[imc-wellington] Aotearoa Indymedia Convergence 2007 - irc meeting #2

[Danyl Strype]

Kia ora koutou

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We had a quick irc meeting tonight about the Convergence. Irc log is  
on the wiki:
https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Aotearoa/IrcLog20061205

Here's a quick summary:
So far we have the dates sorted (Friday 2 - Sunday 4 February, 2007)  
and we're pretty certain the venue is Auckland Uni ClubSpace.  
According to Sahar we have dibs on the space for those dates and a  
booking will be formalized in the new year.

I have volunteered to help organise feeding the masses and have joined  
the Auckland list so we can start getting that organised. Does  
AucklandAIM or AIM as a network have any funds to cover the costs of  
this event?
- food (what we can't dumpster or get donated)
- venue koha?
- other stuff?

We discussed a rough idea for the program:

Friday night: 6 or 7ish, a dinner/ housekeeping/ social/ film  
screening (maybe Whose News?) Will need Video projector and DVD player.

Saturday/ Sunday:
9am voluntary collective breakfast
10am first session(s)
1pm lunch
2pm second session(s)
7pm dinner

May need PCs, net access etc

Sat after dinner: more social time, maybe designate a pub or cafe to  
occupy for the night?

Talked about putting out a call for anyone involved in independent  
media (including but not limited to Indymedia projects) to faciliate  
practical workshops or strategy/ topic discussions. Would this concern  
anyone? I would assume final decisions on appropriateness of  
facilitators to the Indymedia kaupapa would be made by consensus on  
the imc-aotearoa list?

We also talked about the subtle differences between Aotearoa Indymedia  
Convergence and Aotearoa Independent Media Convergence. Smush prefers  
specifying Indymedia. See my reflections in separete email.

We are going to have another irc meeting on Wednesday 13, 8pm in the  
#aotearoa channel:
https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Aotearoa/IrcInstructions

Wiki pages about the Convergence are here, feel free to add your  
thoughts, suggestions and ideas:
https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Aotearoa/AimConvergence07
(please note: this url has changed to reflect the fact we're talking  
about a convergence rather than a conference, subtle but important  
differences)

Please feel free to join us.

End of summary.

I'd like to suggest that we aim to have 4 1 hour sessions on Sat and  
Sun, with 15 minute morning and afternoon tea breaks. Keeping sessions  
short and topic-focused will keep us from biting off more than we can  
chew and getting lost in long, rambling koorerorero (chitchat).

I'd also like to suggest that on Sun after dinner, before we all  
scatter, we come back together for a closing round and debrief of the  
Convergence organisers. End on a unified and constructive note!

- what people enjoyed
- what they learned
- what they feel inspired to do in 2007
- what they think could be better next Convergence
- set date for same

I'm getting excited already :)

Kotahi te aroha
Strypey


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