News

Hey people. Here's what's up:

Meetings:
Meetings will commence again when we start having work to show. I think that I have made everyone nervous with my lofty expectations and visions of elaborate projects, etc. As soon as we find an affordable format (size), then that along with colors and theme will be the only guidelines for content. That should make things earlier.



Printing:
I've been trying to get to the bottom of this printing thing. The format we had previously thought was awesome (tabloid-sized newsprint) is a bit out of price range. Do not panic! We will find a solution.

After getting some quotes from printers, I wondered if just buying a press for less than the first run would cost was a feasible option. I searched craigslist, I searched Google. I searched Facebook even. I found some good options. So I think that's what I'm going to try and do: buy a small-format, one-color, offset press. I've found a couple options in the $300 range not terribly far away and a local one that could go for cheaper but require some repair. I'll keep you guys updated but this could be a major breakthrough in our funding of future issues and printing fun.

I'm looking at a press tomorrow, so I'll let you know how it goes.

minutes from the last meeting

A big thanks (i'm into literal lately) to Michelle, Jessica, Sean, and Lauren: the only four contributors to return to the meeting, and a big welcome to Sam, Cameron, Hayley and Ender: the newest contributors to join up. I hope the OMD concert and movies were fun for everyone else.

What happened on Wednesday was exciting. We made some changes to and clarified what was currently happening which will hopefully spark some participation into most of you and get this thing rolling in the right direction. Several things were decided:

1) the topic was confusing to a lot of people, so we changed it. Collaborating about collaborating had a confusing infinity hold on most of us and we decided changing the topic would help people out. The topic is now "space"

2) we looked at a lot of formats and existing magazines that helped us get a better feel for the format and materials we're using. I will be calling some presses around and getting ballpark estimates for what we want to/can do. For all you motionographers (moceanographers?), we will find a way to mix moving media into the publication as well, DVDs and websites are going to happen, as well as an iPad version (thanks to our newest members).

3) i am trying to figure out the best way to get a list of skill-sets put together, so we will have ready-access to exactly what resources we have at our disposal. Look for that soon!

4) this was decided prior to the meeting, but we are going to start the every-other-week meeting schedule. That puts our next meeting on the 6th of April. Plan ahead. We can get yogurtland afterwards.

5) think of a great group project you want to do. I'm going to start designing a mural/urban art piece. to paint on something.

The excitement level seems high for almost everyone I talk to, so I'm really excited about what is coming. Let's keep using the blog between meetings so that our physical meetings will be productive and focused. Post anything: thoughts, feelings, ideas, random stuff—just keep posting!

Also, my BFA show is up in the HFAC. Go see it and come to the reception on the 30th at 7:00pm.

attn: people

1) We're getting a lot of random lurkers looking for traffic to their blogs (I would do anything to rid the internet of SEO) so I think we should make this private, or I'll figure out how to moderate comments or something.

2) The next meeting will be next wednesday, the 23rd of March. I am really sorry about the delay in meetings, but my BFA show is going up this weekend and I've been out of town a lot (I would do anything to rid myself of procrastination) so we've had too long of a hiatus. My fault, but I'll make it up to you.

At that meeting we're going to reflect on ideas mentioned on the blog/facebook, talk about more stuff, plan a big team-building activity, and get things done! More instruction for the meeting to come. Can't Wait!!!!!!

Welcome

Thanks again everyone for coming out or chatting in to the meeting Wednesday. I hope you are excited to work together.
This is the blog. I named it interrobang collective because I thought it was fitting and interrobang.blogspot.com is a weird car insurance site. Hopefully, along with the facebook group, we can have some good discussion about the current topic and about the finished piece itself (i.e. share examples of similar publications that we might draw inspiration from). I will be adding you all soon enough. Let's be proactive! Add this to your reader, and contribute often.

I hope none of you mind being called a "collective"

Don't forget to let others know about the project as well. Let's try and get people involved.