Biological Reverse Kickstarter

Kerry Rodgers wrote:

Kerry Rodgers wrote:I'm offering $20 each to the next 5 residents who start or continue a blog thread in the "wheaton laboratories" forum.

This has gone pretty well, with 4 awarded so far.   I don't want it to end! There are still two slots open in the boot program, and possibly more people will be having a stay at the Labs once the weather gets warmer.  So I want to recharge this bounty by  adding 5 more instances of it to the bounty list.

If you're new to all this, look at the top post on page one of this tread for details.  Note that this is one of the few bounties that can be done on your first day at Wheaton Labs, and even by short-term residents.

Numbers upped to have "6" instances now!!

The Paypal thing is a new policy of theirs regarding "wallets" and how money is handled. Apparently I have to provide proof of PHYSICAL residence vice my mailing information. Fun, as I am on the road.

It looks like Robbie has well over exceeded 90 days of posting for this reward

First Boot to post a pic a day for 90 days
One handmade fairy/elf in your choice of colors, design, etc (see examples here)--from Nicole Alderman
$100 --from Tyler Ludens
$100 --anon963
$500 --Kyle Neath

I'm working on Robbie's fairy. I think those who pledged money can get it to Robbie by either mailing a check or using paypal, right Robbie?

and he's also earned this one!

First Person to make at least one post a week about their life/work on wheaton labs during 3 consecutive months  (Post can be text only, but I like to see some pictures or even videos now and then).
a hand-knitted wool hat/ cap - Inge Leonora-den Ouden
(size, colour and other specifications of the hat to be sent)

Inge has already gotten in contact with Robbie about that, too.


Are there any other pledges that I have missed, that Robbie has earned?

I'll commit $100 for the first to make pep1. Deadline of Dec 31, 2019. Is that timeframe realistic? I'll likely extend it, but want choice to extend it or not. Things can change in a year.....

Hooray Robbie!

Hi all! We realized that the Biological Reverse Kickstarter might have been a bit overwhelming and confusing for some people, so I went through and removed the artifacts that had no pledges and organized everything to make it--hopefully--a bit easier to navigate. Tell me what you think!!!

Also, we've made a simplified, special Biological Reverse Kickstarter JUST for Boots! It has it's own special page HERE (and it's also mentioned at the top of this thread). We're really hoping this will make it really easy for prospective Boots to see what is offered and get excited about the Bootcamp program!

Mark,

I think you are in the wrong place.  

Kickstarter = I wanna do a thing and need money

reverse kickstarter = I want a thing done and will put up money

Plus, this thread (and this forum) is for stuff at wheaton labs.  Those pics are clearly from someplace else.

paul wheaton wrote:Mark,

I think you are in the wrong place.  

Kickstarter = I wanna do a thing and need money

reverse kickstarter = I want a thing done and will put up money

Plus, this thread (and this forum) is for stuff at wheaton labs.  Those pics are clearly from someplace else.

Thanks.

How do I move this to the appropriate forum/topic? If you can, please feel free to do so for me. Thanks.

The next 5 4 3 2 6 People who start or continue a blog thread in the "wheaton laboratories" forum. More info on what a blog thread is HERE
* $20/Person from Kerry Rodgers. 6 Rewards left, 1 claimed by Jeremy Butler, by Christopher Lopez, by Philip "Akhu" Huerta, and by Robbie Bassen

It looks like Coco and Jaqi have started media rich threads in the "Wheaton Laboratories" forum.  Thanks!  Special thanks for getting the participants' faces in.

You qualify for the above reward!  Would one of the staff help facilitate the payments?  (and keep me honest if I miss any new threads!)

Sure! I'll moosage them both and find out the best way for them to receive your funds, and then moosage you with the info!

The next 5 4 3 2 6 People who start or continue a blog thread in the "wheaton laboratories" forum. More info on what a blog thread is HERE

We need to pay Cass for his fun thread!   And Josiah's cool hot project-at-the-labs thread surely surpasses the sprit of the offer as well.   Thanks to you both!

Bill Erickson wrote:
Boots -- 100 days of media (Each day is three pics or a video. The days do not have to be consecutive.  And it is repeatable - 200 days, 300 days, etc.)
More information about this HERE


For the Residents of Wheaton Labs---this includes Ants, Gappers, Fred, Deep Roots, and other long term residents like a videographer, roundwood person, accommodation manager and so on. (But not Jocelyn or Paul--sorry!)

First Resident that posts a pic or video a day for 30 days

$200 --Kyle Neath

I wanted to ask..........
For resident dose it have to be consecutive???
If it dose no worries!!! maybe I'll try posting when I'm off site.

If I don't I'm at day 65 https://permies.com/wiki/80/114946/permaculture-projects/Coco-Photos-wheaton-labs#974486

I honestly don't know, Coco, but I'll PM Kyle and find out what he wants to do!

(And thank you SO MUCH for counting, because counting the posts is not easy for me!)

Nicole Alderman wrote:I honestly don't know, Coco, but I'll PM Kyle and find out what he wants to do!

(And thank you SO MUCH for counting, because counting the posts is not easy for me!)

Thank-you Nicole!!! That sounds great, thank-you for checking for me.

Okay, I went back and tried to figure out the intent behind those pledges. I think for the residents it is intended to be consecutive based on the “a day” part and the fact that the 100 days of media is worded so differently and specifically mentions it doesn’t have to be consecutive.

That being said... did you just miss a couple days here and there? Or were there big long gaps? I hardly think the limits need to be super stringent.

Kyle Neath wrote:Okay, I went back and tried to figure out the intent behind those pledges. I think for the residents it is intended to be consecutive based on the “a day” part and the fact that the 100 days of media is worded so differently and specifically mentions it doesn’t have to be consecutive.

That being said... did you just miss a couple days here and there? Or were there big long gaps? I hardly think the limits need to be super stringent.

Hi Kyle,

I was trying to do weekend but with being off site on weekends it was hard to post. (no weekend)
Monday-Friday I post photos. But if weekends are need I get that.

Thank-you Kyle

Coco

Hi Nicole,

I will pledge $11 for each onsite boot who chooses to create and add (monthly) to an entirely fictional story of boot life.  Something like a permies version of "The Very Secret Diaries" http://www.ealasaid.com/misc/vsd/

On scraps of paper write places, items, names, actions (permaculture related at boot camp), and connecting words.  Put in separate containers.

At the end of a day, (perhaps monthly?), each participating boot blindly draws a paper from each container, then creatively forms the best possible sentence.  If needed, up to three words not in the containers can be used if needed to form an intelligible sentence, or to make it more fun.

A volunteer boot writes the sentences in a text document.  Saves it as a pdf file.  Emails(?) that to whomever can add a link to the boot love page, or in a thread in the mindless drivel forum?  Not sure where the best place is, or the best way to share.

An additional $1 for puns.

An additional $10 if a boot creates a catch phrase that becomes humorously repetitious like "Sam will..." or "that's what s/he said" that becomes a fun reference at Wheaton Labs.

Perhaps another contributor can offer something similar with Ant Love?

Why 11?  It's a master number.  Why a fictitious story?  Because levity is a vital component of constructive entropy.

If something above is unclear, just say.  Just made this up as I wrote so it may not be entirely worked out :.)

~ Catherine

Updating on this--I didn't mean to exclude Japanese or Chinese chestnuts completely, I just don't know how long they live.  I imagine they could be multigenerational for our great great grandchildren, if anyone has any more info on this I'd appreciate it.  I haven't been able to find out.  And anyway, in the meantime, since I don't know one way or another, I'm happy to see any kind of chestnut at all and I'll assume the best.  (Above all I'm not trying to be anti-Chinese chestnut here, I just don't know.  The ideal would be for the indigenous chestnut to make a return, but I'll take any kind of chestnut.)

And I realize I only am willing to commit to doing this once a year (one $20 pledge per year).  2020's chestnut pledge has been claimed and sent.

I am willing to give an Alexander Technique learning session instead, up to 5 per year (one for each planting).

Thanks!

Joshua Myrvaagnes wrote:Project: 1 hour of cleaning---rooms after people have left and didn't wash their sheets (not that that will ever happen again, right?)

Offer: I can offer an Alexander Technique Body-mind Education session of 1 hour by video (or in person if you somehow wind up in Boston)  I will make my schedule available, and am quite able to be flexible to accommodate an Ant or Boot's time needs.  Alexander Tehcnique helped Victornix (Swiss Army knives) manufacturing plant workers increase productivity by %40 while reducing injuries.  It is permaculture principles applied to the self.  I would love to offer money but have to focus my monetary resources at this time.

Project: plant one chestnut tree (European, American back-bred, or straight American) each year at the Lab.  The goal is to have a 600-year-old tree in 600 years, or at least a 300-year-old one in 300 years.  So varieties that have never been observed to have lived that long are not OK for this project.

Offer: $20 per planting, for 10 years, and I'll ship you the chestnut in husk if you want, though I admit I have yet to find a source after a bunch of searching so you might have better luck looking yourself.  No need to hardware cloth it or deerproof it, just plant it however you desire, "sheer total utter neglect" is fine.  If the rodents eat it it wasn't meant to be.  I'm putting $20 in an envelope right now.



Project: photograph the temperatures in a wofati with a still camera, at random times of day, daily, for one year.  Set up a thermometer and point a camera or a phone camera at it.  (turn off everything else on that phone, especially the cellular data feature and the service, so it's only recording a file).  Battery will have to be recharged every week, probably, or else run off a really little solar panel.  

Offer: I can offer an Alexander Technique Body-mind Education session of 1 hour by video (or in person if you somehow wind up in Boston)  I will make my schedule available, and am quite able to be flexible to accommodate an Ant or Boot's time needs.  Alexander Tehcnique helped Victornix (Swiss Army knives) manufacturing plant workers increase productivity by %40 while reducing injuries.  It is permaculture principles applied to the self.  I would love to offer money but have to focus my monetary resources at this time.

Comment: Can Bill, or someone, set up an escrow account for money pledges?  
So that the Boots or Ants or others can have more certainty that people will make good on their pledges, you could request that the I'd suggest that money be put into an escrow account of someone who is physically present (I gather that's Bill, if not then maybe Paul or Jocelyn or Fred would be willing to handle that).  I'm willing to do the work myself but you don't know me and I'm 2000 miles away.

I'm still not sure I get the biological reverse kickstarter concept here...my apologies if I'm missing the point.

I'm excited to work toward as many of these goals as I can!

I started a thread in Wheaton Labs forum: https://permies.com/t/155843/permaculture-projects/Bootcamp-Experience-BRK

I'm considering making a spreadsheet or something for this list so I can keep track of what I accomplish. 🤔 Maybe a fancy Trello board like Ash creates. 😁

Any Boot to post a pic or video a day for 30 days:  I'm on day 51 - My BRK

The next 4 People who start or continue a blog thread in the "wheaton laboratories" forum.: Same link as above.

A day long time lapse of one or two of the lab structures to really show people how the sun move across the land, then do it for each season from the same location.: https://youtu.be/GeQ5AmX2Bi0]Here's[/youtube]  the wofati on Plot 2

Nature etc. videos:
- Game camera footage / pictures: Y Fork Game Cam from March / West Gate Game Cam from March
- Slow, wispy snow on the garden gate
- Quiet forest contemplation
- More forest contemplation
- Starting RMH in Tipi
- Firelight in the Tipi
- Snow falling in the forest
- Afternoon snow in the forest

Are the 4 remaining pledges for people that start/continue threads still active? It looks like Jen Tuuli should have gotten one of them from her post above (plus maybe a bunch more stuff for links she posted).

I have recently restarted my thread, and a few of the current boots also have threads.

Has there been any progress on the antonovka apple trees?   Any chance of someone collecting on getting me an Apple this year?