Identity, Money & Banking in the Internet Age at La Manzana

R. Dorion, JWRD Computing, 2022

Project Management

  1. Venue
    1. Audio/Visual/Furniture
      1. Provider : Make Things Happen (Paul Tijerino Zaldivar)
      2. Questions :
        1. In what format will the video and audio recordings be ?
        2. What is the Video hook up for the presentation slides ? HDMI ? VGA ?
      3. STATUS : 50% downpayment prior (TODO), settle the remainder day after event.
    2. Parking
      1. Provider : Smart Valet
      2. Adjacent lot has 16 spaces.
      3. STATUS : quoted : $256.80 for 09:00-17:30 with 4 Valets
    3. Catering
      1. Provider : Miguel C (Sabor Local)
      2. TODO : Ask to include a happy hour in quote
      3. STATUS : Asked (via Harneet) for options and a quote for 25, 50 and 75 plates
    4. Happy Hour
      1. Location : Have it at La Manzana
      2. TODO : Find Liquor/Beer Sponsors
      3. TODO : Ask Legitima to sponsor, serve some kegs
  2. Sales
    1. Anchor Article
    2. Graphic Flyer & Copy
      1. Harneet introduced to Jean Paol Ortega Ramirez
      2. Down payment made 2022-01-04; Settlement payment made 2022-01-11, first version received.
      3. STATUS : modifications remain, use for adding sponsor logos.
    3. Plain Text Flyer
      1. STATUS : DONE : link
    4. Event Brite
      1. Event Link
      2. transaction costs : eventbrite = 2% + $0.79 = $5.79 / ticket ; paypal.us = 4.4% = $11 / ticket
      3. I chose paypal rather and evb inhouse processing because paypal settles within days and evb doesn't settle until 5 days following event.
      4. NOTE : paypal.us fee doesn't include tx fee to transfer from us.bank to panama.
      5. eventbrite fee paid by buyer, just like Bitcoin txn fee paid by buyer. At current market rates, (~1000 satoshi/kB) Bitcoin is cheaper than eventbrite for the buyer on a tx fee qua tx fee basis.
      6. Sources : Paypal ; Eventbrite
      7. STATUS : DONE, published
    5. Prospect List
      1. STATUS : Work in progress, working to grow.
    6. Email Template(s)
      1. STATUS : DONE
    7. Email List(s)
      1. Arco : once eventbrite page is created, Patrizia will include in coming email to client list
      2. STATUS : Work in Progress
    8. Sponsorship : logo on marketing, sign at event, 2 tickets. Cost : $1`000
      1. Tangible Activity
        1. Have a vendor, e.g. Aldo, with a tangible activity, e.g. beginner wallet set up.
          1. Challenge here is, on/with what ? Is tvphone wallet congruent with the event ? What happens if/when attendee uses tvphone wallet set up at event and losses funds ?
        2. Have a 15-20 minute segment : 'Measuring the Entropy of Dice Generated Password' or 'How to measure and strengthen passwords'.
          1. This is a practice/frame of mind they can immediately take home and apply. Locus is more on 'learning to fish' than 'here's a fish'.
      2. Liquor/Beer Vendor for Happy Hour.
      3. STATUS : work in progress
    9. Payment Methods
      1. Bitcoin, Cash, Check.
      2. Paypal.US via eventbrite, but am not advertising paypal otherwise
      3. TODO : Add Cuanto and ACH
  3. Product
    1. Receive PDFs of Presentations.
      1. STATUS : TODO
    2. Table and Power Source for Hardware Demo
      1. STATUS : TODO
    3. Review Film of Prior Events/Presentations
      1. STATUS : TODO
  4. Finance
    1. Projections : DONE
    2. Statement : TODO, update weekly as ticket sales close