The Edge Esmeralda Collaborative Yearbook Scroll

#### 📜 I. The Vision: One Canvas, 100% Free Participation To commemorate the final stretch of our month in Healdsburg, we are creating **The Edge Esmeralda Collaborative Yearbook Scroll**. It is a simple, high-touch, and incredibly warm village community ritual that functions exactly like signing a high school graduation yearbook, but on canvas. We will stretch one massive raw linen scroll centrally in the main space at **The Hub (405 Healdsburg Ave)**. The station will be stocked with organic plant dyes, mineral charcoals, and fine-line brush pens. Every resident, builder, child, and organizer is invited to walk up and directly hand-sign their name, draw sketches, or leave short memories. It becomes a permanent, beautiful community-produced monument of our shared experience. #### 📱 II. Zero-Friction WebAR (No App Downloads, Instant Scan) We want participation to be as frictionless as possible. * **No App Downloads:** Scanning the QR code on the scroll frame instantly launches the AR camera in the participant's default mobile browser (Google Chrome or Safari). * **The Interaction:** The browser-based AR reads the coordinates of the physical handwriting on the cloth. Through their phone lens, glowing, digital ink paths and floral lines of light organically branch out of individual signatures, weaving a visual web of how our community intersected. Hovering over a handwritten name displays the contributor's public profile, their projects (like *universe-book.com*), or mutual opportunities. #### 💡 III. Why the Council Should Fund This (Zero Friction, Low Cost, High Resonance) * **Zero Council Risk:** Placed strictly indoors inside The Hub. No town permits, no public sidewalk blocking, no property damage risk. * **High Participant Retention:** Fully open to everyone at the popup village—from technical developers to kids. It takes exactly 1 minute to participate, leading to a near-100% engagement rate. * **Artifact Value:** We leave the village founders with a beautiful, physical cotton-linen tapestry carrying the actual signatures and handwriting of the entire 2026 Healdsburg community. #### 🎨 IV. Optimized & Lean Budget Request ($500) In response to council feedback on saving precious treasury, we have cut down the AR custom software licenses and integrated an on-site milestone gathering. We will host a **Community Signature Revelry** (a warm afternoon event with local organic drinks and snacks to gather everyone at once to sign the scroll and activate physical-digital threads): ━━━━━ Budget Request ━━━━━ • Raw Canvas & Organic Botanical Inks — $200 • On-site Curation & Handwriting Support — $150 • Community Signature Revelry (Village Party & Drinks) — $150 ━━━━━ Total: $500 ━━━━━