Mainly we've been working on the conference, so not much else has happened in the past week.  Here are some details:

 Lots of stuff this week...

 Lots of stuff this week...

 A little early, as I'll be out of town Friday - Monday.

• Community
  • Added a box to the front page listing upcoming GTGs, with a module that automatically parses our Meetup.com Calendar.  Yay for standards that let web services play nicely together!
  • The German magazine Cicero: "Magazin Für Politische Kultur" is interested in doing an in-depth story this fall.
  • Please use the wiki to keep technical notes after a discussion!
    

• GTGs
  • The first Bay Area Seasteading Social will be on 9/15, sign up here.
  • October 10th conference - Online registration/payment are now set up!  Press releases coming soon.  Spread the word!
  • Whether or not you can make the conference, feel free to sign up for our post-conference social events on Saturday October 11th:
    

July was a bit of a slow month as I was wrapping things up at Google, but we now have some key initiatives underway:

• Community
  • I will probably attend / speak at the Convergence 2008 Unconference in Mountain View on November 15th-16th.  Bay Area futurists may want to check it out, it looks to be interesting.
  • Website stats.  June was a fair bit under May but better than April.  Averaged 1900 visits/day and 7500 pages/day (this doesn't include the wiki).

 With my injured shoulder, work has been slow this month.

• Community
  • Publicity
    • Political Animals radio/podcast interview (libertarian-oriented interview w/ Patri)
    • Rude Awakening radio show (short and not very favorable.  Can't win 'em all.)
    • Yachting Magazine
  • Conference - We have tentatively settled on Friday October 10th, at Embassy Suites by SFO (with some Thu evening / Sat morning stuff).  The cost will probably be in the $100-$175 range (with meals, not counting hotel room).  It will be "unconference" style, with a few keynotes and the main focus being on brainstorming, researching, networking, etc.  You can semi-mark your calendars, but we will make a more formal announcement when we have signed a contract and made a deposit.
  • Volunteers - Thanks for all the additions to the Volunteer List Wiki page!  We will be contacting volunteers over the coming weeks.
  • Seastead socials - We're thinking about having get-togethers in the Bay Area every 4-6 weeks, just general brainstorming/networking/keeping the enthusiasm going over drinks sort of thing.  We'll announce that here when it gets going.
• Engineering
  • We are hiring a local offshore engineering firm to do high-level structure conceptual design, and perhaps numerical modeling, simulation, and wave tank testing of some promising designs.
• Research - Nada

 Main areas this week - pictures, conference, volunteers, wiki.