[Imc-tech] INVITATION TO DEC 15th IRC GLOBAL MEETING:

[Sascha Meinrath]

SUMMARY: INVITATION TO THE DECEMBER 15TH BI-MONTHLY NETWORK-WIDE IRC
MEETING.

(IF YOU INTEND TO COME AND DID NOT INTRODUCE YOURSELF AT THE OCTOBER 6TH
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:  December 15th, Sunday, 16:00 GMT  (check"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!