11-04-2024, 08:56 AM
The researcher forms submitted by the 8 April deadline have all been reviewed and accepted and I will be reaching out to all of them this week. Scheduling will come next and I will coordinate with Koen on that. The review team felt we can add more presentations and that we should extend the deadline so we did. The new date is 30 April and we will review any additional submissions at that time.
Next week, I have more discussion threads to start:
15 April: start VM Art Show thread (call for artwork posting submissions)
15 April: create threads for expert interviews and guest talk suggestions
The VM Art Show thread will be a call for current member VM artwork to be submitted by thread reply, either as links to external sites or as embedded images and posts can also include information on how to purchase the artwork. For all submissions received by 21 July, they will also be eligible for the member vote best of poll, which, depending on how many submissions received, may be a series of polls broken out by category (site polls are limited to 10 options).
I only know of one VM artist on this site and only 1 or 2 others externally. I could use some help getting the word out. So if anyone reading this knows of anyone who may be interested in sharing their VM artwork, your assisted in contacting them would be greatly appreciated.
Likewise, I will have to put out a call for VM musicians as we only have 1 of those currently. I could use everyone's help with this too.
As for the expert interviews, I know Koen has something in progress and I need an update. But for both this and the guest talks, I need suggestions for additional people who should be invited to be interviewed or to do a talk. Some may be internal to this site but I expect many asked to participate will be external. With the threads I am starting on Monday, I plan to include a poll in each so members can vote on who they would most like to "see" on VM Day from a list of options for whom there is already contact info and to also allow members to suggest others, especially ones they can reach out to for us. We need to start confirming these experts and guests in May and complete them by 21 July.
Again, any and all help from anyone reading this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Next week, I have more discussion threads to start:
15 April: start VM Art Show thread (call for artwork posting submissions)
15 April: create threads for expert interviews and guest talk suggestions
The VM Art Show thread will be a call for current member VM artwork to be submitted by thread reply, either as links to external sites or as embedded images and posts can also include information on how to purchase the artwork. For all submissions received by 21 July, they will also be eligible for the member vote best of poll, which, depending on how many submissions received, may be a series of polls broken out by category (site polls are limited to 10 options).
I only know of one VM artist on this site and only 1 or 2 others externally. I could use some help getting the word out. So if anyone reading this knows of anyone who may be interested in sharing their VM artwork, your assisted in contacting them would be greatly appreciated.
Likewise, I will have to put out a call for VM musicians as we only have 1 of those currently. I could use everyone's help with this too.
As for the expert interviews, I know Koen has something in progress and I need an update. But for both this and the guest talks, I need suggestions for additional people who should be invited to be interviewed or to do a talk. Some may be internal to this site but I expect many asked to participate will be external. With the threads I am starting on Monday, I plan to include a poll in each so members can vote on who they would most like to "see" on VM Day from a list of options for whom there is already contact info and to also allow members to suggest others, especially ones they can reach out to for us. We need to start confirming these experts and guests in May and complete them by 21 July.
Again, any and all help from anyone reading this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!