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Notes of Auroconnect meet Snehal + Gijs June 28. Sorry not cleaned up yet...

added 2 potential new members: Gopi and Vijilakshmi (let me know if this sounds interesting to you at all!). Next meet Thursday 2 pm July 5 @ Auroconnect (all welcome!) Event ideas: Gopi movies :
 * health (forest medicine)
 * Waste : combine + Ribhu garbology, Kuldeep B'lore , Gopi wastebin movie

MANGO FESTIVAL -cum- Thematic evening standard poster with all activities: evening get togethers, co-working office , product exhibition , movies
 * participants minimum 15***

Auronet: post as AVAG? N & N: update, E-mail list + reminder by sms: reply to mail RSVP


 * Opportunity board: everything we get by mail**
 * -competitions,**
 * -volunteers**
 * -start with**
 * JULY & AUG**
 * JULY & AUG**


 * Examples of social enterprises:**
 * -Mithikul fridge**
 * -Snehal: banana fibre textiles & pads, -cheap pads guy Coimbatore (Bernard August)**
 * -Snehal: I-grow app for urban permaculture + user community**
 * -Cocoon organic textiles + education support**
 * -Tip4 Change**


 * Logistics**
 * For product exhibit @ Kofibar: glass frames Rene? Kangaian carpenter (quote for display)**
 * sign in front of Kofibar**


 * Webly site + RSS**
 * Rs 800 Auroconnect .org**

POtential particiapnts:

......


 * Box system**
 * - enterpreneurs**
 * - service professionals**
 * - service professionals**

Management: Mobilising local enterpreneurs & service professionals Go round with a drum in nearby villages (ask Anbu, Morris for help)? ask UnLtd: ???? Sarah ????

Bombay connect : manual / guidelines?
 * theoretic framework**
 * theoretic framework**


 * 4 Phases of startup venture development**
 * -customer discovery**
 * -cust validation**
 * -cust creation**
 * -growth**


 * each phase different support needed. can tailor services + explain to service providers**

QUESTION How to filter out the ideas that are going to stick? Gijs: assumption = by using the 4 step frame -then only those with a proven market will pass through...

May 5, 2012 -> see also the VISUAL NOTES

Apart from having had a really good and productive time I would also invite all of us to celebrate our first stepping stones and achievements:
 * we've got a space and initial infrastructure, yeah!!! thanks Snehal
 * the floor is put, thx Gijs, Snehal and all the others who gave material and volunteered their time and sweat!!!
 * Matt and Julia are building some desks to get us started - awesome!!
 * Snehal, Raj and myself offered to get us started for May in terms of hosting the space!
 * we have a list of team members willing to treat this as their community enterprise start-up. Thank you Snehal, Raj, Gijs, Anbu, Morris, Aran, Jerry, Amir, Gagan and Wiebke . Anyone else who wants to make this happen, pls let us know so we can invite you to the regular team meetings!
 * we also got not just a list of the first AuroConnect members (also on the notes) but the contributions of the first 11 members for the months of May, yeppeah!!! Thank you all!!
 * And we agreed on regular team meetings on Saturdays 3 pm at AuroConnect

Am really proud to be part of this. Luv to you all, Wiebke