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

[Jay]

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
> >>
> >> http://strypey.orconhosting.net.nz/contacts.html
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