Welcome to the SME Vlogger In Residency Program Wiki !

Vlogger In Residency Program now full until April

• What is the SME Vlogger In Residency program ?

click to watch Freeman explain!

This is a program to provide people interested in

using Video Blogging to promote positive social change

with an opprotunity to focus on their work for a period

of 3 months in a healthy environment with out the pressure

of having to pay rent.

• What do does the VIR program provide ?

click to play

- a second story 2 bedroom flat with a gorgeous view

of the water and an organic garden, centrally located in San Mateo

just 18 miles south of San Francisco.

- an organic garden

- a subscription to Community Supported Agriculture for a weekly

drop of organic produce grown locally

- broadband internet

- access to bicycles

- caltrain passes

note. you must have your own camera & computer.

• What is expected of the VIR ?

Production. With the exception of the first and last week

the VIR team is expected to put out a 3-5 minute video clip

5 days a week for the duration of the residency.

Community. While a resident in the San Mateo Ecovillage

residents need to participate in maintaining the community

including hosting occasional community meals, and spending

some time in the garden..an average of 3 hours each week.

Party. Tradition should have it that towards the end of the

residency, they throw a small party where they screen their

work and show appreciation for the people they have worked

with during the program.

• How long does it last, how many people can do it ?

Each residency lasts for 3 months and is open to 2 - 3 people.

These people can either work together as a team, or can live

together as housemates while operating their own projects.

• How do I start ?

Just send us a proposal for how you intend to spend your

residency. Please include links to videos you've done so far

and other material on the net that you've worked with or feel

is relevant to your project.

• What types of video blogs is the VIR program geared towards.

*positive social change*

The possibilities are endless but preference will be given

to projects which make special use of the location and community

in both San Mateo EcoVillage and the Bay Area.

Bonus points are also given to video blogs whose archives

will continue to be useful and relevant after the residency

program has completed, as well as to those projects which

intend to continue.

• Links

http://www.greensolutions.org/smcc.htm

http://wheresfreeman.blogspot.com

http://blip.tv/file/70482 - little intro video