[SLOrk-China] action items!

[Ge Wang]

Greetings Team SLOrk-China!


Updates!
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- for those of you who don't know yet, John Granzow will be joining us; 
the fellowship is complete!
- as of last week, general budget has been approved!


Action Item #1: Booking Travel
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now that budget is settled, it's time to book travel;  first, we'll need 
to figure out actual dates for everyone (and any special needs)
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* proposed deadline: end of this week
* please edit this google spreadsheet: http://bit.ly/QApd3o
* I've tentatively put down some dates, please add/adjust by end of day 
tomorrow;
* except for Rob and Kitty, the rest of us are tentatively leaving 
between 6/7 and 6/9 (let's see what ticket options are like first)
* Nette and Kitty will facilitate!  let's start looking at flight 
options (let's aim for direct flights from SFO to PEK on United or Air 
China);  we'll plan on actually booking on Thursday/Friday
* I will be hanging/working in China through August; for anyone who 
wants to stay beyond our seminar, I'm definitely down to work 
together/chill/party, do additional performances, and travel to other 
parts of China (I'll endeavor to be your guide to the more authentic 
elements of China and culture).  We'll figure out logistics of that 
separately...

* let me know if you have questions;  also feel free to post questions 
and discussions to this list (list members: rob, spencer, nette, kitty, 
hana, alex, madeline, romain, john, ge)

Action Item #2: "proposal" and bio
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* proposed deadline: end of this week
* as per our seminar description, we'll need "proposals" from you...
http://scpku.stanford.edu/working/seminars_wang_summer2014.html
* this is obviously more of a formality, but it will be good to have: 
please send me a 1-2 paragraph proposal outlining your interest in music 
and technology (in general), and a 1 paragraph bio (the latter we'll use 
in program notes and documentation)

The next action item will be visas... let's worry about that next week.

Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions!  Let's rock!

Ge!