Camp for Climate Action 2008 Extras

Things to do and ideas to explore

To Do / questions?

• look into audio blogging and maybe using it for the info line latest news feature

• research re-purposing asterisk voice mail as a way to do 'latest news' on info line

• see if there are better ways of doing text to speech or should we avoid it?

• can callers send texts to basterisk? and how would that be useful if possible?

• what use can we make of 'unlimited' texts? (something comms might find useful?)

• could we do a 'useful numbers request' text back service?

• phone based access to camp radio stream? is that stupid? (for listening maybe, but not the other way round)

• any way to make conference rooms more useful in our context? (by combing them with text message invites?)

• what can twitter do? can people set up unmoderated twitters?

• how can we asterisk call logging as a tool for dispatch? (using grep and pipes?)

• what can we do with skypephones, 4000 free minutes and skype to sip?

(send it out in the field for free access to blasterisk (via voxeo) for audio blogging/reports?) (use it as a roaming microphone/outdoor broadcast unit for the radio?)

General Ideas

• using twitter to announce important more detailed news on infoline

• twitter announced teleconferencing for working groups / affinity groups

• group voice mail for working groups / affinity groups

• audio blogs for individuals / affinity groups

• automated questionnaire for arrest reporting

• provide a call back service to legal support team / medics

info line specific ideas

• days news summary (different from latest news)

• todays workshops broken down into morning / afternoon

• next workshops and locations

• next meal - planned menus for each neighborhood

• site wish list (useful before people arrive perhaps)

• site job list (useful during the camp itself perhaps)

• audio press statements?

• reporting line guidelines / howto

• tide times and weather

Budget and spending

Total £975 (there must be something missing.... about another £200, what is it?)

Would be good if we under spend somewhere so I can reimburse myself for 3G antenna and other expenses.

The power related stuff was take out of the budget proposal and moved to the power groups budget.

£450 for internet provision

To cover micks costs of getting the sat truck there, data tarrif etc

£200 for media team phones

based on last years spending, credit, phones etc

£150 for reporting lines telephony

I've signed up for a Solo contract (1,400 minutes, unlimted texts), which has 30 days notice for cancellation so will probably have to pay two month. ie £60 Have a spare unlocked phone to use for this is need be.

also purchased a GSM Fixed Cellular Terminal £36

and two PAYG skypephones ~£60

Total spent so far... £126 to £156 (depending on cancelling the solo contract)

£100 for media pool

This is to cover storage media for the photo and video pool. Looks like we will get two 500gb drives at £50 each.