[Imc-newsroom] INDYMEDIA IRC MEETING -- OCT 6, 16:00 GMT

[Sascha Meinrath]

Pardon the cross-posting, but this is important.  The UCIMC and its
role in the IMC Network will probably be directly discussed and it would
be good to have UCIMC folks available to answer questions.

Hope to see you tomorrow at the Membership meeting,

--Sascha

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SUMMARY: INVITATION TO THE OCTOBER 6 BI-MONTHLY NETWORK-WIDE IRC MEETING.

(IF YOU INTEND TO COME AND DID NOT INTRODUCE YOURSELF AT THE AUGUST 4
MEETING, PLEASE SEND AN INTRODUCTION TO "imc-commwork at indymedia.org". We
will post the information to
http://docs.indymedia.org/twiki/bin/view/Global/MeetingIntroductions.)

*** WHAT: A meeting on Indymedia's IRC server (irc is like a chat room,
allowing people to have real-time text-based discussions), of at least one
liaison from every local imc and network-wide working group, and
invidusals throughout the network, to update each other on what each of us
is doing, and to discuss issues that are essential to indymedia.

WHEN: October 6, Sunday, 16:00 GMT
(check"http://www.greenwichmeantime.com" to find the time in your place)

WHERE: http://irc.indymedia.org, #meeting

WHO: YOU!!! Each local IMC and global working group (like imc-video,
imc-radio, imc-print) should ask one of its members to participate in the
meeting, with the purpose of relaying information from the local
imc/working group to everyone else at the meeting, and, afterward, making
sure people in the local IMC/working group know what happened in the
meeting. Individuals may also attend the main room of the meeting.

WHY: The indymedia network is growing every day and as we get bigger and
more global we realize how important it is for us to hear from each other.
In IRC meetings, many people have the chance to connect with the network,
in real time, in a dynamic and productive way.

HOW: http://process.indymedia.org/howtoattend.php3 The meeting will start
in a "main room," which will be the place to introduce the discussion
rooms. Please e-mail your introduction, and a summary of what is happening
at your local IMC, to "imc-commwork at indymedia.org" as soon as possible.
After enough people gather in the main room, we will break out into
issue-based chat rooms, which will send a summary back to the main room.
PLEASE SEND SUGGSTIONS FOR ISSUES TO DISCUSS TO IMC-COMMWORK.

There will be translation to/from Spanish and Portuguese, and any other
language people feel able to translate. Bilingual people are encouraged to
volunteer to translate for an specific room beforehand, so if that`s your
case please e-mail imc-commomwork at indymedia.org and let us know how you
can help.

AND THEN: This initiative comes from the imc-commwork at indymedia.org
working group, which is composed of a handful of people from various IMCs
who believe in the power of effective network-wide communication. The
imc-commwork at indymedia.org working group proposes we have these meetings
every other month, the first Sunday of every other month, to provide a
time for report-backs, discussion and focus. To help this happen,
imc-commwork needs to have more volunteers than it does now, from all over
the network. Please join the list (through http://lists.indymedia.org) and
help make this happen. Thank you!