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

Wed Apr 29 11:34:15 PDT 2009

At 4/29/2009, you wrote:
>Kia ora koutou
>
>Great! Looking forward to a productive brainstorming session.
>
>J Day is this saturday and I'm going to be flat out for the next couple
>of days. After that, I can see my schedule opening up a lot for the next
>couple of weeks. I have a course that finishes at half 2 on Tuesday so I
>could probably manage Tuesday avo at 3pm (Monday 11pm Philly time), is
>that too late? Alternatively Friday or Saturday 2pm (Thursday or Friday
>10pm, Philly time)?

I could do that.  For us U.S. folks, that would be Monday, May 4, at 
11pm eastern, 8pm PST.

Or, if anyone else can make it to this one and that's too late, would 
Thursday May 7 at 10pm EST/7pm PST be better?

In general I think Monday evenings would be better since Thursdays 
people are out more, but maybe a bit earlier than 11pm.  Strypey, 
does your course happen every week on Tuesday or is this the end of it?

Jay

>Anyone else want to join in and got preferences?
>
>RnB
>Strypes
>
>Jay wrote:
> > At 4/28/2009, nick at artclash.com wrote:
> >> I would be interested in reviving our talks as well. My schedule is
> >> quite busy and somewhat sporadic, but I often have some time after
> >> 9pm EST.
> >>
> >> nick
> >
> > Fantastic.  That would great for me too most nights -- Monday,
> > Thursday and Friday are best right now.  I usually have the kiddos to
> > bed by 9:30.  so, 10pm u.s. eastern time, which is GMT -4, should be
> > about 2pm in the afternoon where Strypey is... (GMT +12?).  Is that
> > right?  Though that wouldn't work for our European friends.  Could we
> > start the meetings to get them going and then change the time when we
> > get a European contingent?
> >
> > Jay
> >
> >> On Apr 25, 2009, at 8:31 AM, Jay wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> "A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular."
> >>>> - 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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