[Imc-alternatives] Time to get regular irc chats going again?

[Jay]

Hi,

My response is, predictably, yes yes yes!  I agree that haivng the 
weekly chats made an 100% difference in our energy and communication 
level.  So yes yes yes!

For the next six weeks or so I'll be computer-accessible most 
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays during the day Philadelphia-time and 
most of the evening, except 7 to 9pm when I'm putting the kids to 
sleep.  In mid-June that my schedule will change, but I should still 
be able to prioritize to get to IRC at the appropriate 
times.  Stypey, when is good for you?  Just suggest a time next week 
on Monday, Thursday or Friday and I should be able to do it.

I obviously still believe in the potential of this project and still 
don't see anything out there that does what we plan to do.  I'm 
excited to get started with the vision we have, than equally excited 
to grow and change as the world does.

I know weekly chats may seem like a lot, especially if there's not 
much forward code motion at the moment (though Z, if you're coding 
today at all, bravo!), but I think we've found the more momentum we 
have the more people join in the fun and therefore spread the work 
around.  For that reason I actually like the idea of doing weekly 
chats right now better than fortnightly.  I'd certainly be able to 
hang out online an hour each week for the forseeable future.  So, 
Strypey, if you're game for that too, I think we should be able to 
get (and finally maintain!!) momentum and build up an active group again.

Jay


At 4/24/2009, you wrote:
>Kia ora koutou
>
>Is anyone up for being part of some regular weekly or fortnightly irc
>planning sessions? Last time we did this, it catalysed some major
>progress on the alt-imc project, including finalizing the project
>name, clarifying the newswire/ knowledgebase/ networking structure of
>the site, and motivating some fantastic coding work, resulting in a
>semi-functional beta site. I'm not studying this year, so other than a
>10 day meditation course in mid-May (13-24), I'm going to be available
>much of the time for the next few months to be part of an irc meet.
>What times are others available?
>
>These are interesting times by anyone's standards, with the global
>financial meltdown knocking people's faith in the state-corporate
>political/ financial system, and waking them up to the reality of
>imminent fossil fuel peaks, and the challenges (to put it lightly) of
>the major climate change that is now undeniable. There are a range of
>groups starting to articulate a vision similar to ours, a vision of
>growing synergy between independent groups working on different kinds
>of alternative projects, from the permaculture and transition towns
>networks, to the various peak oil research groups.
>
>Here's an example from Richard Heinberg from the Post Carbon Institute:
>"There are magazines devoted to various aspects of the 'alternatives'
>movement, and there are organizations doing good work in these areas.
>But what's lacking is a unified vision of both the challenges and
>solutions that sees all of these fields as interrelated."
>http://www.richardheinberg.com/museletter/current
>
>The Alternatives IMC is an idea whose time has come. I don't think
>it's unrealistic to propose having a 1.0 site functional and active by
>the end of the year. To quote Ali G, "let's make it happen" ;)
>
>Kotahi te ao
>Strypes
>
>--
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>- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr
>
>"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and
>those who matter don't mind."
>- Dr Suess
>
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