== Attracting and Caring for New Members - 15 mins (Shelley and Ben) ==
Not sure what it would take to get a table at a convention like (Comic-Con and WorldCon). Mark knows someone who goes to Comic-Con.
Recruiting:
* Community Networking
** Find kindred researchers
*** Biologists
** Find kindred communities
** Organize Kindred 2010 (to bring together researchers and communities)
* Membership building
** Booths/Tables at kindred conferences
*** Comic-Con International (Comic Books and Pop Culture Convention)
*** WorldCon (The World Science Fiction Convention)
* Literature-building
** Video projects
** Canon/"sacred texts"
** Continue to develop the wiki
New folks:
* Invite to call
* Something on the front page about joining the movement ... link to information about this call
* Get on the call even before they sign up (but conference calls only work well with a relatively small number of people, or a relatively large silent audience) ** Shelley: "I hope we have that problem some day"
* "I'm interested" Form to collect their real-name, email, three bullets about why they are interested
* Photos of real people on the front page ... prove we're not crazies
* WhoAreWe ... group photo and link to some photos
* Sol2009 ... attract and care for new members
** Proposed time: July 4,5 and a half day on 6
* Ongoing projects like with Water Partners International
* Communicate with new members in some fashion ... seems like a good idea
** Too weird to call them? ... I don't like to be called, I'd rather be called
** 1 or 2 welcoming emails (from the welcoming committee)
** If everyone sends email overwhelming (choose a location on wiki to coordinate)
* Newsletter (e-mail) ... or print and mail
* Small and in process of establishing culture ... maybe culture is one where we welcome people