuck Davis invitation

Potential for Poetry Slam participants
Additional entertainment

Leads from Cal on entertainment

Vanessa Vendola, belly dancer
DJ Avatar, DJ

Looking for potential sponsors
Going to reach out Charlie Goodnight’s and Comedyworx for participants
Awaiting update on [...]

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Fri, July 17 2009 » StorySPARK » No Comments

poetrySPARK meeting coming Sunday 7/12

Since there are at least several people available to meet, we’re going to have a meeting this coming Sunday afternoon of anyone involved or who wants to be involved in the poetrySPARK planning. I’m calling it “unofficial” since it hasn’t been announced well in advance, and so I don’t think we should make any radical [...]

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Fri, July 10 2009 » SparkCon09, StorySPARK, poetrySPARK » No Comments

storySPARK Meeting 7/1/09

Landmark Tavern
In attendance:
Greg Behr, co-organizer
Billy Warden, co-organizer
Gab Smith, Bobblehead
Allison Beale, Bobblehead
Cal Nordt, organizer, poetrySPARK
Jamie Le Jeal, volunteer
Kathryn Creech, volunteer
Notes:
Greetings and introductions to all
Explanation of SPARKcon footprint and desire to increase the range of each SPARK through integration
Billy and Greg explained the ideas for storySPARK
Poetry Slam – in cooperation with Hayti Heritage Center and Dasan Ahanu
After [...]

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Fri, July 3 2009 » SparkCon09, StorySPARK, poetrySPARK » 1 Comment

poetrySPARK Meeting Notes 6/30/09

Meeting at Designbox
Attending were Jo Taylor, Glenn Cassidy, Jenn Mercer, Cal Nordt, and Gab Smith.
After general discussion of the poetrySPARK events and about SparkCon with our SparkCon coordinator, Gab, we discussed our proposed readings and events, as listed in the Call For Poets which is almost complete to file. Chris Tonelli is going to adapt [...]

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Thu, July 2 2009 » SparkCon09, StorySPARK, poetrySPARK » 1 Comment

Some “Calls for Talent” released today

These calls have been trickling in. Please help promote this wide set of calls to your own circles:
http://www.sparkcon.com/call-for-talent/
We will have another big push for “Calls” on July 1.

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Wed, June 24 2009 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, GroundSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon09, StorySPARK » No Comments

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

All- this was a fantastic experience and certainly the best SPARKcon yet! We connected to more creative talent than ever with a much larger attendance. We certainly ’sparked’ some interest in the media as well and loved the attendee quotes in the N&O article Sunday. It seemed they understood all of our intentions quite well.
We had [...]

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Tue, September 23 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » 1 Comment

City Council Invitation

As per tradition, we will be formally inviting the Mayor and City Council to join us for SPARKcon at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The meeting starts at 1 pm. We are not scheduled to speak until 2 pm, but they may shift the schedule forward for us. Wear your SPARKcon shirts and represent!

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Mon, September 15 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Quick meet tomorrow night!

It is the week of SPARKcon! It has been a long road of planning, organizing, networking, and preparing. Now it time to enjoy everyone’s hard work!
SPARKcon’s hosting one last meeting tomorrow night at Designbox at 6pm.
Any last minute concerns or questions you may have, this is the opportunity to voice them!
See you then.

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Mon, September 15 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

Final SPARKcon Meeting Tomorrow Night!

Okay everyone, we are less than two weeks away!
Our final general meeting is tomorrow night at designbox at 6pm!
It is very important that everyone attends so we can work out final details before next Friday.
See you all there!
323 W Martin St
Raleigh NC, 27601

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Mon, September 8 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments

fundraiser for musicSPARK Saturday Sep 6….

Chico Scott has put together some exciting stuff for this weekend. Check out the details…
First Friday kicks off tonight all around beautiful downtown Raleigh, and as far as I know all the galleries are doing their regular thing tonight in spite of the weather. I’ll be at Flanders Gallery @ Seaboard (6pm) DJing for [...]

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Fri, September 5 2008 » ArtSPARK, BazaarSPARK, BugSPARK, ChiliSPARK, DanceSPARK, FashionSPARK, FilmSPARK, GourmetSPARK, GrafSPARK, GroundSPARK, HealthSPARK, IdeaSPARK, MusicSPARK, News, SparkCon08, StorySPARK, YouthSPARK, bikeSPARK, yogaSPARK » No Comments