@maulshreesinha @riyacherian @renuka Summary from Fathom of staff meeting on January 4, 2025:

Community Internet staff mtg – January 04
VIEW RECORDING – 59 mins (No highlights)
Meeting Purpose

Discuss Community Internet’s strategy and project plans for 2025, focusing on AI integration and community engagement.

Key Takeaways

• Focus on helping community stakeholders become prompt engineers and leverage AI
• New website explanation slideshow created to better convey features and benefits
• Team to work on marketing pitches, member engagement, and gamification/certification features
• Exploring partnership with Server Domes for community-based data centers
• Prioritizing engagement of existing 170 members over acquiring new sign-ups

Topics
2025 Strategy and AI Focus

• Shift focus to helping community stakeholders become prompt engineers and use AI advantageously
• Address concerns about wealth concentration and AI misuse by top players
• Improve explanation of website features to attract and involve community stakeholders
• Develop a 3-4 minute presentation explaining the website’s core functions

Website Features and Presentation

• Created slideshow explaining key website features: members, groups, DIY capabilities
• Website positioned as a meeting place, alerting place, and marketplace
• Emphasis on creating service teams for marketplace delivery
• Profile search functionality for finding individuals or businesses

Community Data Centers and Partnerships

• Exploring partnership with Server Domes for smaller, environmentally-friendly data centers
• Potential application in Oceana County for agricultural IoT (e.g., asparagus farming)
• Aim to create a template for rural areas worldwide

Grant Opportunities and Marketing

• Google grant opening on January 7th, focusing on community stakeholder engagement
• Riya and Renuka to work on marketing pitches for grants
• Dr. Ron to provide feedback from previous grant applications

Member Engagement and Gamification

• Focus on engaging existing 170 members rather than acquiring new sign-ups
• Explore gamification and LearnDash certifications to increase engagement
• Mauli to work on member engagement strategies

Website Improvements

• Implement a progress tracking system for new sign-ups, similar to WP Engine’s checklist
• Fix group email notifications system

Next Steps

• Riya and Renuka to get clearance from International Center for project work
• Riya and Renuka to collaborate on marketing pitches for grants
• Dr. Ron to provide feedback from previous grant applications
• Mauli to focus on member engagement strategies and explore gamification options
• Dr. Ron to fix group email notifications system
• Team to continue developing the explanation slideshow for Instagram and website use
• Dr. Ron to conduct “focus group” style discussions with community stakeholders to identify problems and potential solutions

Action Items

• Fix notifications for group emails (members not receiving group message notifications) – WATCH (30 secs)