BRIDGE Recruitment Meeting Minutes

BRIDGE Recruitment Meeting

Tuesday January 21th, 2014

Loft  at 7:00pm

This BRIDGE meeting was the first of the semester. It began with a brief introduction presenting the manifesto, group goals, visions, and the directors to the new group members. The majority of the meeting was a collaborative discussion where issues regarding the website and storefront were presented. Students assigned themselves roles within BRIDGE that sparked their interest, and that would further the development of the physical and digital spaces by involving more students within the school and local community. Overall, the meeting ran smoothly, involved many enthusiastic students, and ultimately took a step forward in bridging the local community with the storefront, and the international community with the website.

 

1. Post-it note Discussion

– What do you envision for the physical space of BRIDGE?

–  What do you envision for the digital space of BRIDGE?

 

2. BRIDGE Intro

–  Manifesto for BRIDGE

– Introduction of directors

– We are bridging the local community with the storefront, and the international community with the website

 

3. Physical – Storefront

– Brief introduction/updates as to what is happening with regards to the physical space

– Looking for key members interested in contributing to the administrative aspects of  obtaining the space (contact Zak/Mike/Vikkie afterwards)

–  Storefront for Art and Architecture Competition – Seeking  Collaborators

– Storefront / Gallery Precedent Study – Seeking Contributor

– Regarding the storefront as an opportunity for promotion, publicity, and installations

– Establishing a relationship between main street and students and the local community

 

4. Digital – Website

a. Re-Design

– What is the digital presence of Bridge?

– Develop new interface that is more user friendly, encourages greater traffic flow, straightforward structure

– Establish Web Redesign Team

– Responsible for determining the objectives for the website, selecting/formatting new  template format, transitioning from old to new website

– New features – portfolio/website page, director/author/editor profiles, social media links

– Greater integration into the school curriculum

– Our goal is to have continuous content being uploaded

 

b. Authoring

– Looking for Routine and Guest Authors interested in contributing to online content

– Content focus is open, new ideas welcomed

– Objective – better integrate academic work, professor initiated assignments

 

c. Editors

– Looking for 2-3 people interested in being Editors

– Responsibility requires encouraging/initiating content generation from Authors

– Reviewing posts before putting online, promoting through social media

 

Writing Workshops – conducted once every two weeks, assistance formatting, generating posts, collaborating on ideas, etc for Authors + Editors

 

d. Traffic Flow – Social Media

– Objective to increase amount of visits to the site but also expand the range of exposure

– Create loops, sharing BRIDGE through social media, Facebook, Instagram, etc

– Expand to include larger typological realms (arch academic, arch professional, Cambridge community, Toronto design)

– All towards main goal of serving as forum for all student initiatives