Cart 0 items Login | Register | Help Buy Sell Alchemy Community Blog Your Etsy Handmade Items: tags, titles Handmade Items: tags, titles, descriptions Supplies: tags, titles Vintage: tags, titles All items: tags, titles Sellers: usernames Materials Home > Workshop > Minutes Workshop Minutes: Street Team Meeting 2008.4.3 Minutes Started Thu Apr 03 2008 10:58:40 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Minutes Stopped Thu Apr 03 2008 10:58:43 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Minutes Started Thu Apr 03 2008 11:09:52 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) orioneclipsed: in the back.. cause Im a rebel sarawearsskirts: okay, let's begin JDStar: I'll copy off of you sarawearsskirts: i had on my clipboard that i'd like to talk about collaborations in general today sarawearsskirts: (you guys are funny) orioneclipsed: we try (-: sarawearsskirts: but, as usual, i'm always open for answering any teams-related questions you might have sarawearsskirts: general discussion of ideas, etc for teams is great! FishOnTheWall joined the room GemsByEm joined the room JDStar: Collaborations like 2 shops workingon one item, 2 shops promoting each other? sarawearsskirts: hello, fishonthewall and gemsbyem! GemsByEm: Hello! sarawearsskirts: either one, really, jdstar FishOnTheWall: Hello! sorry I'm late! sarawearsskirts: just teams working together on any project, reallky sarawearsskirts: that's okay! we've just begun! kimmchi: teh newnew is trying to work on a collaboration with the CA team, but it's hard to decide on an actual activity.... sarawearsskirts: we're discussing collaborations generally today sarawearsskirts: ahh, i see, kimm kimmchi: either a joint sale, or maybe actually cross featuring members might be more personable montezumamudd: The Mud Team is currently working on two upcoming collaborative events; one with LEST and one with ECGC - fun stuff! sarawearsskirts: we can brainstorm that today, i fyou'd like sarawearsskirts: excellent! sarawearsskirts: care to elaborate at all, montezumamudd? kimmchi: yes totally, what sort of studd is mud doing? sarawearsskirts: maybe it will spark ideas for other teams? FishOnTheWall: We came up with our idea & then presented it to the other teams... montezumamudd: The LEST and EMT event is a jewelry competition for Mother's Day. sarawearsskirts: fishonthewall, you're with the JET Team, right? FishOnTheWall: Yes- Sorry I forgot to log in/out sarawearsskirts: oh, that's okay montezumamudd: The ECGC and EMT event is a soap and soap dish competition in late May. sarawearsskirts: wonderful! sarawearsskirts: kimmchi, have there been ideas floating around between your teams for possible collaborations? sarawearsskirts: what kinds of things have you all discussed so far? montezumamudd: We also work with LEST promoting glass and ceramic treasuries. sarawearsskirts: LEST is a really enthusiastic new team, it's great! kimmchi: Yes we thought about volunteers from each team doing blog feature s on the other artists - to get to know each other better and help promote that way Please vote: are you on more than one team? kimmchi: I loke th idea of a contest JDStar: Only active in one though sarawearsskirts: that sounds like a great start, kimm Vote results: 3 yay, sarawearsskirts: kimmchi, be careful with contests... here's an article on that... sarawearsskirts: http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/etsyNews/article/promoting-your-etsy-shop-contest-alternatives/1223/ RoseThistleArtworks joined the room kimmchi: yes, i know heh heh heh, we've never done that sort of thing, we stick to straight reviews and wouldlove to get out of our comfort zone virtuallori joined the room sarawearsskirts: there are legal considerations involved in contests... kimmchi: Maybe joing treasuries? sarawearsskirts: treasuries would be good kimmchi: sorry, i am having spelling issues claudiasburningink joined the room MostlyMagnets joined the room sarawearsskirts: what about pairing up members to work on joint projects, like the co-production contest etsy held a few months ago? kimmchi: I only like that idea becaus eit might promote more participation kimmchi: from team members claudiasburningink: Hi everyone! MostlyMagnets: Hi there! sarawearsskirts: or does anyone remember pal-chemy? Born2BeeWild: How did I just put a heart on the admin? kimmchi: oooh, I like that - people that do similar items or artist collaborations - cool sarawearsskirts: awww kimmchi: u luv her JetTeam joined the room JDStar: Hey Claudia sarawearsskirts: yep - or a supply person could mail random supplies and then they document the results and split the sale? sarawearsskirts: (or sell in a team shop) claudiasburningink: JD since I'm at work, can you take notes for me? sarawearsskirts: that would make for interesting posts on some blogs littlepurls joined the room misscourageous joined the room littlepurls: Hello! sarawearsskirts: (sorry, all, i know i've been lax about posting transcripts, i'll try to catch that page up today) sarawearsskirts: hello, everyone! JDStar: minutes are being taken Claudia. kimmchi: sara, those are all fantastic ideas thank you, i will share them with the temas misscourageous: Hello! Please vote: has your team considered collaborating with another team? Jewelry24Seven joined the room Vote results: 9 yay, 4 nay, 3 abstain sarawearsskirts: great! very good littlepurls: there was talk a while ago with a new jersey s.t. to compete against the cccoe littlepurls: but nothing ever came of it sarawearsskirts: ahh, that's what the nyc team is talking about now daniellexo left the room sarawearsskirts: i'd love to see philly and nj pair up, too littlepurls: oh cool claudiasburningink: OK sorry team I have to get back to work. Lots of love, GO Disciples of Etsy claudiasburningink left the room sarawearsskirts: philly and the south central pa team are working on putting on a show right now RoseThistleArtworks: "competing with" how is that done? sarawearsskirts: oh, like a craft-off? littlepurls: yeah kinda sarawearsskirts: that sounds fun! littlepurls: we were brainstorming sarawearsskirts: great! that's what we're doing here today - brainstorming ways teams can collaborate on projects Born2BeeWild: gotta go back to work, I can't seem to keep up here. BYE sarawearsskirts: oh, thanks for coming in! Born2BeeWild left the room JDStar left the room littlepurls: but kinda like a craft off, like the nyc team would make 'california themed items' and the california team would would make nyc themed items MostlyMagnets left the room sarawearsskirts: oh, i like that idea (kimmchi, are you still here?) RoseThistleArtworks: Oh! THAT sounds coooool! orioneclipsed: that sounds kinda cool sarawearsskirts: very cool kimmchi: oh, i like that too little purls littlepurls: then the opposite team would vote virtuallori: Sorry -- conference call coming through. Gotta run. virtuallori left the room littlepurls: like, nawww you got california all wrong! RoseThistleArtworks: we're a busy bunch misscourageous: my team is still relatively new, just since january, not sure if we're ready to collaborate sarawearsskirts: that's okay, misscourageous. it's up to the team how much they want to take on littlepurls: i wish there was a place on etsy for the teams to meet up besides the forums kimmchi: sorry guys, craftzine.com just ran a t=utorial I did on paper making and I can't stop staring at my name on their page! sarawearsskirts: it's okay if teams want to work on things within themselves RoseThistleArtworks: our needle felt team is in "talks" with etsyFAST but since we are basically a subset of FAST it's hard to come up with anything. :( littlepurls: i positively hate yahoo groups sarawearsskirts: awww, kimmchi, that's great! sarawearsskirts: (link?) sarawearsskirts: i like google groups over yahoo groups, personally littlepurls: i've never tried google groups kimmchi: I think we are gonna try and do a bi-coastal chat or a virtual labs meetingto hash this out between the two teams claudiasburningink joined the room misscourageous: we have our first big show tonite, articles in all the papers! sarawearsskirts: that sounds great kimmchi: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2008/04/how_to_make_paper_from_junk_ma.html RoseThistleArtworks: Our group isn't happy with google. We haven't found a way to meaningfully ORGANIZE all the info sarawearsskirts: oh wow, congratulations, misscouragous littlepurls: how hard is it to form your own group? FishOnTheWall: one of my teams is thinking of a message board to replace the google group. misscourageous: thanks, I'll post some pics in the flickr group tomorrow kimmchi: we are getting into usiing the page sfeature in teh googl egroup and constantly linking to those and updating pacobox joined the room sarawearsskirts: yeah, using the pages tool is something philly's just starting to do, it's nice RoseThistleArtworks: way to go kimmchi! yes the pages have been the best and most useful but yahoo has all those folders, too sarawearsskirts: littlepurls, forming your own group on google? claudiasburningink: I co-host my group with JDStar littlepurls: no for etsy lilbrigid joined the room sarawearsskirts: oh, here are the instructions - http://team.etsy.com/join.html littlepurls: cool thanks sarawearsskirts: kimmchi, that tutorial is great press for the new new! sarawearsskirts: nice work! claudiasburningink: Sara, so what exactly are we talking about with hooking up with other groups? RoseThistleArtworks: littlepurls, I just started chatting with other needle felters on the forums, built up a small group that way sarawearsskirts: you should send the link to adam at pressclub@etsy.com kimmchi: yes, I hope so!! we are posting every day this month with tutorial and features for earth day :) kimmchi: will do sarawearsskirts: claudiasburningink, we're brainstorming ways that different teams can work together on various projects lilbrigid left the room sarawearsskirts: it's up to the individual teams, but we're generating broad ideas today sarawearsskirts: to spark more ideas for teams littlepurls: yeah, i want to start a subset of the california street team, the nor cal street team. cause it seems like everyone in the cccoe is from LA sarawearsskirts: good idea, littlepurls claudiasburningink: great, well my suggestion would be co host shows or craft nights sarawearsskirts: SFEtsy is a great team, too sarawearsskirts: great! littlepurls: is that for san francisco? sarawearsskirts: yep, san francisco RoseThistleArtworks: does anyone have any ideas on how needle felt and fiber arts could team up? It seems so natural, but we can't seem to find a way to maintain our individual identities yet share a venture. claudiasburningink: Currently our state has just the one team. sarawearsskirts: is there any way for the fiber arts people to send handmade supplies or something to needlefelters to make things out of? claudiasburningink: What about web broadcast, I'd suggest on weekends for those of us that work M-F RoseThistleArtworks: yes, that was a good idea, but that leaves out all the other fiber artists sarawearsskirts: claudiasburningink, you can hook up with a virtual team, as well - maybe cross promote with a team based on craft sarawearsskirts: hmmm sarawearsskirts: i'm going to think about this more, rosethistle RoseThistleArtworks: thx FishOnTheWall: Maybe they could do a design challenge= set the colors/theme and see what everyone comes up with? misscourageous: we're starting to plan our next event, a silent auction for charity, maybe another team wants to challenge us for raising $$$? sarawearsskirts: i have to admit i don't know a whole lot about fiber arts RoseThistleArtworks: AHA! claudiasburningink left the room sarawearsskirts: ooooh misscourageous, that's an idea! sarawearsskirts: i like that it would go to a good cause! RoseThistleArtworks: fishonthewall! good idea . . . GREAT idea so simple, yet GENIUS misscourageous: who's up for the challlenge? we haven't picked a charity yet... sarawearsskirts: fishtonthewall, that is a great idea! sarawearsskirts: the beadweavers have been doing monthly challenges very successfully for a while now - they're blog is great littlepurls: you should look for a craft based charity RoseThistleArtworks: Needlefelt takes so looooong it's hard to do too many charity events FishOnTheWall: That is what we are doing with our wedding challenge. We the Jewelry on Etsy Team (JET) etsy FAST & Etsy Greetings are all working from the same guidelines. sarawearsskirts: or even donorschoose.org - misscourageous: craft based? ie:? littlepurls: or non profit sarawearsskirts: you could maybe send money for crafting supplies for school?s? kimmchi: gotta go---sorry kimmchi left the room sarawearsskirts: http://www.donorschoose.org/homepage/main.html misscourageous: I'm getting suggestions from the team then they'll vote on it littlepurls: theres got to be some kind of non profit out there that works to teach people in need crafts and such sarawearsskirts: excellent - yeah, it should be a team decision for sure neawear joined the room RoseThistleArtworks: I think fiber arts would be great for blind people to experience art misscourageous: I'm marking that site sarawearsskirts: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?zone=0&sourceid=hp&keywords=crafts&x=0&y=0 RoseThistleArtworks: since its so tactile sarawearsskirts: oh, rosethistleartowrks, i like that thinking misscourageous: can I ask a non-related question? sarawearsskirts: oh sure aplanetnamedjanet joined the room sarawearsskirts: hello, a planetnamedjanet! aplanetnamedjanet: Hello! misscourageous: since our press I've had people coming out of the woodwork, not on etsy, joining etsy just to "take part in our shows" misscourageous: any tips on this? sarawearsskirts: hmmm misscourageous: they don't even know what they're trying to sign up for neawear left the room sarawearsskirts: maybe your team could have a skill share, like tips on how to list on etsy? sarawearsskirts: or have a requirement for participating in shows that all sellers have to have at least X number of items listed in a shop? misscourageous: I thought maybe in the future new members would have to be on etsy for a minimum time before joining sarawearsskirts: yep RoseThistleArtworks: what show did your group do misscourageous? misscourageous: it's tonight misscourageous: lots of press lately sarawearsskirts: and offering to sort of mentor them in setting up shop might be a good way to make it seem less intimidating or less like hard work? RoseThistleArtworks: what is it? I'm under a rock misscourageous: you're not under a rock. it's in idaho, for first thursday art walk fairytalefibers joined the room RoseThistleArtworks: Ooooohhh. Sounds so cool. But, I see what you are saying now about people joining just to be in the show. sarawearsskirts: first thursdays or fridays are great chances to get out in your city and promote etsy, if you're in a big enough city to have one littlepurls: does anyone belong to a craft mafia? sarawearsskirts: we go out in philly sometimes, and i've been to first fridays in charlottesville, va and phoenix sarawearsskirts: it's such a great way to reach people whoh appreicate art where you live misscourageous: Boise's pretty small actually, I think half of the etsy sellers in idaho are on the team now! LOL orioneclipsed: tulsa has a craft mafia.. not sure about it though sarawearsskirts: but there are browsers, right? misscourageous: yep sarawearsskirts: philly's craft mafia is kind of MIA littlepurls: sacramento has a craft mafia that's pretty active littlepurls: i think most of them sell on etsy orioneclipsed: what do craft mafias usually do? littlepurls: same as a team littlepurls: get together littlepurls: do shows sarawearsskirts: some organize shows, promote themselves... very similar to etsy teams, really littlepurls: promote eachother littlepurls: yup orioneclipsed: I see sarawearsskirts: it's a creative way of branding your group of handmakers, really misscourageous: this is from yesterday's news: http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A312524 sarawearsskirts: craft mafias are pretty awesome vintageprints joined the room sarawearsskirts: hello, vintageprtints! vintageprints: Hello! sarawearsskirts: we're brainstorming ways that etsy teams can pair up to work together on projects vintageprints: I'm a member of the vintage street team sarawearsskirts: does anyone have more questions for me? (the vintage team is great!) sarawearsskirts: or more ideas to throw ou tthere for us? RoseThistleArtworks: oh no I didn't save that donor link! misscourageous: is there another regional team that wants to do a charity challenge against idaho? misscourageous: http://www.donorschoose.org/homepage/main.html sarawearsskirts: oh, here's the search for craft i posted from it: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?page=2&zone=0&keywords=crafts&y=0&sourceid=hp&x=0 sarawearsskirts: (i'm on such a donors choose kick lately, i love that site) sarawearsskirts: or kiva! misscourageous: what's kiva? montezumamudd: kiva is GREAT! sarawearsskirts: http://www.kiva.org/ littlepurls: oh kiva was in the storque right? sarawearsskirts: it's microloans from individuals - etsy has paired with kiva on some events, they're great sarawearsskirts: right! littlepurls: that was really cool Please vote: have you read the book club book by Yunus on microlending? littlepurls: whats the book about? sarawearsskirts: http://www.amazon.com/Banker-Poor-Micro-Lending-Against-Poverty/dp/1891620118 sarawearsskirts: is a good read - pretty quick IndieMoon joined the room Vote results: 1 yay, sarawearsskirts: it's about Muhammed Yunus and his global microlending littlepurls: does the etsy book club ever read fiction? sarawearsskirts: i'm the only one that read it?!? misscourageous: who has time to read? sarawearsskirts: :) littlepurls: lol sarawearsskirts: no, etsy book club is pretty much nonfiction immortallongings joined the room sarawearsskirts: so we can learn about ideas for etsy, etc littlepurls: all the books are about economics immortallongings: Hello! sarawearsskirts: the books have all been good, nice reads, in my opinion littlepurls: *yawn littlepurls: well i'll look into ti littlepurls: it sarawearsskirts: i never had any interest in economics, but i swear they're interesting! littlepurls: lol littlepurls: i believe you sarawearsskirts: i usually like architecture books full of pictures and i love most of the books we've read! sarawearsskirts: hahah littlepurls: lol littlepurls: yes indeed sarawearsskirts: the ben and jerry's book was interesting vintageprints: I worked for a non-profit in Tucson that did the very same thing as that book littlepurls: ooohh ben and jerry's book? sarawearsskirts: vintageprints, that sounds great! immortallongings left the room sarawearsskirts: haha IndieMoon: lol sarawearsskirts: it's about running a responsible business littlepurls: lol sarawearsskirts: it was great littlepurls: ahh vintageprints: we would help migrant farmworkers start small businesses with micro-loans littlepurls: i wanted ice cream sarawearsskirts: vintageprints, that's wonderful. so you're familiar with kiva, then? sarawearsskirts: or no>? sarawearsskirts: alright, well... this was a great workshop! misscourageous: gotta go get ready for tonight vintageprints: I actually wasn't familiar with Kiva sarawearsskirts: any more questions for me? or ideas? RoseThistleArtworks: thx sara! sarawearsskirts: ooh, check out kiva - it's nice! misscourageous: just thanks! you rock! montezumamudd: Thanks sara. sarawearsskirts: no, YOU rock! orioneclipsed: thanks Sara! sarawearsskirts: good lukc with your show, millie! montezumamudd left the room vintageprints: thanks! misscourageous: thanks!!! sarawearsskirts: thanks for coming, everyone! Jewelry24Seven: Dropped in to get a feel for the lab thing ... Im going to come by more often. Thanks for the look ... RoseThistleArtworks: good lukc from me too sarawearsskirts: great workshop, as usual littlepurls: thanks sara! RoseThistleArtworks left the room Jewelry24Seven left the room misscourageous left the room sarawearsskirts: oh, jewelry24seven, thanks for coming by! About | Press | Contact | Teams | Jobs | Merch Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy © 2008 Etsy Inc.