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

Jay jay at fundamentalchange.net
Wed Apr 29 18:57:46 PDT 2009 

At 4/29/2009, you wrote:
>Hey folks,
>
>I'm interested in joining the irc chats -- Thursday is better than
>Monday for me, and I'd say 11pm is too late for me.  --j

How about Thursday May 7 at 9:30pm eastern time, which would be 6:30 
in California, and 1:30pm for Strypey?  (And some godawful middle of 
the night hour in Europe.)

Jay


>On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Jay <jay at fundamentalchange.net> wrote:
> > 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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