Hey everyone! Just taking a quick moment to re-cap the results of the mindshare we had about a month ago. I'm curious if people can give some input into the progress made so far/what funding would be needed for each vertical's project! :)

Vertical - Vertical Leader(s) - 6 Month Proof-of-Concept Project
Performance - Matt Donnelly - 10 Terrible TV Pilots
Green - Ciara Byrne, Brandon Wiegand - Change urban farming ordinances downtown/more permanent greener block(?)/website for bottoms-up real-estate decision-making
Music - Erick Hollar - Music Hack Day
Local Politics - N/A - Downtown grant bank/database
Makers - Brian Monroe, Susan Hinton - Makerspace location nailed down/more classes/fundraising
Art - N/A - First Friday 10th Anniversary Sculpture Trail
Health & Wellness - James Wong - Sunday Reset Monthly Series
Education - Brian Egan - 30 Skillshare classes downtown
Content - Doug Daulton - Downtown story project (with film fes (more)tival)
Tech - Gabe Shepherd - SxVegas
Game Dev - Xavier Cross - NexGenVegas
Food - Heather Estus - Downtown Octoberfest Tasting Event

It's official the Downtown Food Jelly is here...all food junkies welcome. Working on our goals and first meeting...thinking of having a tasting of all new restaurants or food service businesses that want to open downtown? Thoughts?

Let's get it going Vegas! http://members.founderdating.com/unlock

Please connect me to the SYN Makers group- have a project I would like to discuss with them

Here are (almost) all of the notes taken by the community during the mindshare for the different verticals!

Sorry that I missed the mtg last night and health and Wellness was not represented. I'm out with a nasty virus but will be there on Sat. What do I need to do to catch up?

Hey everyone! Be sure to submit some suggestions for content to be covered in some fun videos Downtown Project is planning to film:

https://docs.google.com/a/ayloo.net/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGlZZGdhVnZLOWJuOXFaLVlmcWNTLUE6MQ

http://www.scoop.it/t/yellow-boat-social-entrepreneurism/p/1556210217/thanks-for-applying-to-be-a-skillshare-ambassador-you-ve-been-accepted-lvhelpgro
Ever wanted to teach a class? Find out how you can do so using SkillShare this Tuesday! http://www.skillshare.com/How-to-Teach-a-Skillshare-Class/998289101

http://www.scoop.it/t/yellow-boat-social-entrepreneurism/p/1553156865/chat-with-the-experts-on-how-crowdfunding-in-the-u-s-will-take-shape
Key details: Our live chat with the leadership group working to develop a self-regulatory framework for the crowdfunding industry will begin at 5pm GMT / 12pm EST / 9am PST on Monday, April 9. You can submit your questions for this panel of experts right now in the comments at the end of this post, or to eric.mack@crowdsourcing.org.

As President Obama is expected to sign the JOBS Act into law at 2pm EST on April 5, 2012, a leadership group consisting of equity and debt crowdfunding platforms and industry experts including legal, securities and SEC experts, have mobilized to explore the development of a self-regulatory framework for the crowdfunding industry. The JOBS Act requires that all equity and debt crowdfunding platforms be a member of a national securities association. This leadership group will explore the various paths to meet (more)that requirement in ways that protect investors and support a vibrant industry.

Chat live on Crowdsourcing.org with representatives from this group, including Jason Best and Sherwood Niess, Startup Exemption; Ruth E. Hedges, CEO of Funding Roadmap; David Drake and Dara Albright ofSoHoLoft; Candace Klein from SoMoLend; Vince Molinari, CEO of Gate Technologies; and Kevin Berg Grell from CAPS/Crowdsourcing.org, at 5pm GMT / 12pm EST / 9am PST on Monday, April 9 to ask questions and offer input regarding key elements of the framework including principles that will:

Establish strong protections for investors in the form of an Investor's Bill of Rights, including tests to assess investors' understanding of risk, criminal background checks on issuers, and adequate disclosures by issuers;
Ensure confidentiality of investors’ personal financial information;
Ensure that investors do not exceed statutory investment limits, by implementing standardized reporting and communication among platforms;
Establish standard communication processes for transparent flow of information between the issuer, the investor, the intermediary and the regulatory agency;
Develop a code of conduct for crowdfunding platforms, with enforcement mechanisms to punish bad actors;
Create a recognizable brand common to trustworthy intermediaries.
Founding leadership group members (in alphabetical order) include:

• CAPS Crowdfunding Accreditation Program
• Crowdfunder
• Funding Roadmap
• Gate Technologies
• IndieGoGo
• Launcht
• Motaavi
• RocketHub
• Soho Loft Capital Creation Events
• Somolend
• Startup Exemption
• Wefunder
• The founders of ProFounder Dana Mauriello & Jessica Jackley

To be sure to get your questions answered by these folks at the center of the burgeoning crowdfunding industry, feel free to leave your queries in the comments below or e-mail eric.mack@crowdsourcing.org. We'll also be checking our Facebook page and Twitter feed for your questions and comments.

Also, read up on Crowdsourcing.org's coverage of the JOBS Act and the crowdfunding industry in the U.S.:

The World Reacts to Imminent Crowdfunding in the U.S.
A Final Vote on the Crowdfunding Bill
Will Senate Crowdfunding Tweaks Cause U.S. Brain Drain?
Senate Passes JOBS Act
Crowdfunding Industry Establishes Standards to Help Prevent Fraud

Some of the history of coworking: http://nutopia.us/NYTimes.pdf

Human Experience!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2rbDHdHSN0&feature=relmfu

Hey! Friendly reminder that tomorrow night (Thursday) is the OPENING of the COLAB downtown gallery. It's inside Faciliteq from 6pm-9pm. The event will serve as a fundraiser to grow the mission to create a working gallery environment that elevates local design while creating community connectivity, education for our youth, and opportunity for professional growth. We are a new aspect of the downtown movement.

I'll be the door girl : ) See you all there!!

http://www.colablv.com/

Anyone wanna read this with me? Let's call it a 'Shift Vegas' "book club," haha

http://sociology.stanford.edu/people/mgranovetter/documents/granstrengthweakties.pdf

Hi everyone the new downtown boot camp and Real Results Fitness is going to be featured on two segments with Wake Up with the Wagners on channel 3 this Thursday. We know its early in the morning but need as many people out to help us fill up two classes News 3 wants to film 5:15a-6a and 6a-6:45a at the Vegas StrEATs lot on 6th at Fremont across from the El Cortez. Both classes will be free and I personally promise to buy you hot coffee at The Beat.
Now I know its very early so if you personally can't make either session please pass this on to as many people as you know in downtown. We appreciate the support. Message me with questions. Thanks

Las Vegas' ceramics community sets up shop in the old Art Bar

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2012/mar/21/clay-arts-vegas-opens/

I'm going on the Danny Vegas Live show today 4:15p-5p 970am KNUU to talk about Real Results Fitness, Shift Vegas and Build a Greener Block

The Real Results Fitness boot camp is happening. We had 4ppl on tues and 10ppl on Thurs. The goal is to have 25 this Tues 2/27. Join us at 6a
http://www.facebook.com/RealResultsDowntownCamp

tectonic shift? http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/downtown.htm

Anyone ever heard of 'Twin Oaks?'

http://books.google.com/books?id=fr20KegfE8gC&pg=PA130&dq=%22federation+of+egalitarian+communities%22&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22federation%20of%20egalitarian%20communities%22&f=false

Really cool community event: LV ARTreach Community Night May 11th at the 5th Street School